Learning+Management+Systems

aka Course Management Systems
 * Learning Management Systems (or LMS)**

We'll login and play around with our moodle site: []


 * Moodle 2.0 vs. Blackboard 9 - these are the next versions of these 2 popular LMS tools
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 * See also the mobile learning page for info on the blackboard & moodle mobile clients
 * Moodle - []
 * Free, open source, PHP & MySQL based. This is the most popular LMS, especially with K-12 schools. Many universities have adopted it as well, including UCLA and others.
 * Documentation, Tutorials
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 * http://fcpe.adelphi.edu/moodle/
 * http://slcedtech.net/moodle.htm
 * Example moodle courses:
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 * Our moodle site: []
 * Pros and Cons of Moodle
 * http://blenderwiki.wikispaces.com/Moodle+Pros+and+Cons
 * Some example moodle plugins:
 * Feedback - for giving surveys (anonymous or not)
 * DimDim - for webconferencing - shared whiteboard/chat
 * Google Apps - plugin for integrating Google Docs, etc.
 * Nanogong - for audio chat, recording audio
 * Blackboard - []
 * Commercial, proprietary
 * Our blackboard site: []
 * IT's tutorials on Blackboard, Wimba, and other software: []
 * Others
 * Sakai - []
 * Free, open source, java based
 * Desire2Learn
 * Places to share your courses - you can export your course in a shareable format
 * Opencourseware sites like []
 * [|Curriki]
 * Criticisms of LMS's, Research
 * [|How course management systems affect teaching]
 * [|Envisioning the post-LMS era]
 * Alternatives or Supplements to the LMS
 * As we learned, you can use third party sites to support your courses, such as blogs & wikis. See this post about using a custom Drupal site instead of an LMS: []