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Storms over liberal education: notes on the 2016 AAC&U conference

Bryan Alexander

I kicked things off with a survey of major technological developments in a very top level way, then dived into specific, currently used digital tools (the LMS, ePortfolios, video, robotics, big data, social media, 3d printing, etc.). I had two measly slides for ePortfolios, the main thrust of which was “go to AAEEBL !

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20 years in e-learning

Mark Smithers

In the late 90’s, learning management systems came along and universities said great, now academics don’t need to know any of that technical stuff, they can just use the web interface in the LMS. It’s no wonder there is no widespread adoption of e-learning and edtech across the institution. The LMS is a case in point.

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20 years in e-learning

Mark Smithers

In the late 90’s, learning management systems came along and universities said great, now academics don’t need to know any of that technical stuff, they can just use the web interface in the LMS. It’s no wonder there is no widespread adoption of e-learning and edtech across the institution. The LMS is a case in point.

E-rate 32