Moodle: An open source learning management system

Learning management and Open Source. As this article shows us, there is a real potential for a good match here. Check it out!

Distance education is becoming more important in today’s connected world. Universities and schools are supplementing traditional classroom-based learning with electronic learning management systems (LMS) — software designed to deliver on-line education. You may know such software by other names, such as managed learning environments, virtual learning environments, or course management systems. Moodle is the definitive open source learning management system. Like most LMSes, it make extensive use of the Internet, with features such as discussion forums, chats, journals, automated testing and grading tools, and student tracking. Because it’s open source, it’s also broadly extensible by its large user community.

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Moodle is the brainchild of Martin Dougiamas, who designed the program while working on his Ph.D. at Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia. Dougiamas was working on his dissertation, which was on the socio-constructivist approach to learning, and developed Moodle in PHP as a tool to illustrate this approach to education. Moodle is programmed in PHP. [Read the rest]