Learning Management Systems Evaluation - Comparing Moodle and Blackboard

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This presentation was given at the Queensland Society of Information Educators conference 2009 in Brisbane, Australia. It includes a comparative analysis of open-source (Moodle) and commercial (Blackboard) LMS software.

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From: <Chad.Outten@My Learning Space>To: <Esteemed Educators@QSITE.conf.09>Date: <2 October2009>Subject: <Learning Management Systems>

Moodle LMS

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21st Century Education

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21st Century Education

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Road Map- Identify learner trends

- LMS overview

- Evaluate LMS options

- LMS demonstration

- Improve learning outcomes

- Add value to your organisation

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- 98% households own a computer

- 90% internet connection

- More mobile phones than people

- More time surfing net than watching tv

Nielsen Online March 2008http://www.nielsen-online.com/pr/pr_080318_AU.pdf

Technology ®evolution

Australian Communications and Media AuthorityMedia and Society Report 2007http://acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_310893

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Learner trends...

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Spare time...

8-17yo spend 50% of discretionary time engaging with electronic media &

communication activities

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Online Activity

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30

60

90

120

150

8-11yo12-14yo

15-17yo

Minutes per day

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Online Communication

- 49 minutes per day

- Same time per gender

- Activity variations by gender

37%

31%

22%

10%

MessagingGamingSocial NetworkingEmail

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Web Authoring

- 39% MySpace or Facebook

- 13% Website

- 7% Blog

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How do we engage 21st century learners?..

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Connect. Communicate. Collaborate.

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Proverb

Tell me & I forget.

Show me & I remember.

Let me do & I understand.-Confucius

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Learning management system

“A course-based system that enables participants to communicate & collaborate, access activities & resources, meanwhile being tracked, assessed & reported on via the web”.

-Chad Outten

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LMSGSOH Software

PHPDatabaseWeb Server

Browser InternetComputer

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Benefits

Collaborative learning

Flexible delivery

Resource efficient

Less travel

Cost-effective

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Commercial vs Open source

End user license agreement General Public License

Expen$ive Freely available

US-centric International community

Rigid design Flexible & customisable

.com .org

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Moodle LMS

Freely available

750k+ moodle.org

80 languages

200 countries

Open-source

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Recent LMS Report• 95.5% - allows better learning distribution

• 18.6% - Moodle most popular choice

• Moodle ranked first for:

- Cost

- Ease of installation, customisation & use

- Implementation time

- Business impact

- Assessment capabilities

- Support for Web 2.0http://moodle.mylearningspace.com.au/mod/resource/view.php?id=79

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Forum

Messaging

Glossary

Wiki

Quiz

Assignment

Calendar

Gradebook

Blog

www

CertificateChat

Multimedia

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Clients

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Free LMS Demohttp://moodle.mylearningspace.com.au

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Test drive...

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Food for thoughtSocial constructionism states...

1. All of us are potential teachers as well as learners

2. We learn well from expressing something for others

3. We learn through observing peer activity

4. By understanding learner context, we can teach more effectively

5. A learning environment needs to be flexible & adaptablehttp://docs.moodle.org/en/Pedagogy

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問題

Pitanja

Otázky

Spørgsmål

Vragen

Kysymykset

Fragen

Ερωτήσεις

!"न

Domande

質問

질문

Spørsmål

Pytania

Perguntas

Întrebări

ВопросыCuestiones

Frågor

Questions?..

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