http://learn.humboldt.edu/course/view.php?id=7966
See item 3) - LMS Steering Committee
Because HSU’s current Blackboard Basic license expires on June 30th, 2007, this committee will identify key stakeholders involved in the use of Learning Management Systems (LMS) at HSU and encourage them to participate in an evaluative process.
By December 1, 2006, the committee will collect, evaluate, and disseminate data on LMS in order to make an informed recommendation in regards to identifying, adopting, and financing the preferred LMS software for use at HSU. The committee will also recommend a plan for ongoing evaluation of the effectiveness of the chosen LMS direction. The recommendation will be made to the ad hoc IT advisory committee and will be shared with the President, the Provost and the CIO.
Monday, November 13, 2006
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Link Dump
• Case Study: CSU Chico 2005 (posted on October 20, 2006)
From the Executive Summary of the Final Committee Report:
An LMS II Strategic Review Committee was formed in January 2005 to examine options for a new enterprise Learning Management System (LMS) to carry CSU, Chico into the future. The solutions considered were Blackboard, Desire2Learn, WebCT Campus Edition, and WebCT Vista, as well as leading open source options Moodle and Sakai. All but Blackboard and WebCT Vista were demonstrated to be deficient during the preliminary investigation and were disqualified from further consideration.
• Case Study: CSU Chico Evaluation Questions - LMS features (posted on October 20, 2006)
This is the 15 page list of evaluation questions the committee used as part of the evaluation process. It contains questions regarding functionality, adaptability, and support issues.
• Case Study: Idaho State U, 2006 (posted on October 30, 2006)
"The learning management systems (LMS) Focus Group Report evaluates feedback by Idaho State University (ISU) faculty members, students, support staff, and assessment officer review of WebCT 6.0, Sakai 2.0, and Moodle 1.5 LMS software packages."
• Case Study: U of Iowa 2005 (posted on October 30, 2006)
"Beginning in February 2005, the University has been searching for a single enterprise CMS vendor whose product is:
- easy to use and intuitive, encouraging faculty adoption despite busy schedules,
- yet also has a full-featured enterprise architecture, allowing efficient implementation of complex tasks, supporting advanced systems integration and distance and nontraditional initiatives."
• EduTools site (posted on October 19, 2006)
"This site was built to assist higher education in using a more rational decision making process to review the many options for a course management system.
This site reviews each product by researching and describing more than 40 product features."
• Educause: Article on Open Source vs Proprietary. (posted on October 25, 2006)
(PDF) In the article "Pioneering New Territory and Technologies", see the section starting on page 124: "Open-Source Learning Management Systems: As Good As the Commercial Ones?" for a thoughtful perspective on the state of the art from the Educause Evolving Technologies committee.
• News: Drop Patent, Educause Urges Blackboard (posted on October 30, 2006)
The leaders of higher education_s main technology association have written a powerfully worded letter urging Blackboard to relinquish the rights it gained under a controversial patent of online learning technologies in the public domain and to drop a patent infringement lawsuit it filed in August against a Canadian competitor, Desire2Learn.
•Open Source Articles:
• Reference Docs: Oakland University (Minn) (posted on October 23, 2006)
Check out Oakland's "Learning Management Software Transition Papers". They did an evaluation and generated some interesting and informative documentation. Not sure how they arrived at Moodle s their open source alternative - still reading.
• Resource: Michael Feldstein's e-Literate blog (posted on October 30, 2006)
Feldstein is one of the best and most often cited folks who tracks the state of affairs in e-learning and in particular the LMS world.
• Resource: Swiss Evaluation - Killer Criteria (posted on October 30, 2006)
Worth checking out the list that the Edutech group used for deal killers in their evaluation of open source LMS's, as an example of how they are identified and applied.
• Resource: Swiss Evaluation of Open Source LMS's (posted on October 30, 2006)
" In 2005 the edutech group was repeatedly asked by members of the Swiss e-learning community to report on the quality of current open source (OS) e-learning management systems (LMS) or course management systems (CMS). Since our last evaluation in 2003, which considered only commercial products, many open source products have improved in quality and gained considerable acceptance in higher education organizations."
