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Moodle
Original author(s)Martin Dougiamas
Developer(s)Martin Dougiamas
Moodle HQ
Moodle Community
Initial release20 August 2002;22 years ago(2002-08-20)
Stable release
4.4.3[1]Edit this on Wikidata / 2 September 2024;33 days ago(2 September 2024)
Repository
Written inPHP
TypeCourse management system
LicenseGPLv3+[2]
Websitemoodle.org
moodle.com

Moodle(/ˈmuːdəl/MOO-dəl) is afree and open-sourcelearning management systemwritten inPHPand distributed under theGNU General Public License.[3][4]Moodle is used forblended learning,distance education,flipped classroomand other online learning projects in schools, universities, workplaces and other sectors.[5][6][7]

Moodle is used to create customwebsiteswith online courses and allows for community-sourced plugins.[8][9][10]

Overview

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Martin Dougiamas

Moodle was originally developed by Martin Dougiamas to help educators and scholars create online courses and focus on interaction and collaborative construction of content. The first version of Moodle was released on 20 August 2002(22 years ago)(2002-08-20),and it continues to be actively developed.[11]

The Moodle Project is led and coordinated by Moodle HQ, an Australian company, that is financially supported by a network of eighty Moodle Partner service companies worldwide. Development is also assisted by the open-source community.[12]

Moodle is a learning platform used to augment and move existing learning environments online.[13]As anE-learningtool, Moodle developed several features[14]now considered standard for learning management systems, such as a calendar and gradebook.[15]

Plugins, custom graphical themes, mobile responsive web design, and a Moodle mobile app are available to customize each individual's experience on the platform. Moodle's mobile app is available onGoogle Play,the App Store for iOS, the F-Droid Android FLOSS repository, and the Windows Phone Store.

E-learning standards support

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Moodle has adopted the following e-learning standards:

  • TheSharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM)is a collection of E-learning standards and specifications that define communications between client-side content and a server-side learning management system, as well as how externally authored content should be packaged to integrate with the LMS effectively. There are two versions: SCORM 1.2 and SCORM 2004. Moodle is SCORM 1.2 compliant and passes all the tests in the ADL Conformance test suite 1.2.7 for SCORM 1.2. SCORM 2004 is not supported in Moodle; however, Rustici Software has a Moodle plugin that turn any Moodle site into a fully compliant SCORM 2004 LMS.[16]
  • The AICC HACP standard for CMI was developed by theAviation Industry Computer-Based Training Committee (AICC)and is used to call externally authored content and assessment packages. AICC content packages are supported in Moodle 2.1 - Moodle 4.2.
  • IMSCommon Cartridge packages can also be imported into Moodle. In addition, Moodle Book activities can be exported as IMS Content Packages.
  • Learning Tools Interoperability(LTI) is a standard way of integrating rich learning applications,(often remotely hosted and provided through third-party services) with educational platforms. Moodle uses the External Tool activity to act as an 'LTI consumer' as standard and will act as an 'LTI provider' using a plugin.

Deployment

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Users can download and install Moodle on aWeb server,such as theApache HTTP Server,and a number of database management systems, such asMySQL,are supported. Pre-built combinations of Moodle with a Web server anddatabaseare available forMicrosoft WindowsandMac.Other automated installation approaches exist, such as installing aDebianpackage, deploying a ready-to-useTurnKeyMoodle appliance, using theBitnamiinstaller, or using a "one-click install" service such asInstallatron.

Certified Moodle Partners provide other Moodle services, including hosting, training, customization and content development.[17]This network of providers supports the development of the Moodle project through royalties.[18][citation needed]

Interoperability

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Moodle runs without modification onUnix,Linux,FreeBSD,Windows,MacOSand any other systems that supportPHPand a database, including web host providers.

Moodle also has import features for use with other specific systems, such as importing quizzes or entire courses fromBlackboardor WebCT.

