Winifred Anderson (weanderson@ucdavis.edu)
Mon, 31 Jan 2000 15:17:45 -0800
Fwd from Karen Berke <klberke@ucdavis.edu>
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>Hello Western Cooperative Members -
>The question was raised on another listserv about evaluations of course
>management systems. There were a few mentioned on that list and I have a
>few that I have compiled. I thought you might like to see these. Also, I
>wondered if you had any evaluations that you have created or used that you
>would like to share with everyone else???
1) Dr. Bruce Landon of Douglas College in British Columbia has a very nice
site that allows for side-by-side comparisons of several products....
http://www.ctt.bc.ca/landonline/
2) PC Week worked with the US Department of Defense on a "shoot-out" among
several software vendors. I am not sure how they picked the vendors, but
the results can be seen online at:
http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,2391276,00.html
3) Marshall University's Center for Instructional Technology has a very
complete list that might be a little dated, but it looks like they are
updating...
http://multimedia.marshall.edu/cit/webct/compare/index.htm
4) Not sure who the University of the Future is...but here is what they
submitted to the DEOS-l listserv....
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From: "Ofer Setty" <ofers@vmt.co.il>
The University of the Future had released its report comparing the major
Course Management Systems. It is a comparison between the following
products:
- Blackboard's CourseInfo
- MadDuck Technologies' Web Course in a Box (WCB)
- Universal Learning Technology's WebCT
- Virtual Learning Environment's VirtualU
- WBT System's TopClass
- IntraLearn
The complete report is on the University of the Future web site at
http://www.FutureU.com/cmscomp/
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>Russell Poulin <rpoulin@wiche.edu>
>Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications
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