There has been a lot of talk about Moodle, the open source learning management. But what is it like for an institution that has typically used WebCT or Blackboard to start using it? This article looks at a real-life case - a use 'in anger', if you will. And the initial results are good. "It largely does what it says on the box (if it had one:) If you wish to deliver courses that support a student centred approach then this is what it does. The software installation does not raise any problems and customisation, as mentioned earlier, is straightforward, even for people with limited programming experience." The author reports some speed issues (which shouldn't be - I wonder what caused them) and notes that scalability remains an open question.
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