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

Open Source Options

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Real-Time Visual Analytics to Evaluate Online Collaboration: March 12, 2013 | A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference
In this interactive session, participants will explore the use of learning analytics to improve the design and facilitation of online discussions. These emerging analytics tools provide real-time v…
Preparing the Masses for Yet Another LMS Migration: How BU Used a Crowdsourcing Concept to Train 4,000 Faculty and Thrived: March 12, 2013 | A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference
LMS migrations for an institution of any size can be a challenge when it comes to training. While there may never be "one size fits all" solution to any problem, at Boston University we f…
Educational Innovation: Can a New LMS Help Set the Stage?: March 18, 2013 | A session at the Midwest Regional Conference
Universities are under growing pressure to innovate, with the dual objectives of improving quality and reducing costs. Instructional technology can play a role in satisfying both objectives. But ex…
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 c…
Implementing a New LMS: Brown Promotes Collaboration, Reflection, and Learning: February 4, 2013 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Annual Meeting
In this poster session, we will offer three different departmental perspectives on leveraging the adoption of a new technology tool to rethink teaching and learning: Instructional Technology (ITG…
Student Engagement through Online Commenting and Discussion: October 2, 2012 | A session at the ELI Online Fall Focus Session 2012
NowComment, a free high-end tool for discussion and close reading of online documents, has been used successfully at UVA (Sakai) and other universities for the past three years. This presentation…
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…
Learning Analytics Impact Upon Course Design and Student Support Services: April 11, 2012 | A session at the ELI 2012 Online Spring Focus Session
Combining data from lecture capture with measures of student success, survey data and faculty feedback analytics promotes development of predictive tools to support students as well as evidence-b…
LMS Data and Student Achievement: Which Variables Are Meaningful?: April 11, 2012 | A session at the ELI 2012 Online Spring Focus Session
It has been suggested that analysis of LMS tracking data may allow early identification of students at risk of academic failure. But which online tracking variables indicate meaningful activity i…

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