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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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Critical Factors in Selecting a Course Management System for Higher Education in Ghana: February 13, 2008

Critical Factors in Selecting a Course Management System for Higher Education in Ghana © 2008 Isaiah T. Awidi. The text of this article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-…
Dynamics of Supporting Sakai Through Local and Global Collaboration: May 27, 2008

This ECAR research bulletin discusses the adjustments that the Indiana University information technology organization made, and continues to make, in order to support membership in Sakai. It has …
Education Software Firm OKs Open-source Patent Use: January 1, 2007

"Blackboard, whose software can be used to manage university courses, has taken a significant step to mollify open-source rivals who perceive a patent threat from the company." …
Expertiza: Scalable Reviewing for Student-Authored Content: September 14, 2011 | A session at the ELI 2011 Online Fall Focus Session
When multiple authors-especially student authors-collaborate to write a single work, quality control is very important. The instructor/editor rarely has time enough to review each contribution mu…
From Blackboard to Sakai: The Who, What, Where, and Why: February 25, 2009 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Southwest Regional Conference 2009
After identifying Sakai, an open-source solution, as its next collaboration and courseware management platform, Texas State began the process of transitioning the campus to the new environment. The…
Haute Software: Juggling Open-Source and Vendor Software: October 11, 2006 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2006 Annual Conference
This session will illustrate lessons learned and provide recommendations for institutions contemplating the support of open-source applications while maintaining enterprise-level vendor software. S…
How to Implement Technology: Houston Community College's Learning Web: February 23, 2011 | A session at the EDUCAUSE West/Southwest Regional Conference 2011
In August 2010, Houston Community College began implementation of a completely new version of its public-facing content management system. This system was developed in conjunction with a contractor…
Implementing Moodle at Louisiana State University: October 30, 2008 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Annual Conference
Louisiana State University replaced two existing CMS systems by implementing Moodle, an open source course management system, in spring 2008. The new open source system was customizable to meet our…
Implementing, Supporting, and Maintaining Sakai: October 25, 2007 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference
Learn how Indiana University has successfully implemented the world's largest installation of the Sakai open source collaborative learning environment on eight campuses statewide. This present…
In Potential Blow to Open-Source Software, Mellon Foundation Closes Grant Program: January 6, 2010

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is eliminating a grant program that financed a series of high-profile university software projects and merging it into another program. …

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