Have a look at Ian Usher's Blog - Changing the Game - especially this bit:
http://moodlea.blogspot.com/2008/06/fancy-free-moodle-site.html
and the blog as a whole is fascinating too to look at evolving practical uses of Moodle at LA level.
OK - I'm biased having been a Moodle evangelist since the very early days - we made this video years ago :)
http://www.archive.org/details/Help_Us_Get_To_Bett__HUGTOB__A_short_documentary_about_Moodle_users_in_the_UK
I use Drupal in my professional life now but that's more suited to a corporate or business structure but I think I'm right in saying that Moodle is the most used VLE in Education now in the UK and not without reason. Paying for someone to host and maintain it might be wise though but, again, see the blog link above.
Leon Cych
http://www.L4L.co.uk
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On Thu, 9/10/08, Tony Delahunty <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Tony Delahunty <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [VLES] Struggling with Learnwise VLE
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Thursday, 9 October, 2008, 12:37 PM
OK OK, talk about kicking a man when he's down...! Does no-one want to
stand up for Learnwise? Anyone from Granada out there?
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From: Virtual Learning Environments [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Mark Little
Sent: 09 October 2008 12:30
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [VLES] Struggling with Learnwise VLE
I would definitely go for Moodle we used to have learnwise but we moved to
Moodle after a feasibility study.
We use Moodle at Oaklands College and have successfully for over 3 years, the
good
thing about this system is that Moodle is Open Source and runs either in a
lynx or windows environment with mysql.
We run ours on a Windows environment with Apache, php and mysql using wamp
installation.
Wamp is very easy to use and once installed runs itself all you need is to
purchase a good server with at least Quad processors.
Best Regards
Mark Little
Systems Engineer
Oaklands College - Unlock Your Potential
Smallford Campus
Hatfield Road, St. Albans
AL4 0RJ
Tel: 0727 737000 x6784
mobile: 07866874117
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From: Virtual Learning Environments [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Ruth Johnstone
Sent: 09 October 2008 12:13
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [VLES] Struggling with Learnwise VLE
Learnwise I think was the predecessor of RM's Kaleidos product which is
being customised for the GLOW national learning environment in
Scotland.
When working for a local authority here in Scotland we never liked the
platform in relation to the one a lot of our schools used which was
Studywiz. Produced by Etech Studywiz is on the BECTA approved list.
-----Original Message-----
From: Virtual Learning Environments [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
Behalf Of tshaw
Sent: 09 October 2008 12:05
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [VLES] Struggling with Learnwise VLE
Dear All,
Any advice greatfully recieved:
I have taken on the role of E-Learning Co-ordinator at our secondary
school, and we are currentley using 'Learnwise' for the VLE. This is
proving quite unfriendly. Myself and the school technicians are
struggling to upload a relatively straightforward 'VLE ready' piece of
software, published by longman. We think we can solve the problems
(mainly due, we think, to the number of files that need to be uploaded),
but I'm worried
that this will become a trial everytime we want to
upload/use all but the simplest of courses.
so.....
Do we ditch learnwise at this early stage, and if so, can anyone
recommend a VLE system currently in use in a secondary school?
Anyone with any prior experience of Learnwise please feel free to add
any general comments about the system!
Thankyou in advance
Tom
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