New Mexico Launches Statewide eLearning Initiative
New Mexico chose Blackboard for its K-20+ elearning solution. All public institutions of learning will use Blackboard. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. There are advantages and disadvantages to standardizing on a single learning management system. Training should be simplified. However, I find most LMS software to be intuitive. Will K-12 teachers be required to post content on Blackboard? New Mexico probably received a pretty good price break. Could they save more money by using their budget to customize an open source LMS like Moodle? There’s a lot of talk now about next generation LMS. What if Blackboard’s Project NG flops? Stay tuned.
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All great ideas but I would also add another item to it: consider doing a virtual event/meeting. Virtual events and meetings are a great way to deliver training and enable collaboration especially with travel budgets cut. These solutions are being deployed so rapidly by companies that the market is projected to exceed $18 billion by 2015. If you are interested in how you can use virtual environments attend the Virtual Edge Summit Feb. 22-23 (virtually or in-person if you are in/near Silicon Valley). There is no registration fee if you take a short survey.
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