Create your own e-learning courses with Moodle
Want to create an interactive online e-learning course? This full-featured open-source software package can allow you to take your educational offerings to the world. Create fully interactive educational programs using the same platform as some of the most respected institutions
If your informational media offerings call for more interactivity than DVDs or streaming video alone can provide, it might be time to consider developing your own web-based course offerings.
Increasingly, people world-wide are recognizing the internet as a viable tool for gaining instruction and knowledge on almost any topic. Internet delivered course offerings are now a part of most university catalogs, and there are a growing number of highly respected institutions that deliver most of their direct instruction through web-based course management platforms.
One of the more powerful methods of creating web-based courses is through the software platform Moodle. Moodle is designed to help educators create online courses with opportunities for rich interaction. Its open source license and modular design means that a large number of talented programmers have worked to refine the program and add remarkable functionality.
It also means that the software program is free for all to use. Gotta love opensource!
The Moodle list of current users includes an impressive number of accredited universities, k-12 schools, technical institutions, and a large number of businesses who are offering any number of informational courses, tutorials, continuing education programs, and industry certifications. Moodle is set up to allow significant customization and is easy to use once you master the courseware management platform.
With a little creative use of streaming video, streaming audio, Moodle, knowledge of your market niche, and expertise that others will be willing to pay for, you could find yourself running a successful for-profit school.
Take a look…
www.Moodle.org
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