...Apologies for cross-posting...
Thank you very for the helpful replies to my call for information. This
summarises my navigation of HEI websites followed by unstructured
interviews with six staff of six different institutions. Most (63%) of
the 38 HEI in the Russell and 1994 (R4) groups are still using centrally
one of the VLE products of one main vendor. However, there is a growing
number of institutions who have migrated to Open Source (OS)
alternatives, and they seem happy with the outcome. The migration
process is a major project that can take two years, but the costs
associated are quickly offset by the savings in licence fees. More
importantly, OS allows VLE integration with a range of ad-hoc systems
and freedom from vendor lock-in. The HEI community is developing a
range of cutting-edge application plug-in and tools to integrate other
systems with either Moodle or Sakai. While Moodle remains the most
popular (23%) R4 OS option, the Sakai Collaboration and Learning
Environment is now also taking off in the UK with a group of four
(10.5%) R4 HEI adopting it centrally. These include two of the very top
ranking universities in the UK.
Alec
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Alejandro Chiner, Service Innovation Officer, University of Warwick
Library, Research & Innovation Unit,
Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom. Tel: +(44/0) 24 765
23251, Fax: +(44/0) 24 765 24211,
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Alejandro
Sent: 16 April 2008 11:28
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Subject: [LIS-LINK] changes of VLE
Hi
I am interested in large VLE implementations and the different
functionality achieved by Blackboard, Moodle, or other Open Source, or
indeed in-house, implementations in universities, or largish HEI. In
particular I am interested in those institutions who have moved from one
to another recently. If you can spare the time to have a telephone
chat, please email me off the list, indicating your most convenient
time.
Many thanks.
Alec
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Alejandro Chiner, Service Innovation Officer, University of Warwick
Library, Research & Innovation Unit,
Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom. Tel: +(44/0) 24 765
23251, Fax: +(44/0) 24 765 24211,
[log in to unmask] http://www.warwick.ac.uk/go/riu
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