LMS Selection Subcommittee

Purpose

Texas A&M's current contract with eCampus (a.k.a. Blackboard Learn) will expire August 31, 2021. As a result, Texas A&M Vice President of IT and Chief Information Officer, Dee Childs, directed the IT Governance program to develop a faculty-centric Learning Management System (LMS) selection committee to review LMS systems currently available in the marketplace.

A LMS Selection Committee was formed on September 14th, 2018 and will submit a recommendation for a replacement LMS by Summer, 2019. This committee is comprised of faculty and staff representatives from all TAMU colleges and campuses. A new LMS for TAMU will be selected and phased in to replace eCampus by 2021.

The LMS selection subcommittee (LMS-SC), a part of the IT Governance Program - Teaching & Transformational Learning Technologies Committee (TTLTC), is co-chaired by Dr. James Snell, Director of Instructional Technology Services, and Dr. Catharina Laporte, Chairperson of the TTLTC. The LMS-SC will be active for nine months, beginning on September 14, 2018, and ending on May 17, 2019, culminating in the publication of an LMS Selection report.

The committee has selected to review the following LMS products as part of this review process:

Members

The LMS-SC is comprised of at least one faculty member from every College and in some cases, one or more expert staff members who use the existing LMS or a non-centrally supported LMS. There will be opportunities for staff and students to participate as the LMS-SC works to engage the University. Staff and students will also be given the opportunity to provide feedback through their College's respective LMS-SC member.

Member	College or Division
Dr. Paul Brandt paul-c-brandt@tamu.edu Associate Professor & Associate Dean for Academic Technology and Curriculum Innovation	College of Medicine
Rebecca Burgner rlburgner@tamu.edu Instructional Designer III	Bush School of Government and Public Service
William Byrnes williambyrnes@law.tamu.edu Executive Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Special Projects	School of Law
Dr. Stephen Caffey scaffey@arch.tamu.edu Associate Department Head for Research / MS and PhD Coordinator	College of Architecture
Dr. Genny Carrillo gcarrillo@tamu.edu Associate Professor	School of Public Health
Tara Gray tara.d.gray@tamu.edu Director of Professional Development	Division of Human Resources & Organizational Effectiveness
Gerald Hughes hughesg@tamug.edu Distance Education Support Staff	Texas A&M at Galveston
Dr. Michelle Pine mpine@cvm.tamu.edu Clinical Associate Professor	College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Dr. Jon Jasperson jjasperson@mays.tamu.edu Clinical Professor and Assistant Dean of Learning Transformation & Academic Technology	Mays Business School
Dr. David Jimenez david.jimenez@tamu.edu Assistant Research Scientist, Educational Psychology	College of Education and Human Development
Konstantinos Kakosimos k.kakosimos@qatar.tamu.edu Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering	Texas A&M University at Qatar
Joshua Kissee joshua.kissee@tamu.edu Chief of Staff to the Vice President for IT and Chief Information Officer (CIO)	Texas A&M, IT Governance Program
Miklos Kovacs miklos.kovacs@tamu.edu IT Manager III	Texas A&M University at Qatar
Dr. Catharina Laporte claporte@tamu.edu Chairperson of the TTLTC Instructional Assistant Professor, Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts	Texas A&M (Co-Chair)
Dr. Stephen McDonald stephen.mcdonald@tamhsc.edu Clinical Assistant Professor, Restorative Sciences	College of Dentistry
James McGrath jmcgrath@law.tamu.edu Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Academic Support, Bar Passage, & Compliance	School of Law
Sharon Mainka smainka@tamu.edu Assistant Chief of Staff to the Vice President for IT and Chief Information Officer (CIO)	Texas A&M, IT Governance Program
Dr. Joan Mileski mileskij@tamug.edu Professor and Head, Maritime Administration	Texas A&M at Galveston
Dr. Theresa Murphrey t-murphrey@tamu.edu Associate Professor, Department of Leadership, Education, and Communications	College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Dr. Sunay Palsole sunay.palsole@tamu.edu Assistant Vice Chancellor for Engineering Remote Education	College of Engineering
Dr. Steven Peterson peterson@pharmacy.tamhsc.edu Associate Dean for Academic Affairs	College of Pharmacy
Dr. Henry Potter hpotter@tamu.edu Assistant Professor, Oceanography	College of Geosciences
Dr. Asha Rao asha@tamu.edu Senior Lecturer, Department of Biology	College of Science
Dr. Bryan Rasmussen brasmussen@tamu.edu Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering	College of Engineering
Dr. James Snell j-snell@tamu.edu Director of Instructional Technology Services	Texas A&M University (Co-Chair)
Dr. Adolfo Santos adolfo.santos45@tamu.edu Assistant Provost	Texas A&M University – Higher Education Center at McAllen
Dr. Kati Stoddard kstoddard@tamu.edu Instructional Assistant Professor, Plant Pathology & Microbiology	College of Agriculture and Life Science
Dr. Noelle Sweany nsweany@tamu.edu Clinical Associate Professor, Educational Psychology	College of Education and Human Development
Dr. Andrew Tag atag@bio.tamu.edu Senior Lecturer, Biology	College of Science
Dr. Heather Wilkinson h-wilkinson@tamu.edu Professor & Associate Dean of Faculties for Faculty Development	Dean of Faculties
Kris Wuensche wuensche@tamu.edu Clinical Assistant Professor and Director	College of Nursing