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Up until today, you may have missed one of the most exciting teaching revolutions that modern technology has provided. And as some of the best revolutions are, this one is free.

We're talking about LAMS - Learning Activity Management System.

The Basics

LAMS was developed in Australia by Professor James Dalziel at Macquarie University. LAMS is open source software, which allows teachers to plan lessons online, which they can then deliver to students online. This extremely flexible software and the digital lessons can then be shared with other teachers, creating what is in essence "open source teaching."