Learning Management Systems
What Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Student Information Systems (SIS) Are Used in Conjunction?
We use this chord diagram to show the movement in the LMS market – from the old system to the new system. We got great feedback, so we decided to use the same format to represent the relationship between the LMS market and the SIS market. As most of you know, several LMS are out ... What Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Student Information Systems (SIS) Are Used in Conjunction? Read More
European LMS Market
The Spring 2016 LMS Market Report from our partners at e-Literate focused mostly on the United States and Canada. We, at LISTedTECH, now have data from more than 1,600 higher education institutions throughout Europe and are happy to share e-Literate’s first market analysis for this region. While this report and future analysis will be part of the LMS subscription ... European LMS Market Read More
Update: LMS Usage In Large Online Programs (Top 50 in US)
By: Phil Hill and Justin Menard. Cross-posted at e-Literate Three and a half years ago Phil wrote a post “Snapshot of LMS Market for Large Online Programs in the US” giving a view into this growing segment of higher education. Large online enrollment institutions typically mean a centrally-coordinated provision of online courses, often with duplicate course ... Update: LMS Usage In Large Online Programs (Top 50 in US) Read More
Blackboard Down!
With the help of a social media monitoring service from Cyclope Labs, we have been tapping into the massive amount of data from Twitter. The goal was to see if we could find useful data that would help enrich our understanding of the LMS market dynamics (including our LMS subscription service). We used several filters ... Blackboard Down! Read More
Is the LMS a Billion dollar Market?
After reading an article entitled “Billion-dollar e-learning market about to undergo major shift“, I started wondering if that number, the “billion dollar”, was actually a good evaluation. Several questions came to mind: Since this is a big and difficult question to answer, consider this my attempt to contribute to that discussion with the data I have at my ... Is the LMS a Billion dollar Market? Read More
LMS Pilots as Lead Indicators of Market Movements
As promised in our last post, we will look at the HigherEd institutions that are currently running a Canvas pilot. Pilots are an experimental feature of the LISTedTECH wiki so comparisons to other vendors are difficult at this point. Consequently, we will only focus on the Canvas pilots for now. We can however tell you that ... LMS Pilots as Lead Indicators of Market Movements Read More
LMS Overview of Market Share
In our last post, we used the LMS implementation dates to show how the market is evolving based on which systems are being selected for new implementations. In this post, we will also take into account decommissioning dates, so we are only left with active implementations per year. We’re proposing below an historical LMS overview ... LMS Overview of Market Share Read More
LMS Providers’ Market Share by Implementation Year
In this post, we will look at how LMS providers are sharing the North American market based on new LMS implementations. As you know, the landscape of the LMS market is constantly changing. To visualize this movement, we usually look at year over year percentage change of a vendor’s market share. Below is a traditional ... LMS Providers’ Market Share by Implementation Year Read More
Top HigherEd LMS vendors and the company’s client base
We’ve previously looked at how the LMS market evolved over time (here and here), providing insights into which vendor will dominate in the near future. But what is the current state of the market? Who are the LMS vendors’ clients? In this post, we want to look at the LMS vendors’ client base to see if the ... Top HigherEd LMS vendors and the company’s client base Read More
Free LMS or Open Source LMS used in Higher Ed
Oftentimes, the choice for a new Learning Management System (LMS) is dictated by cost considerations. That requirement will divide the choices at your HigherEd institution’s disposal. We’re proposing below an exploration of those 2 distinct markets: proprietary LMS and free LMS / open source LMS. Splitting the LMS Market Between Open Source and Proprietary Dominating Players in Each Market ... Free LMS or Open Source LMS used in Higher Ed Read More
Best LMS
How do you determine the best LMS? Do you look at the number of features, the price, ask for feedback from your peers or a combination of all these? There is definitely not one perfect learning management system (LMS) that answers every need. Narrowing your selection to a few that answer your functional and technical requirements ... Best LMS Read More
