Moodle is
an open source course management system (CMS) that is
taking the educational world by storm. It
provides all the sophisticated high level
functionality of an educational CMS and more - and
there are no license fees. More and more
colleges and universities, and even businesses, are turning to Moodle to
host and deliver courses online.
Comment from those who selected Moodle as
one of their Top 10 Tools in 2008
"Every time I use the environment with learners I experience
the quality and the many options of this learning
environment. I like the didactical ideas behind the
environment and if it matching your own model it will be a
winner! Powerful learning experiences are within the reach
of every creative learning designer and learner."
Marcel de
Leeuwe
"the most popular, the most customizable,
the most community driven VLE in existence"
Mary Cooch
"we offer Moodle to all of our schools and
I'm constantly amazed and surprised at what it can do."
Ian Usher
"open source (meaning free, written by programmers for
the greater good) learning management system (track your
eLearning/quizzes/forums/assignments). Since you
probably don’t have a Dad with his own web host, you’ll
need a good Moodle host. Check out
www.moodlerooms.com
as an option."
Bonni
Stachowiak
"This open source course management
system is my bread and butter and has led me into the
free software world. Its community of teachers and its
enlightened leadership is second to none."
Hans de Zwart
"Moodleis the CMS in our Institute, but I
also use it to organise groups and provide support."
Brian
Mulligan
"Moodle
is a course management system - a free, Open Source
software package designed using sound pedagogical
principles, to help educators create and deliver
effective on-line learning communities"
Andreas
Büsing
"Who ever thought I’d
own my own virtual learning environment? Moodle is much better than Blackboard,
which is amazing considering the time and money the
latter have had to come up with something better. The
software continues to improve, although it’s already got
everything I can think of."
Clive
Shepherd
"I've been
working with Moodle for
four years - since version 1 came out. Although designed
to work within a formal education setting, its beauty is
in its flexibility. Every organisation, and every
person, will use Moodle in a different way. It's would
be a particularly mature learning organisation which
uses every function of Moodle. Now that we've cracked
the way the Moodle theme packs work, we're finding more
and more applications for it - particularly in public
sector organisations. There are two things that Moodle
does not do well. One is handling bookings for
face-to-face events, so some sort of Learner records
system is an essential component of a complete solution.
The other is handling content for use outside of a
formal "course"-based delivery."
Mark
Berthelemy
"Moodle just gets better and
better. Never had installing your own LMS been easier. It
is so easy to use, has masses of functionality and is very
robust. Simply the best virtual learning environment and no
licence fees! No wonder over 24% of small and medium sized
US corporates use Moodle" Steve Rayson
"Ideal
for structured communications and a central platform for
a community e.g My.edu.au" Anne Paterson
"Moodle is a
feature rich course
management system (CMS) and an excellent tool for
setting up a virtual learning environment (VLE).
Good for uploading student work and for providing
grades and feedback. Easy to add all sorts of
resources. Also includes useful blog and wiki
features." Patricia
Donaghy
"One of the best overall platforms for
asynchronous e-learning. Free, open-source with great
add-ons developed in a global community. Backbone of
most of my e-learning projects."
Stylianos
Mystakidis
"I was amazed
with the features of the moodle for E-Learning. I feel
it can solve total requirements of an online Institute.
Course management, user management, quiz managements
etc., are really very nicely designed."
N B
Venkateswarlu
"An Awesome course
management system! The more you use it, the more you
love it. Who said that open source is of no quality?
It is simply an excellent tool to facilitate online
learning (wikis, blogs, forums, chat, Instant
Messaging, quizzes, polls, journals, database,
e-books, basic content management, WYSIWYG editor,
Item analysis, etc)."
Zaid Algasoff
"Moodle is the most comprehensive open source e-Learning
system out there. It can be complicated to use at
first, but once you understand its intricacies you can
really appreciate its power."
Mark Schumann
"Our college uses this LMS. It's great
in that most lecturers use it to upload course materials
and resources (such as podcasts, pdfs, screencasts,
diagrams, slideshows, links, etc). The forums are
particularly useful for asking questions about
assignments, etc, and for general 'brain picking' of our
lecturers! Moodle has good assignment management
features also - including assignment description,
notification of due dates and submission forms."
