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Jun
15
Thinking about the technology systems we use to support learning, where does yours fit?
I've started the process. Let me know in the comments where you think systems should go on this spectrum.
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| Compliance - top down, "you must..." | Social - bottom up, "have you seen..." | ||||||||
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As with any one-dimensional spectrum, we need to be careful not to draw false conclusions, but it's a useful start towards helping organisation gauge their requirements.

Categorisation from various perspectives like this is a useful sense-making exercise. Perhaps consider varying the dimension according to the context in which it will be used. For example, see Reeves' pedagogical dimensions at http://bit.ly/a7U3yg. Though intended to categorise designs, they might prompt ideas for organising systems.
I totally agree, it's a far more complex exercise than the one I've shown here...