In March 2012 Blackboard acquired two companies based on Moodle's software including Baltimore-basedMoodleroomsInc. and NetSpot of Adelaide, Australia.[19]In August 2015, Blackboard acquired Colombia-based Nivel7. TheRed Hatsite, Opensource.com, reported that Moodle will always be anopen-sourceproject, with clear delineation between Blackboard and Moodle.[20]

Background

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Origins

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Martin Dougiamas, who has graduate degrees incomputer scienceandeducation,wrote the first version of Moodle. Dougiamas started aPh.D.to examine "the use ofopen source softwareto support asocial constructionistepistemologyof teaching and learning within Internet-based communities of reflective inquiry. "Although how exactly social constructivism makes Moodle different from other eLearning platforms is difficult to show, it has been cited as an important factor by Moodle adopters.[21][22]Other Moodle adopters, such as theOpen Universityin the UK, have pointed out that Learning Management Systems can equally be seen as "relatively pedagogy-neutral".[23]

Pedagogical approach

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The stated philosophy of Moodle includes aconstructivistandsocial constructionistapproach to education, emphasizing that learners (and not just teachers) can contribute to the educational experience.[24]Using thesepedagogicalprinciples, Moodle provides an environment for learning communities.[25]

Origin of name

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The acronymMoodleofficially stands formodular object-oriented dynamic learning environment.When the project was first started, the "m" instead stood for "Martin's", after original developer Martin Dougiamas. Besides being an acronym, the name was also chosen because of the dictionary definition of Moodle, with connotations such as "tinkering", "insight", and "creativity",[26]as well as to correspond to an available domain name.[27]

Development

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Moodle has continued to evolve since 1999 (since 2001 with the current architecture). It has been translated into over 100 different languages and is accessible in many countries worldwide.[28]Institutions can add as many Moodle servers as needed without having to pay license fees.

Moodle conferences

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The MoodleMoot is a conference for Moodle community members to learn about Moodle, share experiences of the learning platform, discuss research in related educational technologies and contribute ideas to future Moodle development.[29]Held around the world, MoodleMoots are organised by universities or other large organizations using Moodle, Moodle Partners, Moodle associations or Moodle HQ. 2020 saw the #Moot move to a virtual conference.

Adoption

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Moodle has over 50% of its market share in Europe, Latin America, and Oceania.[30]

In the U.S. higher education market as of fall 2021, the top three learning management systems (LMS) by number of institutions wereCanvas(30%), Moodle (21%), and Blackboard (20%).[31]In 2013, Moodle was for a time the second largest provider with 23%market share,followingBlackboard(41%).[32]However, by 2017, Moodle had dropped to the third largest provider, due in part to increased adoption ofInstructure'ssemi-open source[33]Canvas platform.[34]In March 2016, Blackboard became an official Moodle partner,[35]although this partnership ended in 2018.[36]

In the UK, theOpen Universitycurrently uses a Moodle installation for their 200,000 users[37]while the government uses a Moodle installation for the Civil Service Learning platform serving half a million employees.[38]

