Past research has found that students and instructors may be disaffected with many of the most widely used learning management systems (LMS). Other research has found that Millennials and post-Millennials have come to expect open and frequent communication and technologies that facilitate greater teamwork in their business careers. The purpose of this article is to first assess the general attitudes and perceptions of widely used LMS platforms in creating an engaging student learning experience and then present and assess Slack, a business communications tool, as an LMS complement. The author finds that many of the LMS platforms present challenges for students and instructors with respect to course communications, and group communications in particular. The author also finds that Slack positively enhances students’ perceptions of the marketing class as a real-world experience, as well as enhances perceived learning outcomes from groupwork.

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让我放松：为千禧一代/千禧一代的学生提供以学生为中心的沟通补充LMS

过去的研究发现，学生和教师可能不适应许多使用最广泛的学习管理系统（LMS）。其他研究发现，千禧一代和后千禧一代已经开始期望开放且频繁的沟通和技术，以促进其业务职业中更大的团队合作。本文的目的是首先评估广泛使用的LMS平台在创建吸引人的学生学习体验中的一般态度和看法，然后介绍并评估作为LMS补充的商务沟通工具Slack。作者发现，许多LMS平台在课程交流，尤其是小组交流方面，对学生和教师提出了挑战。