Information Management Weblog

Online Learning and CMS

E-Learningpost has an interview with Bob Boiko. Bob is the author of the Content Management Bible (and a professor of mine at the UW Information School). Bob mentions some potential uses of a CMS in a learning context:

The other benefits of a CMS is that once you have given structure to the content, you can use the system to automatically arrange the sequence of your learning object depending on the particular context in which you are going to deliver them in. For example, a CMS will allow you to use the exact same pieces of content for delivering a standard course (manuals) or an electronic course (website or CD-ROM).

You could, in theory use a CMS to support some simple online courses in addition to a more general website. Granted, its not going to be a Blackboard, but not everyone needs that level of functionality.