"Course Management Systems for Learning: Beyond Accidental Pedagogy" is a comprehensive overview of standards, practices and possibilities of course management systems in higher education. "Course Management Systems for Learning: Beyond Accidental Pedagogy" focuses on what the current knowledge is (in best practices, research, standards and implementations) and the history of the CMS, while also discussing innovative practices in CMS instructional design that have been informed by learning theory and intentional pedagogy. The last section of this book is an invited section, where vendors (WebCT, OKI, Angel) and innovators address their vision of the tools, practices and possibilities in a true next generation. "Course Management Systems for Learning: Beyond Accidental Pedagogy" represents the points-of-view of a variety of stakeholders and allows each to write in the style and language that is relevant to their field, making this an incredibly useful tool for practitioners, developers, administrators, faculty members, and students. This book contains 22 chapters: (1) Measure for Measure (Colleen Carmean and Gary Brown); (2) Standards? What and Why? (Phil Long and Frank Tansey); (3) Libraries, Information, and Course Management Systems (Joan Lippincott); (4) The Interplay of Teaching Conceptions and Course Management System Design (Xornam Apedoe); (5) Frameworks for CMS Design and Evaluation (Marwin Britto); (6) The CMS as Shapeshifter, Catalyst, and Engaging Learning Tool (Cyprien Lomas and Ulrich Rauch); (7) Learner Engagement and Success in CMS Environments (Bob Bender); (8) CMS Implementation as a Catalyst for Curricular Change (Lynne O'Brien, Amy Campbell and Samantha Earp); (9) NGCMS (Youmei Liu); (10) Over the Rainbow (Patricia McGee, Vicki Suter and Jennifer Gurrie); (11) Pushing the Envelope (Nada Dabbagh); (12) From Course Management to Curricular Capabilities (Van Weigal); (13) The Missing Link to Enhanced Course Management Systems (Steven Shaw and Vivek Venkatesh); (14) Virtual Classroom Facilities Embedded in a Course Management System (Jesko Kaltenbaek); (15) The Use of Database-Driven Web Pages to Increase the Functionality of Current Online Learning Technology (Richard Caladine); (16) CMS Portfolios for Learning and Evaluation (Jon Lanestedt and Mona Stokke); (17) Putting Course Management Systems Behind Us (Robby Robson); (18) Course Management Systems for Learning (Barbara Ross); (19) Future Directions of Course Management Systems (David Mills); (20) From Course Management Systems to Open Frameworks and Sustainable Ecology of Educational Systems (Vijay Kumar and Jeff Merriman); (21) Conceptualizing a New CMS Design (Ali Jafari); and (22) Next Generation (Bryan Alexander).