Hi all
Im looking at using Moodle as a VLE, probably on a trial basis to begin with and would like to hear any anecdotes, stories or comments (good or bad) from folks who have used, deployed, developed or had any involvement with it.
Im planning to use it to supplement exisiting, classroom courses and activities for a department of around 60 staff.
Does Moodle work for you?
Thanks
Andy
Andy Hemingway
3 Responses
Moodle works well
I have used Moodle for several years and it works well.
It is easy to install and it has a great support community.
It is open source so the only cost is time and server space.
If you want to play about with it you can use the website http://www.opensourcecms.com to login and have a go without installing it : http://php.opensourcecms.com/scripts/details.php?scriptid=137&name=Moodle
Hope this helps, Andi
Invalid log Ins
I am using Moodle as the VLE at Park Lane College. I find it useful and in my view there is great scope to develop this further.
The only problem I find is that the student log ins are lionked to their college log ins and if your college password expires during a holiday period, Moodle becomes unaccessible. It has happened to me twice now and is really frustrating and defeats the objective of having a VLE.
So in short just make sure it is accessible when it is supposed to be! Hope that is of use.
Moodling information
John Stokdyk, our technology editor, has previosuly written this feature: Elearning gets to grips with the Moodle effect
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=182086
And he also contributed to this Trainer’s tip: Moodle – to use or not to use? John Stokdyk, TrainingZone.co.uk technology editor, and Mark Aberdour, the CEO of Kineo Open Source, give some moodling advice.
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=193914
I hope this is useful information!
Kind regards
Susie Finch
Editor, features