Entry 9 - Learning Management Systems

On of the most useful discussions I've found on Learning Management Systems (LMS) is written by Tony Karrer (link). His participation in eLearningGuild's Learning Management System research report provides a good overview of the reaction to products in use at various levels of industry including the educational sector. Being able to graphically see the satisfaction levels of users for various LMS packages gives a good understanding of which products to lean towards when beginning an investigation into these tools. He also provides some background information as to why some of the perceptions may be inflated, such as Moodle being open source, thus cost not being a factor. He also presents information on certain products which provide limited usage, thus being good starter programs but not being final destinations. Thank you to all of those out there that provide well linked and cross linked blogs which provide not only solid information but also provide easy access to more information on topics of interest.