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Toxic Tech #2: The Learning Management System and the Straitjacket We Bought Ourselves

ByBrenna Reading Time: 5 minutes

What is the LMS, Anyway? A Learning Management System is, at its core, a tool for organizing course materials with the explicit intention of teaching. It has been, and largely remains, the centrepiece learning technology at most institutions. While lots of tools claim to have LMS functionality (like MS Teams, for example), I think there’s…

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Digital Detox #2: The LMS, Tech-Driven Pedagogy, and Making Bad Choices Too Easy

ByBrenna Reading Time: 11 minutes

It’s common discourse in teaching and learning circles to hear the comment that we can’t let technology drive our pedagogy. But is it true? If I walk into a classroom and the chairs are fixed rather than movable, it changes how I approach the lesson plan; if there’s no whiteboard or no surface to write…