In 2008, Western Oregon University adopted Moodle as its primary learning management system (LMS), discontinuing the LMS we’d been using for the previous ten years, WebCT, not long after. While Moodle has served us fairly well, ten years is a long time to go without a systematic review, especially considering all the changes in the online education landscape during this time and the school’s increasing reliance on this technology to deliver high-quality instruction.
To determine whether any changes should be made, not just to our LMS but to how we support it, WOU has commenced a regular systematic LMS review process, starting now and to happen once every five years, with these clearly defined outcomes:
- Stay with our current LMS
- Make a change to a new LMS
- Make recommendations on better ways to support our LMS
Finally, the LMS is so central to our mission that the process should be as open, thorough and as inclusive as possible. Updates regarding the LMS Review will be regularly communicated via this website. For more information, see both the Project Overview and Timeline pages. If you have questions, please reach out to any of the members of the LMS Review team.