Documents useful for decision makers

This is a non-comprehensive list of documents or data that can help an organization decide about their LMS.

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
42. (2011) Moodle 2.0 Status Report CLAMP-IT