Documents useful for decision makers

This is a non-comprehensive list of documents or data that can help an organization decide about their LMS. It would appear that quite a few of these links no longer work. Please, if you find a link that does not seem to work make a note but do not delete, as it may be only that the location is temporarily unavailable.

1. (2003) Commonwealth of Learning: COL LMS Open Source
2. (2004) Jamil Itmazi & Miguel Meg: Survey: Comparison and evaluation studies of learning content management systems
3. (2004) Dublin City University: Moodle at DCU
4. (2004) CMS@EC: Survey of students opinions of Moodle
5. (2004) Catalyst IT Limited: Technical Evaluation of selected Learning Management Systems
6. (2004) Jay Melton: The CMS moodle: A Heuristic Evaluation
7. (2004) NZ Open Source VLE Project LMS Evaluation
8. (2005) Dave Bremer & Reuben Bryant: A Comparison of Two Learning management Systems: Moodle vs Blackboard
9. (2005) Safine Graf & Beate List: An Evaluation of Open Source E-Learning Platforms Stressing Adaptation Issues
10. (2005) A Next Generation Learning Management System for CSU, Chico
11. (2005) Bert Bos, Kathy Munoz & Joan Van Duzer: Blackboard vs. Moodle A Comparison of Satisfaction with Online Teaching and Learning Tools
12. (2005) Miles G Berry: An investigation of the effectiveness of Moodle in primary education
13. (2006) Jon Dron: Any color you like, as long as it’s Blackboard (r)
14. (2006) Idaho State University: LMS Focus Group Report
15. (2006) Idaho State University: LMS Pilot Report (Moodle)
16. (2006) Jay Melton: The LMS moodle: A Usability Evaluation
17. (2006) Brendan Moloney & Timothy Gutierrez: An Enquiry into Moodle Usage and Knowledge in a Japanese ESP program
18. (2006) Michael Winter: Learning Management Systems for the Workplace A Research Report
19. (2006) Sakai. Vs Moodle
20. (2006) Focusing Resources and Fostering Creativity - Joint Functional Sponsors Group – Technical Sponsors Group Report to the Faculty Committee on Educational Technology on the Common Collaboration and Learning Environment - UCLA
21. (2006) MIT Peer Comparison of Course/Learning Management Systems, Course Materials Life Cycle, and Related Costs
22. (2007) Andreas Wittke: Why German Universities choose Moodle instead of Sakai
23. (2007) Idaho State University: LMS Final Report
24. (2007) Michael Machado & Eric Tao: Blackboard vs. Moodle: Comparing User Experience of Learning Management Systems
25. (2007) UCLA Selects Open Source Solution, Interview with Ruth Sabean
26. (2007) Instructional Technology Resource Center - Idaho State University
27. (2007) The Enterprise Committer: When Your Employee Develops Open-Source Code on the Company Payroll
28. (2007) E-learning Guild 360º Report - Learning Management Systems
29. (2007) Moodle becoming schools' VLE of choice - Ian Usher, citing BESA research data
30. (2008) Report looks at schools' success with Moodle - Laura Devaney, eSchool News
31. (2008) E-learning survey - University of Oviedo
32. (2008) Open Source LMS for mission-critical enterprise-level application - San Francisco State University SFSU
33. (2008) E-learning Guild 360º Report - Learning Management Systems
34. (2008) 59% of UK colleges now using Moodle - Niall Sclater, citing unnoficial wiki-based survey on VLE usage in UK colleges
35. (2008) Moodle nas escolas portuguesas - números, oportunidades, ideias - João Fernandes
36. (2008) Moodle na FCTUNL - João Fernandes and António Maneira
37. (2008) Geopor na web 2.0 - Paulo Legoinha and João Fernandes
38. (2008) Moving to Moodle: Reflections two years later - Ining Tracy Chao - EDUCAUSE Quarterly, vol. 31, no. 3 (July–September 2008)
39. Google Trends
40. EduTools Course Management System Comparisons
41. (2010) Report on Two NCSU Instructors’ Experience with Moodle During Fall 2010
42. (2011) Moodle 2.0 Status Report CLAMP-IT