Becky
I think you should also consider whether you want to be
locked into a proprietary closed-source system with a licence fee that may dramatically
increase and from which it is difficult to move teaching materials (WebCT) or
whether you want to employ a system with an active and open development
community who support the open standards recommended by the likes of JISC and
BECTA.
I realise that my reply is slightly skewed in favour of
Moodle but anecdotal evidence suggests that many institutions are looking to
move away from WebCT or Blackboard. Indeed, The University of Highlands and
Islands are one of these institutions; they are moving from WebCT to the truly wonderful
Bodington open source VLE.
Adam
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Banbury Rd. Oxford OX2 6NN.
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Bodington VLE http://bodington.org
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From:
Virtual Learning Environments [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Rebecca Barrington
Sent: 06 May 2005 13:56
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [VLES] Technical support
for VLEs
Hi
We are currently trialling WebCT and Moodle
at South Devon College at the moment and hope to make a decision about which
one to go with by the end of this month. I was wondering what the level
of technical support is for each. By this I mean Computer Services
support to deal with maintenance, fixing any issues or customising
systems. We will have a separate administrator who will deal with course
creation, user accounts and general user issues.
For those of you using either WebCT or
Moodle, how much technical support do you have? Do you have a person
devoted to the VLE or is it part of your computer services provision?
Thank you in advance!!
Becky
Rebecca
Barrington
ILT
Facilitator
South Devon
College
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