Clive on Learning

JANUARY 17, 2011

This time I’m exploring whether it is possible for one of the world’s most popular academic virtual learning environments, Moodle, to be adapted to suit the needs of corporates. So it has been more than a little surprising to me over the past few years to see Moodle, an open-source VLE, used so enthusiastically by corporates.

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Totara Moodle VLE LMS 77

Clive on Learning

MARCH 23, 2006

Over the past two months I've been working extensively with the open source virtual learning environment (VLE) Moodle. Starting as a complete beginner, I have found Moodle extremely easy to learn (in spite of pretty awful online help) and I have been able to create what I want in surprisingly little time.

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Clive on Learning

JANUARY 31, 2012

Another complication is how Elearnity treats open source products. Can you really get a true picture of the LMS market without an appreciation of what Moodle has to offer? The next big question is whether they will stay on board if they get rated harshly. I hope the service takes off, because customers could do with the help.

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Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 16, 2008

I was asked to speak to an audience of air traffic control trainers from around Europe about the advantages and disadvantages of open source and free software, a space usually occupied by my colleague Jane Hart. I probably screwed them up psychologically with this exercise but the results were interesting.

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Clive on Learning

OCTOBER 16, 2009

I've worked for many years with Moodle and Blackboard, but have had absolutely no contact with Sakai, so what he had to show us was interesting: In the development of version 3, they have borrowed ideas from social media sites and built these ideas into the VLE, rather than "going out into the wild.

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Association Learning Management System VLE Virtual Learning Environment Blackboard 40

Clive on Learning

JULY 28, 2008

As someone who uses Moodle as a tool to support blended learning projects for several of my corporate clients, I was interested to hear Mark Tointon's speak at the recent eLearning Network showcase about some new add-ons for Moodle which are specifically designed to support corporate use of the tool.

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Clive on Learning

APRIL 4, 2007

Now I don't normally get very excited about LMSs but these awards attracted my attention, because in amongst the Sabas and the SumTotals was little ol' open-source Moodle: Award for market share - Small and Medium Corporate Learning Management Systems - Platinum award: Moodle. Secondly, I'm a big fan of Moodle.

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