From the Executive Summary of the Final Committee Report:
An LMS II Strategic Review Committee was formed in January 2005 to examine options for a new enterprise Learning Management System (LMS) to carry CSU, Chico into the future. The solutions considered were Blackboard, Desire2Learn, WebCT Campus Edition, and WebCT Vista, as well as leading open source options Moodle and Sakai. All but Blackboard and WebCT Vista were demonstrated to be deficient during the preliminary investigation and were disqualified from further consideration.
• Case Study: CSU Chico Evaluation Questions - LMS features (posted on October 20, 2006)
This is the 15 page list of evaluation questions the committee used as part of the evaluation process. It contains questions regarding functionality, adaptability, and support issues.
• Case Study: Idaho State U, 2006 (posted on October 30, 2006)
"The learning management systems (LMS) Focus Group Report evaluates feedback by Idaho State University (ISU) faculty members, students, support staff, and assessment officer review of WebCT 6.0, Sakai 2.0, and Moodle 1.5 LMS software packages."
• Case Study: U of Iowa 2005 (posted on October 30, 2006)
"Beginning in February 2005, the University has been searching for a single enterprise CMS vendor whose product is:
- easy to use and intuitive, encouraging faculty adoption despite busy schedules,
- yet also has a full-featured enterprise architecture, allowing efficient implementation of complex tasks, supporting advanced systems integration and distance and nontraditional initiatives."
• EduTools site (posted on October 19, 2006)
"This site was built to assist higher education in using a more rational decision making process to review the many options for a course management system.
This site reviews each product by researching and describing more than 40 product features."
• Educause: Article on Open Source vs Proprietary. (posted on October 25, 2006)
(PDF) In the article "Pioneering New Territory and Technologies", see the section starting on page 124: "Open-Source Learning Management Systems: As Good As the Commercial Ones?" for a thoughtful perspective on the state of the art from the Educause Evolving Technologies committee.
• News: Drop Patent, Educause Urges Blackboard (posted on October 30, 2006)
The leaders of higher education_s main technology association have written a powerfully worded letter urging Blackboard to relinquish the rights it gained under a controversial patent of online learning technologies in the public domain and to drop a patent infringement lawsuit it filed in August against a Canadian competitor, Desire2Learn.
•Open Source Articles:
Open Source: Definition
"Special Report:Open Source Vision," By Matt Villano (Campus Technology, 7/1/2006)
Increasingly, colleges and universities are turning to open source as a way to meet their technology infrastructure and application needs. It's time to weigh the benefits and the challenges.
Open Source Software: Should You Bet Your Career On It? By Stephen R. Acker and Peter E. Murray (Campus Technology, 7/19/2006)
For most universities, a decision to introduce new software should be made with the expectation that the choice will hold for three to seven years until the campus again finds its groove. So change is not taken lightly, and the risk of change must be projected over time and discounted back to the present.
• Reference Docs: Oakland University (Minn) (posted on October 23, 2006)
Check out Oakland's "Learning Management Software Transition Papers". They did an evaluation and generated some interesting and informative documentation. Not sure how they arrived at Moodle s their open source alternative - still reading.
• Resource: Michael Feldstein's e-Literate blog (posted on October 30, 2006)
Feldstein is one of the best and most often cited folks who tracks the state of affairs in e-learning and in particular the LMS world.
• Resource: Swiss Evaluation - Killer Criteria (posted on October 30, 2006)
Worth checking out the list that the Edutech group used for deal killers in their evaluation of open source LMS's, as an example of how they are identified and applied.
• Resource: Swiss Evaluation of Open Source LMS's (posted on October 30, 2006)
" In 2005 the edutech group was repeatedly asked by members of the Swiss e-learning community to report on the quality of current open source (OS) e-learning management systems (LMS) or course management systems (CMS). Since our last evaluation in 2003, which considered only commercial products, many open source products have improved in quality and gained considerable acceptance in higher education organizations."
