Learning Management Systems II
Strategic Review Committee Resources

California State University, Chico

January-March 2005

Committee | Literature | Vendors | Meeting Minutes/Rubrics

Literature

The Edu Tools web site is a great source of resources,
comparisons of CMS (Course Management Systems), and articles.
http://www.edutools.com/

• Course Management Systems
  Product Information
  http://www.edutools.com/course/productinfo/
  
  
• Make a Decision
  EduTools Decision Engine
  http://www.edutools.com/course/help/howto.jsp#decision
  

Is Open Source in Your CMS Future? (12/5/04) Syllabus
http://www.campus-technology.com/article.asp?id=10303

Quote from Kathy Christoph, assistant vice chancellor, Academic Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison:

"I know when I first started looking at open source, some of our library support people told me that 85 percent of the software currently underlying our library systems is open source. And they swear that they get better support with that than with the vendor-supplied products. We don’t have a support mechanism for Sakai yet, but I think we have promise of having a good one."

• Compare Products
  http://www.edutools.com/course/compare/
  • By Features
  • By Product Names
  • By Pre-selected Group
    
    
• Online Course Evaluation Project (OCEP)
  The ongoing results of the OCEP study will be available publicly in a web-enabled comparison tool developed in partnership with the EduTools project from the WCET. The evaluation categories will be published for use by the academic community and presented at upcoming conferences.
  http://www.montereyinstitute.org/ocep.html
  
  
• SCORM 2004 components download
  http://www.edutools.com/course/news/detail.jsp?id=881
  
  
• Gartner Research