he reference may be a bit dated, but the idea certainly isn’t. Put simply, in “Community, Content & Collaboration Management Systems, Socio-Constructivist Scenarios for the Masses?” (PDF) Daniel K. Schneider “gets it.” See the following figure from his EdMedia 2002 short paper for a prescient diagram of how “1st generation” LCMS engines like Blackboard, eCollege, and WebCT will be usurped by the Moodles, Plones, Xarayas, Drupals, (and yes, even the Ellis Community Learning Platforms) of the world.

(From Synteta, V., Frété, C., & Schneider, D. (2002). Community, Content and Collaboration Management Systems: socio-constructivist scenarios for the masses?. World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2002(1), 1756-1757.; PDF)

For a more current reference and update on Daniel’s work, see Daniel Schneider with Paraskevi Synteta, Catherine Frété, Fabien Girardin, Stéphane Morand (2003), Conception and implementation of rich pedagogical scenarios through collaborative portal sites: clear focus and fuzzy edges. ICOOL International Conference on Open and Online Learning, December 7-13, 2003, University of Mauritius (PDF).

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