overview of moodle a free, open source course management system for online learning
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Overview of Moodle
• A Free, Open Source Course Management System for Online Learning
What is Moodle?
• Software that helps teachers manage;– Students– Activities– Homework– Quizzes– Grades– Discussions– Resources
• via the internet.
Origins of Moodle
• Developed by Martin Dougiamas
• Administrator at Curtin University of Technology
• Based in Perth, Western Australia
Benefits of Moodle
• Open source – Allows users access to
source code– Allows users to create
user-generated software content
• Free software – can be used, copied,
studied, modified and redistributed with little or no restriction
Moodle Statistics
• Registered sites: 20,051
• Courses: 80,0071• Users: 8,156,470• Teachers: 1,327,212• Posts: 9,054,974• Resources: 5,142,855
Overall Design Features
• Educator– Promotes a social
constructionist pedagogy
– Suitable for online classes as well as supplementing face-to-face learning
– Most areas can be edited using a WYSIWYG editor
• System Administrator– Moodle runs on Unix,
Linux, Mac OS X, Netware, and any system that supports PHP
– Requires only one database
– Emphasis on strong security throughout.
Features of Moodle
• Assignments• Chats• Choices• Forums• Glossaries• Hot Potatoes Quizzes
• Lessons• Quizzes• Resources• SCORMs• Surveys• Wikis• Workshops
References
1. Moodle Home page, < http://moodle.org/>
2. Wikipedia entry for Moodle, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moodle>
3. Humboldt State University Moodle Support: Online Manual, <http://www.humboldt.edu/~moodle/instructor/manual/index.html>
4. Building Educational Web Sites with Moodle by techsoup.org, <http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/internet/page4814.cfm>
5. UCLA Common Collaboration and Learning Environment Initiative, <http://www.oit.ucla.edu/ccle/>
6. 2006: the year of Moodle by Epic, <http://www.epic.co.uk/content/news/dec_06/moodle.htm>
7. facultyroom.org, http://facultyroom.org/
8. Blackboard vs. Moodle by HSU, <http://www.humboldt.edu/~jdv1/moodle/all.htm>