Thursday, October 19, 2006
Case Study: U of Iowa, 2005
"Beginning in February 2005, the University has been searching for a single enterprise CMS vendor whose product is:
- easy to use and intuitive, encouraging faculty adoption despite busy schedules,
- yet also has a full-featured enterprise architecture, allowing efficient implementation of complex tasks, supporting advanced systems integration and distance and nontraditional initiatives."
http://www.uiowa.edu/~provost/elearning/cms_selection/
- easy to use and intuitive, encouraging faculty adoption despite busy schedules,
- yet also has a full-featured enterprise architecture, allowing efficient implementation of complex tasks, supporting advanced systems integration and distance and nontraditional initiatives."
http://www.uiowa.edu/~provost/elearning/cms_selection/
Friday, October 06, 2006
Open Source - Educause Overview 2006
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/DEC0602.pdf
OVERVIEW OF OPEN SOURCE LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
EDUCAUSE Evolving Technologies Committee
September 15, 2006
Introduction:
Learning Management Systems have emerged from an auxiliary role to a critical one in higher education. Current college students are technologically savvy and demand their faculty to use technology and Learning Management Systems. The consolidation of commercial learning management systems resulting from the acquisition of WebCT by Blackboard, and the resurgence of Angel and Desire2Learn in the same market, has been mirrored by a growth in popularity of open source learning management systems. Two major open source movements are increasing their share of the education space: Moodle and Sakai. This paper explores the latest trends in these two initiatives and discusses some of the most successful implementations to date in the United States and internationally. Judging by the large number of Blackboard employees who attended the 2005 Sakai Conference in Austin, Texas, open source learning management systems are of great interest to the companies marketing their commercial counterparts. Judging by the number of academic institutions which have recently vowed to deploy Sakai to consolidate their numerous learning management systems into one, this trend demands further analysis. Higher education institutions, particularly those with budget constraints, are very attracted to open source LMS because of their cost savings and more control.
OVERVIEW OF OPEN SOURCE LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
EDUCAUSE Evolving Technologies Committee
September 15, 2006
Introduction:
Learning Management Systems have emerged from an auxiliary role to a critical one in higher education. Current college students are technologically savvy and demand their faculty to use technology and Learning Management Systems. The consolidation of commercial learning management systems resulting from the acquisition of WebCT by Blackboard, and the resurgence of Angel and Desire2Learn in the same market, has been mirrored by a growth in popularity of open source learning management systems. Two major open source movements are increasing their share of the education space: Moodle and Sakai. This paper explores the latest trends in these two initiatives and discusses some of the most successful implementations to date in the United States and internationally. Judging by the large number of Blackboard employees who attended the 2005 Sakai Conference in Austin, Texas, open source learning management systems are of great interest to the companies marketing their commercial counterparts. Judging by the number of academic institutions which have recently vowed to deploy Sakai to consolidate their numerous learning management systems into one, this trend demands further analysis. Higher education institutions, particularly those with budget constraints, are very attracted to open source LMS because of their cost savings and more control.
Case Study: Idaho State 2006
LMS Focus Group Report
Instructional Technology Resource Center
Idaho State University, May 11, 2006
Summary:
The learning management systems (LMS) Focus Group Report evaluates feedback by Idaho State University (ISU) faculty members, students, support staff, and assessment officer review of WebCT 6.0, Sakai 2.0, and Moodle 1.5 LMS software packages. The ISU campus community currently utilizes WebCT 4.0, which will no longer be supported after July of 2007, to deliver course materials and activities via the Internet. A typical upgrade path would be to upgrade to WebCT 6.0, but that process has been identified as a larger shift in support and resources than previously required for WebCT version upgrades. The goal of this study is to determine if better LMS alternatives exist that can demonstrate increased pedagogical value, support financial concerns, address support issues, meet appropriate assessment criteria for accreditation, integrate with the information technology services on campus, and offer dependable long-term solutions.
