Open Source Componentized LMS Design

There’s been some back-and-forth in distance education literature on the issue of “too many tools” in today’s dominant learning management systems (LMSs). These include Blackboard, Canvas, Moodle, etc. There are functional equivalents in every LMS. Here, I make the case for standardization using open source equivalents as a move towards simplification. My mantra: “standardize, don’t simplify.”

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