Panelists: Devlin Dailey, Instructure; Warren Ashley, EdD, Reza Boroon, CSUDH; Jeff Borden, Pearson; Barry Dahl, Desire2Learn; Jim

Hermens, Blackboard Moderated by: John Whitmer, CSU Office of the Chancellor &

CSU Chico

The State and Future of Learning Management SystemsSouthern California Technology in Education Conference

17 April 2012

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Agenda

1. LMS Adoption – Nationally & in Cal State

2. Panel Discussion

STATE OF THE LMSFROM AN ADOPTION PERSPECTIVE

High Institutional Adoption

93% of higher education institutions have a standard LMS deployed (Green, 2010)

Making Gains in Adoption & Deployment

Source: Smith, S. D., & Caruson, J. B. (2010). The ECAR Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2010 (Vol. Research Study, Vol. 6). Boulder, CO: EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research.

But not there yet …

Source: Dahlstrom, E., de Boor, T., Grunwald, P., & Vockley, M. (2011). The ECAR National Study of Undergraduate Students and Information Technology, 2011. Boulder, CO: EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research.

LMS Licensing Trend

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-20130

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

Historical Trend: CSU Campus Enterprise LMS Licenses

D2L

Moodle

WebCT/Bb LearnNu

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f C

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use

s

2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-20130

50000

100000

150000

200000

250000

300000

350000

Historical Trend: CSU FTES per Enterprise LMS License

D2L

Moodle

WebCT/Bb Learn

Academic Year

CS

U F

TE

S

CSU Course Sections using Moodle

9

Sonoma State

SF State

Maritime

Humboldt

CSU San Marcos

CSU Northridge

CSU Monterey Bay

*Stanislaus

*Fullerton

*Cal Poly SLO

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

671

2,997

64

2,270

1,098

2,492

553

15

892

187

2,191

7,064

811

3,911

1,162

3,687

614

0

Sum of Active Course Shells

Sum of Inactive Course Shells

* Campuses in transition or piloting Moodle

CSU Students using Moodle in 1+ Sections

10

CSU Monterey Bay

SF State

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

5,074

31,607

503

1,435

Sum of Students using LMS in at least one Sec-tion

Sum of Students not us-ing LMS

PANEL QUESTIONS

1. WHAT IS THE GREATEST CONTRIBUTION THE LMS HAS MADE TO TEACHING AND LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION?

2. WHAT IS A “NEXT GENERATION” LMS? WHAT PROBLEMS DOES IT SOLVE, OR NEW CAPABILITIES DOES IT BRING?

3. WHAT IS THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN THE FUTURE OF THE LMS?

4. WHAT FUTURE TECHNICAL / FUNCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE THE GREATEST IMPACT ON THE LMS? (E.G. BLTI, MOBILE, TABLETS, ANALYTICS)

5. WHAT DOES BLACKBOARD’S ENTRY INTO OPEN SOURCE MEAN FOR BLACKBOARD? FOR THE GREATER ACADEMIC TECHNOLOGY LANDSCAPE?

6. WHY IS LMS REPORTING (LET ALONE ANALYTICS) SO IMMATURE? HOW CAN WE FIX IT?

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Q&A and Contact Info

Contact Info: • John Whitmer (jwhitmer@csuchico.edu)

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