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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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2012 CDS Executive Summary Report: January 24, 2013

This report summarizes results from the EDUCAUSE Core Data Service (CDS) survey. Using a matched set of 616 CDS 2011 and CDS 2012 participating institutions, this year’s report is a detaile…
Classroom and Instructional Technology: December 18, 2012

This CDS Spotlight focuses on survey results related to classroom technology . Creating effective learning environments in higher education classrooms with technology poses an ongoing challe…
The EDUCAUSE 2011 Core Data Service Report: Highlights and Insights into Higher Education Information Technology: January 31, 2012

Authors: Susan Grajek , Vice President for Data, Research, and Analytics, EDUCAUSE Pam Arroway , Senior Statistician, EDUCAUSE This report summarizes results from the 2011 EDUC…
Applied Liberally: Google Apps for Education across Campus and as LMS Alternative: March 14, 2012 | A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 2012
Wellesley's summer 2011 move to Google Apps for Education has already resulted in widespread use of Groups, Docs, Calendar, Sites and Gmail, to the extent that some faculty are using GAE for c…
Using Instructional Design to Shape Technology Training: October 30, 2008 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Annual Conference
Technology training for faculty and staff is more effective when it is based on instructional design principles. This presentation will show how three principles were used to guide training efforts…
Learners 2.0? IT and 21st-Century Learners in Higher Education: April 1, 2008

This research bulletin examines what the literature refers to as “new learners” or “critically engaged learners.” It explores the responsibilities our institutions have to create opportun…
Supporting Faculty Through a LMS Upgrade: The Blackboard Faculty Orientation CD: February 21, 2008 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference 2008
Instructional Support Services at Texas Woman's University has created a Blackboard Faculty Orientation CD. The CD, part of a Blackboard upgrade project plan, is intended to support faculty mi…
Supporting Learning 2.0 with a Technology-Enhanced Teaching Certificate Program (Innovative Practice): January 29, 2008 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2008
This session will address how three major campus providers joined together to help our instructors more closely meet the needs of our students and become more reflective users of technology. Find o…
Show Them the Data: How Publishing Course Usage Stats Can Change Faculty Support (Research-based): January 29, 2008 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2008
UMBC has published online reports showing by discipline and by instructor which Blackboard courses are most active. Initial feedback suggests that regularly publishing these simple but effective re…
Practicing What You Preach: A Learner-Centered LMS Training and Support Program for Faculty: October 24, 2007 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference
McGill University's unique, individualized, and scalable learner-centered approach to training and support has helped over a thousand faculty successfully transition from one learning manageme…

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