Evaluating Comparisons and Evaluations of Learning Management Systems

Abstract

In the last years, numerous papers were published comparing different learning management systems (LMS). Some of them dealt with only few comparison criteria, while others included almost every imaginable feature. When faced to do a comparison ourselves, we came across many of such papers and did a research of what authors considered relevant in an LMS. By comparing papers written in different years, we tried to find out if there is a pattern of features linked to a certain time period, how a demand for new features was evolving through time, and how did LMS developers respond to this demand. We also tried to figure out the present demands and which new features will be included in future versions of LMSs.