LMS Team
From DurhamtechWiki
Contents
About the LMS Team
In Fall 2009, Durham Tech formed an LMS Evaluation Team to explore issues facing the college rgarding its Learning Management System and to recommend a future path for the college.
General Resources
- Blackboard Customers Consider Alternatives - on NCLIVE; link works only if you are on campus
- Choosing a Course Management System is like Picking a Pet
- Insidious Pedagogy: How Course Management Systems Impact Teaching
- LMS Evaluation Criteria (PDF)
Learning from Other Institutions
Many educational institutions across the nation have conducted LMS evaluations and have made recommendations in favor of one product or another. Below is a sampling of reports produced by various institutions:
Migrating to Moodle:
- NCCCS: Moodle Assessment Report (includes case studies of 4 colleges that have converted to Moodle)
- Guilford Tech's Bb-to-Moodle Journey
- NCSU: Moodle Migration Announcement (or see this article from the Technician)
- UNC-Charlotte: LMS Evaluation Committee Report
- UNC-Pembroke: Final Report of Bb/Open Source Evaluation Committee
Piloting Sakai:
LMS Options & Technical Resources
Blackboard
- What's ahead for Blackboard: Project NG
Moodle
- About Moodle - links to excellent documentation and to a demonstration site where you can play with Moodle
- Using Moodle (online book)
- Moodle Tutorials for Faculty (from NJIT)
- Pitt Community College Moodle Documentation
