Monoculture
Apply this same concern to enterprise level systems (particularly relating to learning management systems):
Monoculture: "In biology, species with little genetic variation -- or "monocultures" -- are the most vulnerable to catastrophic epidemics. Species that share a single fatal flaw could be wiped out by a virus that can exploit that flaw. Genetic diversity increases the chances that at least some of the species will survive every attack."
Alright, maybe it's a bit dramatic...but the point remains, to do things ONLY one way requires that many other options have to be ignored. This results in reduced innovation and creativity. Learning is too rich a process to be confined to the structure laid out by most learning management systems today.
Posted by gsiemens at February 17, 2004 3:19 PM