Head in the Cloud

I read a very interesting blog today from Ray Fleming titled "Do You Really Need A Learning Management System?" What interested me most was the chart showing the use of different components of a Learning Management System (LMS). It's the first time I've seen some evidence of something I've believed has been happening. The chart on Ray's blog shows that components most used in a LMS are: Documents posted 60% Announcements 52.5% Grade centre 47.3% Then quite a drop off in components used such as: Discussion board 12% Assignments 4.9% Blogs 3.8% Wikis 1% Sadly it looks like the powerful e-learning tools such as wikis, blogs and discussion boards are being under utilised by teachers. I'm not particularly blaming teachers here, I'm guessing it could be more of a problem with a lack of training put in place to support them in the effective and appropriate use of these systems.  Image from Flickr (Vickel_N ) So, not really much