Exciting Developments in Educational Content Distribution
Cloud Computing in the Educational Industry
I am sharing with you (my readers) a message I sent to some work colleagues earlier today. The thinking in my message hypothesizes on the announcements linked below. Please bear in mind these are just that what I said: hypothetical statements -- yet these are indicators of exciting developments in the educational industry!
- JM
Shared Message:
DigitalChalk takes SCORM to the Amazon Cloud
"DigitalChalk is the first Learning Management System to build a SCORM compliant system in the cloud using Amazon Web Services that we are aware of."
http://www.digitalchalk.com/press/digitalchalk-takes-scorm-to-the-amazon-cloud
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I send this message to you as an FYI on what's going on with educational publishing. Please note this is the "mega-leading edge" of what's going on out there. The significance of this announcement is three-fold:
1. The acceptance of SCORM (shared content object as an emerging industrial standard for the sharing of educational content.
2. The emergence of cloud computing as an economical yet powerful form of enterprise computing that supports "pay as you go" services. I wrote a quick ditty on cloud computing here:
McKinsey also lists cloud computing as a technology to look out for:
Amazon offers cloud services, with benefits as follows: "...there are no up-front investments required, and you pay only for the resources you use."
http://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2010/04/07/announcing-amazon-simple-notification-service/
3. Amazon's Web Services coupled with their selling platform may eventually become a distribution channel for educational content, if not already. Perhaps a viable alternative to Blackboard's corner on the market?
Like I said, this is fodder for thought and later discussion. Just an FYI to let you know the new exciting stuff going on out there in the world of educational content distribution!
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