LMS/CMS Wiki

 

I am working on a class project that involves setting up a distributed networking project. We were given broad latitude in the topic of our project, and I have had a particularly recent, long, and painful RFP process in selecting a new LMS platform and hosting vendor for my "work" school. Everywhere I turned it was difficult to get a straight story between flourishing vendor demos and bits and pieces of hear-say at conferences.
Online resources were difficult to find. Of particular help were two resources I found. One was the EduTools comparison tool and another, which I found too late into the process, wis a Wiki via Brock Unversity. I am looking to bring fresh opinions into the game and ask some questions about Open Source choices like Sakai, Drupal, and Moodle. Experiences in all major and even minor platforms is welcome. And above all I want to have a lasting resource that can compliment the other out there.

I set up a Wiki called the LMS/CMS Wiki which is now open and available at http://www.withaq.net/wiki/ I am asking for any educational technology professionals that have a spare moment to come populate this Wiki which an relevant thoughts, specs, or warnings about different LMS and CMS packages. These thoughts can range from customizations (we all make them), usability, learning curve, everything from techie to pedagogical in nature is welcome. So please come visit and contribute if only for the community's good. As it is a Wiki, you can create an account and edit most pages save for a few template pages I created to keep it loosely organized. I aim to include screenshots, have discussion, and slowly work on a nice matrix for quick comparison purposes. I chose a few of the most popular packages to start with, but we can add more. The LMS/CMS Wiki is very much in it's formative stages and there are some loose ends here and there that I am sure we'll work out. If you are interested, feel free to go ahead and check out http://www.withaq.net/wiki/, and please send me an email with your thoughts about it.

Thank you!

Good to know.