Open Source Online Campus Systems

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by SteveFoerster, Apr 20, 2005.

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  1. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    What experience do people here have with open source online campus and other learning systems, such as Moodle, Sakai, LAMS, Burrokeet, etc.? Any favorites? Anyone actually using one in a production environment?

    -=Steve=-
     
    SteveFoerster, Apr 20, 2005
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  2. tcmak

    tcmak New Member

    I heard that DCU is using Moodle to replace WebCT
     
    tcmak, Apr 20, 2005
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  3. chydenius

    chydenius New Member

    Moodle

    I am a Mac user. I have been using MAMP to develop PHP scripts locally.

    Earlier today, I downloaded Moodle, popped it into MAMP, and within an hour I had the first vestiges of an Economics course.

    I have taught more than two dozen undergraduate courses in Economics online, using eCollege, and I am impressed with Moodle.

    At free vs $75-per-student-per-course, you can't beat the price!

    If students take ten courses per year, eCollege's license fee works out to be $750 per student per year. If one's student population is more than 100, it becomes cost-effective to hire a PHP developer, whose sole reason for existing is to maintain Moodle fulltime.

    And, if I can get Moodle to work, then that developer will have plenty of time left over to fetch coffee and pick up the dry cleaning.

    Ce
     
    chydenius, Apr 20, 2005
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