E-Learning
I'm
a Moodle specialist. Moodle is an open-source, free, learning platform aka
Virtual Learning Environment or Course Management System. Moodle arose from
educationally focused Ph.D. reseach and is designed to help teachers, tutors,
academics, facilitators and moderators create, deliver and manage online
courses with opportunities for rich interaction.
Moodle has been maturing ever since 1999 and it now offers a powerful functionality that can meet learning management goals in almost any organisation and scenario. Moodle is developed using an open source philosophy and can be deployed with no licence fee implications. Its basis on a social constructionist pedagogy is manifested through the large number of synchronous and asynchronous collaboration features it boasts. It is SCORM conformant and can be quickly deployed on most platforms.
The licence model and impressive range of "out of the box" features has enabled Moodle to make significant inroads into many organisations, across the education, public and private sectors. My experience with Moodle has been highly positive and reinforces my view that there are few learning management scenarios where Moodle should not feature as a serious contender.
Moodle offers the following tools:
- web-based content delivery
- e-assessment
- discussion fora
- wikis
- blogs
- databases
- granular access
- resource tracking
- student tracking
- SCORM
- pay pal integration
I would be pleased to discuss in more detail what Moodle can offer you
