WK2 Response #1 - Sarah Hodge

Sarah wrote:

There are many advantages to an LCMS. However, one may still forget its main purpose when using such a system. Leija states, "It's easy to get lost in the technology. People forget about training's true goal: To provide learning to a certain population. That's where an LCMS lives. Its purpose is to add value to content by manipulating it as needs change, and to deliver that same content as quickly as possible with context and meaning (Ellis, 2001, ¶11)." LCMS allows that value to be added but people using it cannot allow themselves to forget the main goal of its design.

I commented:

I agree with your last paragraph. As quickly as things change in modern technology, we can all expect to adapt with technological growth. There are two new things that are going to change. First, touch screen technology is already coming around to be a part of education and computing. Second, there's a shift going to tablet PC's. There are many implications of these two developments that would warrant change in any current LCMS. Just when you get used to that idea, forget it, because after that, the tablet PC will become a transparent, flexible sheet and touch screen will become hand movements and maybe even facial expressions. Oh...and then, there'll be holograms soon enough, too. That's alot to work into an LCMS.