Getting Started with Learning Management Systems

Scholarly Resources

For a little more information on the value, applicability, generalizability, and difficulties in the design of controlled experiment, see the following:

• Social software: E-learning beyond learning management systems, by Chris Dalsgaard of the University of Aarhus
• A critical examination of the effects of learning management systems on university teaching and learning, by Hamish Coates, Richard James, and Gabrielle Baldwin of the University of Melbourne
• Putting A Second Life “Metaverse” Skin On Learning Management Systems, by Jeremy Kemp of San Jose State University and Daniel Livingstone of the University of Paisley
• Saving time or innovating practice: Investigating perceptions and uses of Learning Management Systems, by Steven Lonn and Stephanie Teasley of the University of Michigan
• An argument for clarity: what are learning management systems, what are they not, and what should they become?, by William Watson and Sunnie Watson of Indiana University
• Providing Adaptive Courses in Learning Management Systems with Respect to Learning Styles, by Sabine Graf of the Vienna University of Technology and Kinshuk of Athabasca University
• Identifying Learning Styles in Learning Management Systems by Using Indications from Students’ Behaviour, by Sabine Graf and Tzu-Chien Loi of the National Central University Graduate Institute of Learning and Instruction, Taiwan, and Kinshuk of Athabasca University
• Blackboard vs. Moodle: Comparing User Experience of Learning Management Systems, by Michael Machado and Eric Tao of California State University-Monterey Bay
• An open IMS-based user modelling approach for developing adaptive learning management systems, by Jesus Boticario and Olga Santos of the National University of Distance Education

General Media

These sources would generally not be suitable for use in your assignments, but they may provide a useful general overview of the topic if you find yourself struggling with the more scholarly resources.

• What is an LMS?, from Mindflash
• Field Guide to Learning Management Systems
• Learning Management Systems, from the Educause kubrary
• Selecting a Learning Management System: Advice from an Academic Perspective, by Clayton Wright, Balerie Lopes, T. Craig Montgomerie, Sunday Reju, and Seb Schmoller of Educause Review
• What is an LMS (Learning Management System)?, by Ryan Goodrich of Business News Daily
• Web 2.0, personal learning environments, and the future of learning management systems
• Learning management system, from the EduTech Wiki
• Learning management system, from Wikipedia
• List of learning management systems, from Wikipedia
• Pearson and Google Jump Into Learning Management With a New, Free System, by Josh Fischman of the Chronicle of Higher Education
• The Red Hot Market for Learning Management Systems, by John Bersin of Forbes
• The 20 Best Learning Management Systems, by Christopher Pappas of eLearning Industry
• 7 Tips For Selecting A Learning Management System, by Elena Tikhomirova and Alexey Krolkov of eLearning Industry
• Techniques for Unleashing Student Work from Learning Management Systems, by Justin Reich of MindShift
• Learning management system adoption on the rise, gamification trending, by Lisa Hoover McGreevy of Fierce Content Management
• Learning Management Systems (LMS) Market Worth $7.83 Billion by 2018 Forecasted in MarketsandMarkets Recent Report, by Rohan Salgarkar of MarketWired
• Study Ranks Accessibility of Top Learning Management Systems, by Dian Schaffhauser of T.H.E. Journal
• Iowa College Adopts New LMS To Move Beyond ‘Managing’ Learning, by Dian Schaffhauser of Campus Technology
• Blackboard Acquires MyEdu to Retool the LMS, by Tony Wan of EdSurge

For more information, see also this Lynda course on Learning Management Systems:

• Learning Management System (LMS) Fundamentals