One of the problems cited was the lack of available LMS test environments. Recently I've seen two possible approaches that seem quite interesting - although we've not yet tried them (so I would love to get feedback).
One is ClassRunner.com a Moodle installation that allows teachers to get up and going cheaply. You can use a free-trial and then test.
Probably the most interesting is: Open Source CMS - a site that has a whole bunch of open source tools installed so that you can play around with them. The site is reset periodically and has a count down timer. Anything you do will get lost after that timer. But still it's a great way to show people the basics of what an LMS does. And I believe you could then get your courses tested.
The eLearning software I saw was:
- ATutor
- Claroline
- Docebo suite
- Dokeos
- DrupalEd
- Interact
- Moodle
- SyndeoCMS
- Wikis:
- BoltWire
- DokuWiki
- MediaWiki
- PmWiki
- WikkaWiki
- Blogs:
- Dotclear
- Eggblog
- FlatPress
- Globber
- LifeType
- Loudblog
- Nucleus CMS
- Serendipity
- SimplePHPBlog
- Textpattern
- WikyBlog
- WordPress
- Zomplog