Karen OBrien
"Powerful, easy to
set up, free, and engaging for students and teachers. It
is my favorite LMS by far, and I have used many." Jason Edwards
"Robust open source
course management system which is easy to use, easy to
set up both users and courses and does not require
specialist/expensive hosting/implementation. We use
Moodle to 'house' many of our courses for clients."
Seaghan
Moriarty
"The
best VLE/LMS/CMS
(!) I've worked with, so versatile."
David Smailes
"I
started using Moodle this last year with a few of my
computer classes but will use this open-source course
management system with all
my classes this year. It’s easy to use, has built in
blogging and modules (quizzes, journals, docs) that make
it easy to keep all class documents in one area."
Colette
Cassinelli
"t
really surprises me how this course management system
offers a plenty of course management features for free.
I always recommend Moodle if someone asks
me for the cheapest yet the best CMS or LMS for
online learning." Sathish
Narayanan
"I use this Open Source course
management system for my training courses. I like its
interactive components, including chats, forums, wikis,
workshops. I am also looking into ways to use it for
group coaching."
Anastasia Prynikova
"Already an
institution in institutions! Martin Dougimas's erstwhile
thesis project continues to meet the learning management
requirements of any number and type of organisation. I
just love the idea of framing Social Constructivism in
such an useful environment."
Michael
Hanley
Comments from those who selected Moodle as
one of their Top 10 Tools in 2007
"Who ever thought I’d own my own virtual
learning environment? Moodle is much better than
Blackboard, which is amazing considering the time and
money the latter have had to come up with something
better. I use it any chance I get because it’s so easy
to use and always works" Clive
Shepherd
"for course development
and as an
open source alternative
to Bb/WebCT"
Terry Elliott
"Moodle will change
the face of the
elearning industry in my
view. It is an open
source product which has
come of age. It is easy
to use, has masses of
functionality and is
very robust. Simply the
best virtual learning
environment and no
licence fees!"
Steve
Rayson
"I have to put this up near the
top as it was my introduction to Open Source software,
when we used it to create
CABWEB.
This is a truly great example of an open source
community with lots of active and helpful users
(very few of whom are programmers). I am honoured to
be moderator of Social forum at Moodle.org."Frances Bell
"Moodle and WebCT are
the two platforms
currently available
in my University.
I’ve tried both and
decided to use
Moodle for its
simplicity and
because it’s open
source software"
Jorge
Goncalves
"I
started using Moodle this last year with a few of my
computer classes but will use this open-source course
management system with all my classes this year. It’s
easy to use, has built in blogging and modules (quizzes,
journals, docs) that make it easy to keep all class
documents in one area."
Colette
Cassinelli
"fabulous
complete online classroom suite"
Nick Hood
"My
current Course Management System (and probably my last),
Moodle has an intuitive interface and enough web 2.0
features to keep me happy for now"
Lisa M Lane
"it's
very powerful, costumizable and writen in PHP
"
Paulo Gingao
"My main tool to develop normal
courses and workshops, and even online communities. It
has a lot of powerful tools for an e-learning
professional to use."
David Delgado
"for
managing my training activities. Very flexible and
useful for developing and managing Learning
Activities . The LMS I like to teach to use"
Gianni Marconato
"We use Moodle as our
asynchronous e-learning platform, as a
complement to our live sessions with Interwise
Connect"
Doris Edwards
"An
Awesome course management system! The more you use it,
the more you love it. Who said that open source is of no
quality? It is simply an excellent tool to facilitate
online learning (wikis, blogs,
forums, chat, Instant Messaging, quizzes, polls,
journals, database, e-books, basic content
management, WYSIWYG editor, Item analysis, etc)."
Zaid Algasoff
"Robust
open source course
management system
which is easy to
use, easy to set up
users and courses
and does not require
specialist/expensive
hosting/implementation."
Seaghan
Moriarty
