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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
Canvas Learning Management System
As I discussed in my last post (LMS Market Share – LMS Trends), the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS) is the fastest growing LMS in Higher Education. Its market share is increasing considerably and is currently getting over 25% of new implementations. It’s an impressive feat considering that it has only been in the LMS HigherEd market ... Canvas Learning Management System Read More
LMS Market Share – LMS Trends
The Higher Education market share for Learning Management Systems (LMS) has been looked at and tracked for as long as they have been used in colleges and universities. For years, The Campus Computing Project has been the reference used to get better insight on the LMS usage in HigherEd. This information is based on surveys of institutions (the ... LMS Market Share – LMS Trends Read More
WebCT and How it Helped Open Source LMS
Ten years ago, in October 2005, Blackboard announced the purchase of WebCT for $180M USD ($218M in current USD). This announcement caused ripples in higher education. It was the second biggest merger to be announced in as many weeks. The first such purchase was of PeopleSoft by Oracle. The merger of the two biggest LMS companies was received ... WebCT and How it Helped Open Source LMS Read More
The U.S. is not actually dominating university rankings. Here’s why.
I’m always amazed by the amount of institutions that the United States has in the top 100, 200, 300 or 400 of World university rankings. It always has more than any other country. This amount has been decreasing in the last few years but it’s still four times as many as its closest competition. The ... The U.S. is not actually dominating university rankings. Here’s why. Read More
World Rankings and the Rise of Europe, Not Asia
One of the great things about this site is all the complimentary data we receive. One of these datasets is the 8 world rankings that we compile yearly. In the past we have played with this data to show 9 World University rankings – Side by side – part 1 and make a Historical compilation of 7 world ... World Rankings and the Rise of Europe, Not Asia Read More
Top Learning Management System (LMS) by State or Province
The following visualization illustrates what is the top, or in this case the most popular, Learning Management System by State, Province or Territory. We compiled the 4000+ higher education LMS that we have in the LISTedTECH wiki to see what was the one system that was most used by State or Province. Using this data, we ... Top Learning Management System (LMS) by State or Province Read More
Blended Learning and Student Retention
With all this talk of blended learning and how it’s a major contributor to student satisfaction and success, I wanted to see if it had an actual impact on retention rates. My vizualisations are based on 5208 American institutions and use data from the Intergrated Postsecondary Education Data System -specifically the percentage of students that ... Blended Learning and Student Retention Read More
7,685 Colleges and Universities in the United States
As you can see below, I created a visualization using the coordinates of all 7,685 active HigherEd Institutions in the US. I started playing with all the statistics in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) after reading Phil Hill’s articles on the new IPEDS Data. The amount of facts & figures on US HigherEd ... 7,685 Colleges and Universities in the United States Read More
