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by cycomanic 1678 days ago
I never said that we already are educating our kids as best as we can, so that's a strawman. I actually agree that there's still a lot we don't know about learning. However, I don't believe we we will see a revolution of how we learn, and that revolution will certainly not come from businesses or startups. It requires way too much long term investment with uncertain outcomes.

Regarding LMS, so you know one proprietary system (which is admitably aweful) and based on that you make general judgements of the two open source alternatives?

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Right, we agree that (a) there's not enough innovation in education and (b) under the current structures, business won't provide it. The only thing I add is a specific explanation for (b): state control, and sluggish private organizations at the top, provide little incentive to innovate.

The OP suggested that LMS were not good. I provided a reason why that might be so, which fits my experience. I can confirm that the one LMS I know is terrible.