article thumbnail

Open Source is Not Cheap, Leave Alone Free

Upside Learning

We’ve known this all along that Open Source is never cheap, leave alone free. We keep meeting prospects who are considering Moodle as their first LMS. The reason they say – it’s free or at best, comes at a low cost. The Right Way To Go About Open Source LMS.

article thumbnail

Moodle training news

Moodle Journal

Last week was our official end of term and so classes are now over for the academic year, which opens the way for other activities such as staff training, and this morning I delivered the Introduction and Web 2.0 sessions for our Moodle vle. Please stay in touch for updates, regards Barry

Moodle 113
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point?

Learning Visions

A ‘low-cost’ LMS starts at an average of $58K. That’s the low price. And “in times like these…” Why pay for a pricey LMS when you can Moodle or Drupal or Sakai ? I’m a recent convert, perhaps on the path to open source evangelism.) Because it’s open source, there are no licensing costs. Sure they can.

Moodle 113
article thumbnail

Open Source LMS

Tony Karrer

I had previously written about Low Cost LMS and Rapid Learning Management Systems , but I receive an inquiry from someone who had a very constrained budget and wanted to build an eLearning Portal. Because of their very limited budget, I suggested they dive into more depth looking at open source LMS products.

article thumbnail

Providing digital skills training for literacy educators globally

eAbyas Info Solutions

They sought to implement a learning management system (LMS) that is widely used and open source. This would ensure that countries, who were supported by UIL through their contextualisation process, could host the course on their own platforms for free if they chose to, using their own national experts or at low cost.

Global 52
article thumbnail

10 Low-Cost Ideas for Employee Training

The Training by Nelle Blog | Corporate Training and Consulting

badges, points, levels, and rewards), video-conferencing integration and more Moodle: Free, open source platform for creating personalized classroom-like environments with the ability to create a blog/wiki, forum, database, assignments, and more. ON THE JOB TRAINING Guided instruction isn't going anywhere.

article thumbnail

Moodle Pros and Cons Update

eLearning Blender

With all the hype surrounding the upcoming arrival of Moodle 2.0, I thought it might be a good time to revisit what we love and hate about Moodle 1.9. Now that we are getting ready to say goodbye to Moodle 1.9, but generally i do like moodle. Joe Deegan User management - No easy way to manage groups of students. . -

Moodle 91