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Moodle – Key Facts History

Open Source

Modularity

Support

Focus on pedagogy

Social Constructivism

Community Driven

Growing internationalcommunity

Why has Moodle been so Successful? Cost?

Ease of use – flat and like a scheme of work

Functionality

Adaptability

The name?

Support and community

Moodle at Worcester College of Technology 1000 Courses

13 000 hits a day across our Moodle platforms

2 000 online assignments

415 Glossaries

400 Forums

485 Quizzes

49126 Resources

Forum in Moodle

Journal

Glossary

Quiz

Moodle at 4 am

Christmas Day in our Moodle!

Why Moodle? Reaching students anywhere

Learning at a time, place and pace to suit the needs of the student

Vast amount of freely available content for teachers to add to courses

Multimedia Content e.g. YouTube, TED, iTunesUetc

Great for collaborative learning

Keeping a competitive advantage

Free Content www.jorum.ac.uk

http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/

http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm

http://www.ocwsearch.com/

http://www.oercommons.org/

www.youtube.com

www.ted.com

E-learning Models Simple Moodle Support

Blended learning

Flipping the classroom

Fully on line

m-learning