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Blackboard buys Moodle partners: open source?

Challenge to Learn

Blackboard is one of the largest LMS vendors in the world and is considered state enemy #1 in the Moodle community. Moodlerooms and Netspot are official Moodle partners and will together generate well over 50% of the total partner revenue of Moodle (which is by far their largest source of revenue). This really is news.

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Cammy Beans Learning Visions: Learning Visions

Learning Visions

Most of that time, Ive worked for eLearning vendors: companies that design and develop eLearning programs for a wide variety of corporate clients. Best of Learning Visions Essential Reading for Instructional Designers The Corporate Moodle: A Tipping Point? Moodle in 2010 Kineo Insights Webinar: Challenges and Best Practi.

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Kineo Insights Webinar: Kronos Moodle Case Study

Learning Visions

The following are my notes from Part 2 of the webinar: Our Journey: Harnessing Moodle to Deliver Customer Training Kronos – Scott Severn and Lynn Bennett – manage the customer training team for Kronos. Scott and Lynn are with customer services group and deliver training to customers – through Moodle. Why we chose Moodle as a platform.

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Open Source is Not Cheap, Leave Alone Free

Upside Learning

We keep meeting prospects who are considering Moodle as their first LMS. Recently a colleague of mine pointed me to the prices of Moodle and a re-branded Moodle being offered by a leading vendor in the UK. We’ve known this all along that Open Source is never cheap, leave alone free.

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Technology Skills for Instructional Designers

Experiencing eLearning

You can try Moodle for free (or even install it on your own server if you’re ambitious). This is more likely at elearning agencies and vendors who create training for other companies. Learning Management Systems. Canvas also allows a free trial.

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I Need an LMS. Where Do I Start?

Experiencing eLearning

You can identify your requirements, then send this to vendors to have them show how they meet your needs. If your budget isn’t enormous, these alternatives to Moodle for small and medium businesses may meet your needs and fit your budget. David Glow created a fantastic Excel template for evaluating LMSs several years ago.

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The Real Cost of a Free (Open Source) LMS!

Upside Learning

Moodle is a good LMS with which has grown over the years and offers a host of functionality and features that are very useful to have in an LMS. Moodle has been able to sustain itself and keep evolving through its community, resulting in its emergence as a good option for anyone wanting to use an LMS. LMS is not free in this case.