Instructional Standards Compliance with non-profit organizations such as IMS Global (“IMS Global Learning Consortium |,” n.d.) is still necessary to establish common integration standards for LMSs to ingest third party content. With the growing ecosystem of educational applications, there is a need for rapid integration of cartridges of learning content with common meta-tagging for learning objects to be searchable by learning standard or by keyword. Learning platforms have been pushed toward becoming more open and flexible to provide the necessary architecture to support a fully connected learning environment. IMS Global also drives school districts, states, universities and vendors to collaborate to develop open standards for interoperability
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Newton County School System in Covington, Georgia, has implemented a BYOT initiative, and has implemented an LMS which incorporates the VIEWPath System with the SAFARI Montage LMS (“Newton County School System and SAFARI Montage Win IMS Global 2014 Learning Impact Gold Award | eSchool News | eSchool News,” n.d.). It is fully integrated, and provides not only a learning object repository, but includes a video streaming library, offering live media streaming, and provides a single interface for users to access. Their video system includes voice amplification tools and silent alarms, and is also used to record classroom activities, manage student behavior, and can also be used to create digital resources for blended learning and professional development.
2 The second section covers the leadership role in digital transformations, and how effective decisions and communication play a role in organizational innovations. The section will cover the research in LMS implementation with regard to communication, collaboration, and instructional use of the LMS, and how these have been successfully supported during the implementation process. Together, these sections provide a deeper understanding of crucial elements needed for an implementation framework, and for the research questions being explored.
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The wide-spread adoption and use of the LMS can reduce some “institutional pain” through standardization; however, it does little to reduce the pain on the individual user, particularly if a novice user. This is a challenge for organizational leaders who serve as change agents during the implementation process. Once an optimal LMS platform has been acquired, how does one get people to use it? Leading innovation is no easy task. If a leader is too directive and forceful, will people shun using the system? If a leader allows people to “opt in” to using new technology, will they ever try it? In order to manage change, leaders must understand how their decisions influence and shape change management. There have been many theories of organizational innovation, but one of the most prevalent has been by Everett Rogers, author of Diffusion of Innovations, first published in 1962 and now in its 5th edition (Rogers, 1995, 2003a). The theorist posits that diffusion is the process by which the innovation is communicated through certain channels over time among the members of a social system. Rogers demonstrates that innovations which have certain characteristics are more likely to be adopted, and that change agents need to understand how these attributes can be applied to the adoption and increase the likelihood of a successful implementation. Not only do the
Newton County School System in Covington, Georgia, has implemented a BYOT initiative, and has implemented an LMS which incorporates the VIEWPath System with the SAFARI Montage LMS (“Newton County School System and SAFARI Montage Win IMS Global 2014 Learning Impact Gold Award | eSchool News | eSchool News,” n.d.). It is fully integrated, and provides not only a learning object repository, but includes a video streaming library, offering live media streaming, and provides a single interface for users to access. Their video system includes voice amplification tools and silent alarms, and is also used to record classroom activities, manage student behavior, and can also be used to create digital resources for blended learning and professional development.
2 The second section covers the leadership role in digital transformations, and how effective decisions and communication play a role in organizational innovations. The section will cover the research in LMS implementation with regard to communication, collaboration, and instructional use of the LMS, and how these have been successfully supported during the implementation process. Together, these sections provide a deeper understanding of crucial elements needed for an implementation framework, and for the research questions being explored.
Leadership and Organizational …show more content…
The wide-spread adoption and use of the LMS can reduce some “institutional pain” through standardization; however, it does little to reduce the pain on the individual user, particularly if a novice user. This is a challenge for organizational leaders who serve as change agents during the implementation process. Once an optimal LMS platform has been acquired, how does one get people to use it? Leading innovation is no easy task. If a leader is too directive and forceful, will people shun using the system? If a leader allows people to “opt in” to using new technology, will they ever try it? In order to manage change, leaders must understand how their decisions influence and shape change management. There have been many theories of organizational innovation, but one of the most prevalent has been by Everett Rogers, author of Diffusion of Innovations, first published in 1962 and now in its 5th edition (Rogers, 1995, 2003a). The theorist posits that diffusion is the process by which the innovation is communicated through certain channels over time among the members of a social system. Rogers demonstrates that innovations which have certain characteristics are more likely to be adopted, and that change agents need to understand how these attributes can be applied to the adoption and increase the likelihood of a successful implementation. Not only do the