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The course management system (CMS) reinforces the status quo and hinders substantial teaching and learning innovation in higher education. It does so by imposing artificial time limits on learner access to course content and other learners, privileging the role of the instructor at the expense of the learner, and limiting the power of the network effect in the learning process. The open learning network (OLN)-a hybrid of the CMS and the personal learning environment (PLE)-is proposed as an alternative learning technology environment with the potential to leverage the affordances of the Web to dramatically improve learning.

Site provides insight to establishing studio quality green screen productions.

For Mac users, iMovie '09 includes a green screen feature. Here's how to use it: http://tr.im/APan

Includes a link to a gradebook plugin for Wordpress. If the costs associated with Moodle (server space and time to manage) are too much, this is another cost-effective way of having a LMS without paying for Blackboard/WebCT/Vista.

"Fully hosted and fully managed course management system with an integrated social network for K-12 and higher education"