Open source software for research administration

I try not to use this site to promote particular products or services, but occasionally something that is likely to be of genuine interest to readers comes up – hence my previous posting on the Canadian launch of the iPad.

In a similar vein, the development of the Kuali consortium and its goal of [...]

Open source LMSs for small colleges: 3 cases

Briggs, L. (2010) Moving to an Open Source LMS: 3 Stories Campus Technology, April 7

This article describes how three small colleges migrated to either Sakai or Moodle from WebCT.

The LMS war is over – or is it?

Carter, D. (2009) Blackboard, D2L declare truce eSchool News, December 17

The three-and-a-half-year court battle between learning management system (LMS) giant Blackboard Inc. and competitor Desire2Learn ended Dec. 15 when the companies agreed to license each other’s patents and drop long-standing lawsuits.

So does this mean that LMS wars are over? Not really. Both [...]

Trends in learning management systems

Lowendahl, J-M., Zastrocky, M., and Harris, M. (2008) Gartner Higher Education E-Learning Survey 2007: Clear Movements in the Market Stamford CT: Gartner Inc. (available only on subscription)

Briggs, L. (2008) Gartner: E-learning Market Pushing Toward Open Source Campus Technology, June 4.

Over one year old, but I needed the references up on my site.

Open source software for research administration

Parry, M. (2009) Business Software, Built by Colleges for Colleges, Challenges Commercial Giants Chronicle of Higher Education, November 15

An article on the latest open source administrative software developed by the Kuali consortium. This is an important development, offering the potential for large savings on administrative software, but still likely to be used by [...]