See also

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References

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  1. ^"Moodle 4.4.3 Release Notes".
  2. ^"Official Moodle git projects - moodle.git/blob - COPYING.txt".git.moodle.org.
  3. ^"Moodle".Thefreedictionary.com– via The Free Dictionary.
  4. ^Rogers, Patricia L. (31 January 2009).The Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Vol1.Idea Group Inc (IGI).ISBN9781605661995.
  5. ^Costello, Eamon (1 November 2013)."Opening up to open source: looking at how Moodle was adopted in higher education".Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning.28(3): 187–200.doi:10.1080/02680513.2013.856289.S2CID54976320.
  6. ^Krassa, Anna (4 October 2013).Gamified Moodle Course in a Corporate Environment(PDF).2nd Moodle Research Conference (MRC2013). Sousse, Tunisia. pp. 84–93.ISBN978-618-80889-0-0.
  7. ^Horvat, Ana; Dobrota, M.; Krsmanovic, M.; & Cudanov, M. (2015). "Student perception of Moodle learning management system: a satisfaction and significance analysis".Interactive Learning Environments.23(4): 515–527.doi:10.1080/10494820.2013.788033.S2CID205708644.
  8. ^"A Pedagogical Evaluation of Moodle Extension"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 24 October 2013.Retrieved27 April2015.
  9. ^Gavin W. Porter (7 June 2013)."Free choice of learning management systems: Do student habits override inherent system quality?"(PDF).Interactive Technology and Smart Education.10(2): 84–94.doi:10.1108/ITSE-07-2012-0019.hdl:10722/188170.
  10. ^"Welcome cats-pyjamas.net - BlueHost.com"(PDF).www.cats-pyjamas.net.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 6 November 2020.Retrieved27 April2015.
  11. ^"Releases - MoodleDocs".docs.moodle.org.Retrieved18 April2018.
  12. ^Gartner, Samantha (1 April 2015)."How Moodle is driven by user and community feedback".Opensource.com.
  13. ^Stanley, Adam (18 November 2014)."Technology that puts the classroom in students' laptops".The Globe and Mail.Adam Stanley, The Globe and Mail.
  14. ^Jordan, Sally (2013)."E-assessment: Past, present and future"(PDF).New Directions.9(1): 87–106.doi:10.11120/ndir.2013.00009.
  15. ^"Online Grading to Make Teaching Life Easier with Moodle".19 November 2014.
  16. ^"SCORM Cloud Moodle Integration".scorm.com.
  17. ^"List of Moodle Partners".Moodle. 25 June 2021.
  18. ^"How do the Moodle Partners work?".Moodle. Archived fromthe originalon 22 July 2014.Retrieved28 November2014.
  19. ^"Blackboard makes Moodle acquisitions".bizjournals.com.
  20. ^"Moodle will always be an open source project".opensource.com.
  21. ^Weller, M. (2006).VLE 2.0 and future directions in learning environments(PDF).Proceedings of the first LAMS Conference, Sydney.
  22. ^McMulli & Munroe (2004)."VMoodle at DCU".Archived fromthe originalon 13 May 2013.Retrieved18 September2009.
  23. ^Sclater, Neil (2008)."A Large-scale Open Source eLearning Systems at the Open University".Educause.Archived fromthe originalon 26 July 2012.Retrieved18 September2009.
  24. ^"Philosophy - MoodleDocs".docs.moodle.org.
  25. ^"Open-Source Learning Management System".Moodlerooms. Archived fromthe originalon 27 December 2010.Retrieved31 May2012.
  26. ^"Moodle definition".All Words.
  27. ^"The chicken or the egg".Moodle.org Lounge. 16 July 2005.
  28. ^"Language packs - MoodleDocs".docs.moodle.org.
  29. ^"Events".Moodle.3 April 2019.
  30. ^"Academic LMS Market Share: A view across four global regions".e-Literate. 29 June 2017. Retrieved 30 May 2019
  31. ^Ménard, Justin (8 November 2021)."How Moodle Overtook Blackboard".ListEdTech.Retrieved12 January2024.
  32. ^A Profile of the LMS Market (page 47)(PDF),CampusComputing, 2013.
  33. ^"FAQ · instructure/canvas-lms Wiki".GitHub.16 January 2022.
  34. ^"LMS Data--Spring 2017 Updates".Edutechnica.Client Stat. 12 March 2017.Retrieved22 November2017.
  35. ^"Blackboard Is Now An Official Moodle Partner".Moodle News.14 March 2016.Retrieved18 April2018.
  36. ^"Moodle ends partnership with Blackboard".Moodle.27 July 2018.Retrieved23 March2022.
  37. ^Kehrer, Anika."Simply the Best: Case Study for Moodle at Open... » Linux Magazine".
  38. ^"Case Studies | Innovative Digital Learning | LEO Learning".leolearning.com.
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