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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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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…
How Integration Can Make Things Easy: The Implementation of the Blackboard/McGraw-Hill Textbook Tool: October 19, 2011 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference
Twenty universities embarked on a semester-long pilot this year to test the integration of McGraw-Hill's Connect system into Blackboard Learn. This session will discuss the impact that seamles…
Beyond the LMS: Integrating Social Media and Cloud Services to Meet Student Needs: October 20, 2011 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference
Representatives from two institutions will discuss how they extended the LMS to better support teaching and learning. Drexel University partnered with ConnectYard.com to enable students to read and…
Online Course Quality: A 10-Point System of Faculty Support and Development: October 21, 2011 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference
Johnson & Wales University faculty are, for the most part, new to online learning and learning management systems. To meet their needs, we have developed a system of development that integrates…
Campus Computing 2011: The National Survey of E-Learning and Information Technology in American Higher Education: October 20, 2011 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference
Begun in 1990, the Campus Computing Project is the largest continuing study of the role of computing, e-learning, and information technology in U.S. higher education. This session will present the …
The CMS and the Cloud: Integrating Cloud Services into Course Management Systems: October 19, 2011 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference
A panel of presenters representing four course management systems will demonstrate how each has integrated cloud services. We will describe opportunities for modeling new learning activities and sh…
Course Signals: A Student Success System/Stoplights for Student Success: October 19, 2011 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference
Purdue University developed Course Signals (CS), a student success system that identifies academic and behavioral issues early and notifies students and instructors soon enough that a recommended c…
Leveraging the Curriculum Catalog: A University-Wide Strategy: October 19, 2011 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2011 Annual Conference
The University of South Australia (UniSA) is taking a strategic approach to curriculum management. UniSA's approach complements its implementation of leading-edge student management and learni…
Barnes & Noble: October 18, 2011

Barnes & Noble.com is the Internet's largest bookstore featuring everyday low prices on an outstanding selection of eBooks, eTextbooks, rental, used and new textbooks, critically acclaimed…

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