Ken Ronkowitz from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, talks about “Free” CMS for K-12. See his blog post: Is there a free CMS for K-12 schools? Ken makes a great distinction between CMS use for online courses, and CMS being used to support and complement a face-to-face class.

He also talks about an important point that open source software for schools such as Moodle and Sakai require, “IT support, probably more support than a commercial product which comes with at least some built-in/paid for support.” Many K-12 and Higher Ed. schools do not have the resources for this support or would prefer support be provided externally.

Digication comes up in his discussion since it is providing free software, hosting and support for K-12 and higher ed. schools across the U.S.