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​  =  = =What is Moodle?= Modular Object Orientated Dynamic Learning Environment

Moodle is an online Learning Management System or LMS also known as Course Management system. It is also known as a Virtual Learning Environment or VLE. Moodle is the fastest growing system for delivering educational and training material online. It's success comes from the collaborative effort of thousands of people worldwide. There are over 200,000 registered users and growing!

'Moodle is designed to help educators create online courses with opportunities for rich interaction. Its open source license and modular design mean that people can develop additional functionality. Development is undertaken by a globally diffused network of commercial and non-commercial users, streamlined by the Moodle company based in Perth, Western Australia.'

media type="youtube" key="WvCIv5KCbeE" height="272" width="448" align="right""Moodle is an open source course (and content) management system in which activities are at the heart of the system. Moodle was designed on base of social constructivism. Constructionism asserts that learning is particularly effective when constructing something for others to experience.

The students could be considered as actively engaged in making meaning. Teaching with that approach looks for what students can analyze, investigate, collaborate, share, build and generate based on what they already know, rather than what facts, skills, and proc-esses they can parrot.

Moodle has modular design that makes it easy to create new courses, adding content that will engage learners.

This modular object-oriented dynamic learning environment possess intuitive interface that makes it easy for teachers to create courses. Teachers and students require only basic early acquired from Internet browser skills to begin learning, which makes last one very simple and user-friendly platform " (Denver, 2006). Top↑ =Readings:= [] What is Moodle? [] to read an article titled 'Moodle: A fantastic tool for informal learning - and not just "e-learning"

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What are the features of Moodle?

What potential does Moodle have as an educational tool?  What are the pedagogical implications of Moodle?

What are some of the statistics of Moodle?

Using Moodle to enhance learning programs

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