Learning Management Systems (LMS)


Blackboard, K12 Pilot Developmental Math Program

Two large education companies have started pilots to test out a new joint service to help students get through developmental mathematics.

CASI Partners With Pearson To Provide Online Learning

College America Services Inc. has chosen Pearson LearningStudio to provide online learning at the organization's four higher education institutions.

SaaS Module Lets Schools 'Bolt' Social Networking onto Learning Management Systems

A company with its own learning management system (LMS) for academic and corporate use has taken the social networking aspects of its LMS and turned them into an add-on product that will work with competing LMSes.

U Mary Washington Begins Move to Instructure LMS

A university in Fredericksburg, VA has begun its move to a new open source, SaaS-based learning management system.

Carson-Newman College Seeks Social Networking with New LMS

A 2,260-student private college in Jefferson, TN is moving its course management onto Edvance360 LMS-SN from Edvance360.



OLAT 7.2 Broadens Ajax Support in ePortfolio

A new version of the free and open source learning management system OLAT has been released.

Hillsborough CC Migrates to Blackboard Learn, Expands Services Contract

Florida's Hillsborough Community College has begun its migration off of WebCT and onto Blackboard Learn version 9.1, Blackboard's latest version of its learning management system.

Moodle 2.0.3 Gets 230 Fixes and Improvements

Moodle 2.0.3 has been released, incorporating more than 200 new features, improvements, bug fixes, and security tweaks (some of them classified as major).

Oregon Community Colleges Collaborate on Healthcare Distance Ed

The Oregon Community Colleges Healthcare Education Alliance is looking to expand availability of its healthcare-related degrees and certificates through distance education.

Ocean County College Looks To Triple Enrollment Through Online Program

Ocean County College in New Jersey is advancing its institutional goal to exploit the potential for distance learning.