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The Open University of
the UK
“We see the development of Moodle applications, along
with involvement of the Moodle
Open Source community giving our students a great advantage in
e-learning. Plus, the innovations added by the OU will be available
to the entire Moodle community. It’s a two-way creative street.”
San
Francisco State University
“The structure of Moodle is very easy,”
Athabasca University
"(Moodle's) appealing visual design, the ease and intuitive feel
with which online activities can be added, the online help and
support provided by the documentation and user groups make this a
superior and user-friendly LMS."
Macalaster College
"I wish my other issues had such nice solutions."
Dordt College
"We have moved from Blackboard to Open Source Moodle, and it is
going very well."
Luther College
"All and all we are finding Moodle a refreshing and remarkable
change from our four years with Blackboard."
George Fox University
"However, the upgrade to WebCT CE6 with yearly price increases so
that I would have the right to use their software finally made it
very clear that I could not build a Web Services Strategy without
owning my LMS."
Augsburg College
"Many of our faculty were just putting up with Blackboard. We had
far far more people excited about moodle after our may sessions."
University of Dubuque
WebCT and moodle seem to match up pretty much across the board in
terms of features. Moodle is the big winner in the ease of use
category, IMO and based on feedback from faculty and students
Lincoln University
There is quite a growing interest in Moodle in NZ and we have
trialed it this year. The reaction from the staff and students who
used it was very positive and there were no technical problems
during the trial - very stable. We plan to go over to it fully in
2006.
Concordia University
Moodle is a free, open-source alternative to commercial
courseware that is widely used in universities around the world. Its
large client/developer base, as well as optional commercial
development and support, make it the optimal choice.
Research Studies:
Graf, Sabine and List, Beate
(2005)
An evaluation of Open-Source E-Learning Platforms Stressing Adaptation Issues,
presented at
ICALT 2005)
“Moodle dominates the
evaluation by achieving the best value five times. The strengths of Moodle are
the realization of communication tools, and the creation and administration of
learning objects. Additional strengths of Moodle are the comprehensive
didactical concepts and also the tracking of data. Furthermore, the outstanding
usability of Moodle leads to the maximum evaluation value in the usability
category.”
Van Duzer, Joan, and Munoz, Kathy:
Blackboard vs. Moodle: A Comparison of Satisfaction with Online Teaching and
Learning Tools
"Can free software
satisfactorily meet the needs of students, faculty, and instructional
technologists for online teaching and learning?"
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