http://www.isu.edu/itrc/resources/LMS_Focus_Group_Report.pdf
After skimming the above, it is well worth looking over the Idaho State Moodle resources page:
http://www.isu.edu/itrc/resources/moodle-info.shtml
Instructional Technology Resource Center
Idaho State University, May 11, 2006
Summary:
The learning management systems (LMS) Focus Group Report evaluates feedback by Idaho State University (ISU) faculty members, students, support staff, and assessment officer review of WebCT 6.0, Sakai 2.0, and Moodle 1.5 LMS software packages. The ISU campus community currently utilizes WebCT 4.0, which will no longer be supported after July of 2007, to deliver course materials and activities via the Internet. A typical upgrade path would be to upgrade to WebCT 6.0, but that process has been identified as a larger shift in support and resources than previously required for WebCT version upgrades. The goal of this study is to determine if better LMS alternatives exist that can demonstrate increased pedagogical value, support financial concerns, address support issues, meet appropriate assessment criteria for accreditation, integrate with the information technology services on campus, and offer dependable long-term solutions.
http://www.isu.edu/itrc/resources/LMS_Focus_Group_Report.pdf
After skimming the above, it is well worth looking over the Idaho State Moodle resources page:
http://www.isu.edu/itrc/resources/moodle-info.shtml
Case Study: CSU Chico, 2005
Executive Summary:
With all campus courses now loaded in the WebCT Campus Edition (CE) Learning Management System (LMS), a significant and growing proportion of faculty (60%) and students (90%) use it regularly. WebCT has become a critical academic enterprise system. CSU, Chico has been supporting the same WebCT CE LMS for six years, but the useful life of this system is coming to an end.
An LMS II Strategic Review Committee was formed in January 2005 to examine options for a new enterprise Learning Management System (LMS) to carry CSU, Chico into the future. The solutions considered were Blackboard, Desire2Learn, WebCT Campus Edition, and WebCT Vista, as well as leading open source options Moodle and Sakai. All but Blackboard and WebCT Vista were demonstrated to be deficient during the preliminary investigation and were disqualified from further consideration.
http://www.csuchico.edu/tlp/LMS2/
LMSStrategicReview.pdf#search=%22LMS%20Strategic%20review%20CSU%20Chico%22
With all campus courses now loaded in the WebCT Campus Edition (CE) Learning Management System (LMS), a significant and growing proportion of faculty (60%) and students (90%) use it regularly. WebCT has become a critical academic enterprise system. CSU, Chico has been supporting the same WebCT CE LMS for six years, but the useful life of this system is coming to an end.
An LMS II Strategic Review Committee was formed in January 2005 to examine options for a new enterprise Learning Management System (LMS) to carry CSU, Chico into the future. The solutions considered were Blackboard, Desire2Learn, WebCT Campus Edition, and WebCT Vista, as well as leading open source options Moodle and Sakai. All but Blackboard and WebCT Vista were demonstrated to be deficient during the preliminary investigation and were disqualified from further consideration.
http://www.csuchico.edu/tlp/LMS2/
LMSStrategicReview.pdf#search=%22LMS%20Strategic%20review%20CSU%20Chico%22
Case Study: McGill Univ, ~ 2005
The Matrix Transformed: Achieving Better Focus and Insight in Learning Management System Selection
Powerpoint presentation from Educause 2005 Annual Meeting
ABSTRACT:
The classic "objective" feature matrix overlooks the types of real-life issues that can make or break a learning management system (LMS) on campus. Learn how McGill University adapted the traditional evaluation framework, uncovering more meaningful comparison points and more useful decision-making criteria to arrive at a best-fit LMS choice.
