Learning Management Systems
Understanding the Key Drivers of Technology Implementations
Often, we look at technology implementations in higher education by the type of institutions, such as public or private, two-or four-year, or large or small enrollment sizes. This approach can be helpful to leaders who want to inform their decision-making by seeing which technologies similar institutions have implemented. Likewise, viewing the landscape of implementations this ... Understanding the Key Drivers of Technology Implementations Read More
Learning Management Systems in Canada
This post is in its third iteration (2015; 2020, 2023). In 2020, we focused our graphs and analysis on historical implementation data. For this update, we look at the most current market shares in Canada’s LMS market. We also kept the historical market shares and new implementations as references for data fanatics. Canada has a ... Learning Management Systems in Canada Read More
Most Common SIS and LMS Used in Community Colleges
Community colleges are often an afterthought in the HigherEd world. Yet, in the United States, there are almost 1,500 institutions, and in Canada, a little over 200. These community colleges north of the 28th parallel register more than 5.5 million students. It is time to specifically showcase community colleges in a post. Today, we want ... Most Common SIS and LMS Used in Community Colleges Read More
SIS and LMS Used in School Districts
Have you ever asked yourself: which SIS is used with a given LMS? When an institution considers replacing its learning management system, it may want to know what is the most implemented LMS with its current SIS. At ListEdTech, this type of question fuels our creativity as we like to better understand the data we ... SIS and LMS Used in School Districts Read More
The Educause Post Got Traction
Last week’s post got lots of coverage. Some bloggers played with the data to build alternative versions of some graphs, while others commented on the post and generated many remarks on reposts. I would like to thank everyone who shared the Educause post or commented on it. It’s good to see that the edtech community ... The Educause Post Got Traction Read More
Does the Educause Exhibitor’s Floor Plan Reflect Market Trends in HigherEd IT? The 2022 Update
This week, it’s Educause annual conference with its second in-person participation after the online-only pandemic year. After the 2021 conference, we wrote about the floor plan possibly reflecting the market trend. Will this year’s floor plan show the same results? Research Methodology I first retrieved all floor plans and exhibitors’ lists since 2012 (except for ... Does the Educause Exhibitor’s Floor Plan Reflect Market Trends in HigherEd IT? The 2022 Update Read More
Update on the K-12 LMS Historical Market
In June 2021, we published an update on the K-12 learning management systems. At the time, we had not noticed that some numbers did not adequately represent the market. Having adjusted our scrapers at the end of 2021, we then published an update. This post presents the most recent data we amassed on K-12 LMS ... Update on the K-12 LMS Historical Market Read More
Shifting Enrollments in US Colleges During the Pandemic: Going Online
With the late August release of IPEDS enrollment data, we have new, important views into the enrolment shifts that have occurred across US higher education. Specifically, another year of 12-month enrollment data was released- allowing for more segmented measurements of how the impact of the pandemic has been playing out in terms of shifting enrollments ... Shifting Enrollments in US Colleges During the Pandemic: Going Online Read More
itslearning Exits the US Market
Last week, we found a document that said: “During the 2021-2022 school year, itsLearing [sic] announced it was ending service to all of North America.” At first, we were surprised but tried to understand the announcement. We contacted Phil Hill to get his input on the itslearning move. “[I] knew they were exploring options but ... itslearning Exits the US Market Read More
Farewell, Edmodo!
On August 15, 2022, the learning management system community learned it was about to lose one of its members. As mentioned in the Twitter announcement, Edmodo will sunset its LMS portal (its only product) on September 22, 2022. What led to this decision? At first, we tried to understand why NetDragon (the owner of Edmodo ... Farewell, Edmodo! Read More
My Take Away From the D2L Fusion Conference
I was invited to attend this year’s D2L Fusion Conference. This was my first D2L conference. It was held in Boston (Mass.), July 20-22, 2022. Instead of welcoming the regular 1,000 participants, the conference hosted around 700 attendees. The attendance drop is due, you guess it, to the COVID-19 virus and the travel difficulties it brings. ... My Take Away From the D2L Fusion Conference Read More
