Just read this report this morning. Athabasca is a major player in distance education in Canada, and if they've gone to moodle, this will do a great deal to support my case here at my college.

http://wiki.elinc.ca/ConferenceReportMay2005CADE

" This is the most interesting news I learned at the conference. I inquired Rory McGreal, Athabasca's Associate VP Research, for the story. It was rather dramatic. Athabasca faculties were using three different LMS systems at the same time. The University finally decided that it would only support a single system. The questions was which one. Sounds familiar? Selection committee was formed and it decided on WebCT. Bear in mind that Alberta has province wide license on webct. Faculty member didn't like the decision and consequently formed its own committee and conducted its own evaluation to rate the three systems - webct, moodle, and Lotus Notes Learning Space.
Moodle won head and shoulder. The University accepted faculty's decision.
Now Moodle is the choice at Athabasca."

Can anyone confirm it? I especially like the part about the teachers rising up and requesting moodle...