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/EDU05197.pdf
Referenced at:
http://www.educause.edu/LibraryDetailPage/666?ID=EDU05197
Powerpoint presentation from Educause 2005 Annual Meeting
ABSTRACT:
The classic "objective" feature matrix overlooks the types of real-life issues that can make or break a learning management system (LMS) on campus. Learn how McGill University adapted the traditional evaluation framework, uncovering more meaningful comparison points and more useful decision-making criteria to arrive at a best-fit LMS choice.
http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/EDU05197.pdf
Referenced at:
http://www.educause.edu/LibraryDetailPage/666?ID=EDU05197
LMS's vs Social Tools
Note that by posting this article I'm not advocating we abandon LMS's for a compendium of social software. I included it for those who want some perpsective as to the kinds of tools being used in lieu of a single LMS by some individuals or institutions. - JRB
http://incsub.org/soulsoup/?p=633
People are getting it!! Finally!
Social software: E-learning beyond
learning management systems
by Christian Dalsgaard of Institute of Information and Media Studies, University of Aarhus
ABSTRACT:
The article argues that it is necessary to move e-learning beyond learning management systems and engage students in an active use of the web as a resource for their self-governed, problem-based and collaborative activities. The purpose of the article is to discuss the potential of social software to move e-learning beyond learning management systems. An approach to use of social software in support of a social constructivist approach to e-learning is presented, and it is argued that learning management systems do not support a social constructivist approach which emphasizes self-governed learning activities of students. The article suggests a limitation of the use of learning management systems to cover only administrative issues. Further, it is argued that students' self-governed learning processes are supported by providing students with personal tools and engaging them in different kinds of social networks.
http://www.eurodl.org/materials/
contrib/2006/Christian_Dalsgaard.htm
Open Source: Edutech Evaluation 2005
http://www.edutech.ch/lms/ev3/
From the Edutech group supporting the Swiss Virtual Campus
Evaluation of Open Source Learning Management Systems - 2005
About this Evaluation:
In 2005 the edutech group was repeatedly asked by members of the Swiss e-learning community to report on the quality of current open source (OS) e-learning management systems (LMS) or course management systems (CMS). Since our last evaluation in 2003, which considered only commercial products, many open source products have improved in quality and gained considerable acceptance in higher education organizations.
The main goals of this evaluation are to help higher education institutions choose an open source LMS that can be deployed at the institutional level (some Swiss higher education institutions do not yet have an officially supported and maintained LMS), to validate the LMS choice of those higher education institutions who do have an officially supported and maintained LMS at the institutional level, and
to find out which open source LMS are adequate to be deployed at a national level (professional central hosting for higher education institutions).
From the Edutech group supporting the Swiss Virtual Campus
Evaluation of Open Source Learning Management Systems - 2005
About this Evaluation:
In 2005 the edutech group was repeatedly asked by members of the Swiss e-learning community to report on the quality of current open source (OS) e-learning management systems (LMS) or course management systems (CMS). Since our last evaluation in 2003, which considered only commercial products, many open source products have improved in quality and gained considerable acceptance in higher education organizations.
The main goals of this evaluation are to help higher education institutions choose an open source LMS that can be deployed at the institutional level (some Swiss higher education institutions do not yet have an officially supported and maintained LMS), to validate the LMS choice of those higher education institutions who do have an officially supported and maintained LMS at the institutional level, and
to find out which open source LMS are adequate to be deployed at a national level (professional central hosting for higher education institutions).
Who - What - Where
Welcome!
This blog has been set up as a way to post information, resources, and links that will help our deliberations regarding next generation Learning Management Systems (LMS), also known as Course Management Systems (CMS).
The primary article poster is J. Ritchie Boyd - contact him at jrboyd@montana.edu.
You will be able to comment or post your own resources as well.
-JRB
This blog has been set up as a way to post information, resources, and links that will help our deliberations regarding next generation Learning Management Systems (LMS), also known as Course Management Systems (CMS).
The primary article poster is J. Ritchie Boyd - contact him at jrboyd@montana.edu.
You will be able to comment or post your own resources as well.
-JRB
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