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Selecting and purchasing a learning management system has become a major financial and strategic decision for colleges and universities. As the commercial LMS vendor sector shrinks due to company consolidation, schools are considering open source systems as a viable option for their learning management needs. Please send us your RFPs, vendor analysis or other LMS selection process resources to share with the community.

Articles and Reports

Vendors of Learning Management and E-learning Products, September 2012. This publication is a comprehensive 141 page list of LMS and E-Learning vendors.
A Post-LMS World, EDUCAUSE Review, January/February 2012.
Moving to Moodle: Reflections Two Years Later, EDUCAUSE Quarterly, Vol. 31, No. 3, 2008.
Open Source Software in Education, EDUCAUSE Quarterly, Vol. 31, No. 2, 2008.

Web Seminars and Podcasts

Learning Management Technologies: Enterprise System or Consumer Good? Video Recording from the 2009 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference.
Selecting and Implementing a Course Management System for Your Campus, EDUCAUSE Live! August 5, 2009.
How Four Universities are Coping with CMS Market Consolidation, Podcast from the 2006 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference.

Commercial CMS/LMS Options

Blackboard http://www.blackboard.com/
Blackboard folksonomy term
Desire to Learn http://www.desire2learn.com/
desire2learn folksonomy term
eCollege http://www.ecollege.com/index.learn

Open Source Options

Updated September 2012

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MOOCs on Campus: Experiences from the Front Lines: February 5, 2013 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Annual Meeting
Duke University and the University of Pennsylvania are early adopters of the Coursera MOOC platform. Spanning humanities, social sciences, engineering, mathematics, science, and medicine, these cou…
Education Achievement Authority: Nolan Elementary-Middle School: November 28, 2012

Charged by the governor of Michigan to transform the lowest five percent of the persistently lowest achieving schools in the state while simultaneously developing a new approach to educating st…
Ameritas College Educational Services, LLC: November 28, 2012

Ameritas College is building upon Brandman University’s high quality and affordable blended learning Dual Language English Immersion (DLEI) degree program to create a 100% online progra…
ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2012: September 17, 2012

Key Findings See the 2012 report for a full list key messages, findings, and supporting data. Blended-learning environments are the norm; students say that these environments best suppor…
Increasing Student Success: Evaluating the Effectiveness of U-Pace Instruction at UWM: September 6, 2012

Two faculty at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee developed the technology-enabled instructional approach known as U-Pace , which combines self-paced, mastery-based learning with in…
Vendors of Learning Management and E-learning Products: September 3, 2012

This publication is a comprehensive 141 page list of LMS and E-Learning vendors. Author, Don McIntosh, includes a brief description of each product with a link to their web site. …
Barriers to the Adoption of Online Learning Systems: July 18, 2012

Kevin M. Guthrie is President of ITHAKA, a not-for-profit organization that helps the academic community use digital technologies to preserve the scholarly record and advance researc…
Engaging Online Learners for Success: Beyond the LMS: November 9, 2012 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2012
NVCC has built an extensive program of online support services to engage distance learning students outside their courses. The presentation will describe the background, tour and demonstrate the …
Student Success at Scale: What Have We Learned from Applying Technology to Persistent Challenges? - Sponsored by IHD ServiceDesk: November 7, 2012 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2012
Multiple efforts are under way to leverage technology to improve student success, including initiatives in online courseware, adaptive learning, social media, and learning analytics. What have we…
7 Things You Should Know About Navigating the New Learning Ecosystem: May 2, 2012

The LMS was once the undisputed center of the digital learning ecosystem . But on many campuses, the situation has changed such that the campus online learning environment might be better v…