Learning Management Systems (LMS)

Having only experienced University subjects through Blackboard I went on a trail of research to find out more about Learning Management Systems. I found this interesting and extremely informative article which details the pros, the cons, learning design, effective implementation strategies and ehaps more. I have attached a link for you all to have a read: http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/lms.htm

The conclusion of the artice notes "The very notion of “managing learning” conflicts with how people are actually learning today. Outside of primary and secondary school, most of our learning falls into the “topping up what we know” category. As a result, we need tools that allow for rapid creation and breakdown. Searching Google, blogs, and wikis has a very quick learning structure creation and breakdown. An LMS has a long creation/breakdown process (and once the learning structure has been broken down (i.e. end of course), it is no longer accessible to learners). LMS' still view learners as canisters to be filled with content – this is particularly relevant in light of the heavy emphasis on object repositories for learning. Essentially, most LMS platforms are attempting to shape the future of learning to fit into the structure of their systems, even though most learning today is informal and connectionist in nature."

This article adds some interesting points I was not aware of. What are your thoughts of this tool for your classroom to engage learners? Could it fit within the Lerning desing framework of Oliver (1999, is it problem based?