Analystics Post
Hello,
I’m sorry that I wasn’t able to contribute discussion posts for analytics (although I did get my survey in!). I appreciate the time and effort the group put into their presentation and I found their website to be very interesting and informative.
FWIW, I recently came across a new LMS called LoudCloud. It is interested because it is a shift away from the traditional model of LMS as handled by Moodle, Blackboard, etc. As you may guess, LoudCloud is cloud based. Maybe even more interesting is that LoudCloud touts Analytics as one of its great benefits. So we’re seeing the convergence of a few emerging markets here…
cheers
Doug
Deb Kim 1:28 pm on November 26, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
Doug,
The name LoudCloud sounds interesting. I wonder why they named it LOUD. 🙂
I just checked out the website (http://www.loudcloudsystems.com/index.html) and they explained about interesting product features and analytics well. It seems like they are targeting universities. I especially like the idea of having LoudBooks™ e-reader platform for collaboration.
Deb
Allie 6:55 am on November 27, 2011 Permalink | Log in to Reply
No Worries, Doug – it’s been a hectic week for all of us! – and thanks for the heads up on LoudCloud. My hunch has long been that the market for LMS’ is quite conservative – at least within publicly funded education, though I could be wrong. I wonder how an upstart such as LoudCloud can gain traction within the market. Looking at Moodle’s history might be instructive in this regard.