Beyond the LMS: Integrating Social Media and Cloud Services to Meet Student Needs

Representatives from two institutions will discuss how they extended the LMS to better support teaching and learning. Drexel University partnered with ConnectYard.com to enable students to read and respond to course messages via social networking services or text message. The University of Washington created an e-portfolio solution by integrating Google Sites, thus crafting an "e-learning stack" of tools.