Linneuniversity uses Moodle and being an online student, I have had the opportunity to be exposed to moodle. When I first came in contact with moodle, I thought it was a good open source LMS. I did not know though that it is called Open source LMS, neither did I know that it is open. I just found out after reading the course litterature in this course.
Using moodle is very interesting. We hold connect meetings every two weeks and while discussing issues and listening to our lecturer, we have the opportunities to chart and even receive feedback on chat while the lecturer is lecturing. If there is something we can not find in moodle, the lecturer can in between show us where to locate in moodle. Another advantage is that the student can access lectures which can be through voice threads, podcasts and notes. We carry out a field work once in two weeks and we use wikis to present a written report voice threads to present oral reports.
The only disadvantage with using moodle is that it is difficult in the begining and the lecturer has to work extra hard to assist students before they are oriented with moodle. This can be frustrating and time consuming since one does not receive feedback immediately.
I would use moodle with my students. I was inspired by the You tube clip about the American teacher who is already using moodle.
My only worry is that the school might not want to spend extra money in services which one needs to carry out when one is using moodle or any other open LMS, but this is subject to discussion.
I think Moodle will still be available in 5 years time. I read in the course litterature that institutions prefer open source LMS because of the low costs.
Using moodle is very interesting. We hold connect meetings every two weeks and while discussing issues and listening to our lecturer, we have the opportunities to chart and even receive feedback on chat while the lecturer is lecturing. If there is something we can not find in moodle, the lecturer can in between show us where to locate in moodle. Another advantage is that the student can access lectures which can be through voice threads, podcasts and notes. We carry out a field work once in two weeks and we use wikis to present a written report voice threads to present oral reports.
The only disadvantage with using moodle is that it is difficult in the begining and the lecturer has to work extra hard to assist students before they are oriented with moodle. This can be frustrating and time consuming since one does not receive feedback immediately.
I would use moodle with my students. I was inspired by the You tube clip about the American teacher who is already using moodle.
My only worry is that the school might not want to spend extra money in services which one needs to carry out when one is using moodle or any other open LMS, but this is subject to discussion.
I think Moodle will still be available in 5 years time. I read in the course litterature that institutions prefer open source LMS because of the low costs.
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