Open-source vs proprietary VLE: An explanatory study of staff perceptions
Suri, Harsh and Schumacher, Margot 2008, Open-source vs proprietary VLE: An explanatory study of staff perceptions, in ASCILITE 2008 : Hello! Where are you in the landscape of educational technology? : Proceedings of 2008 Australasian Society For Computers In Learning In Tertiary Education Conference, ASCILITE, Melbourne, Vic., pp. 1002-1006.
ASCILITE 2008 : Hello! Where are you in the landscape of educational technology? : Proceedings of 2008 Australasian Society For Computers In Learning In Tertiary Education Conference
Australasian Society For Computers In Learning In Tertiary Education Conference
Start page
1002
End page
1006
Total pages
5
Publisher
ASCILITE
Place of publication
Melbourne, Vic.
Summary
This paper explores staff perceptions of two open-source Virtual learning environments (VLEs), Sakai 2.4.1 and Moodle 1.8, compared to Blackboard Vista 4. In general, staff felt that Sakai was simpler to use, but lacked some of the richer functionality available in Blackboard. A general dissatisfaction with both Sakai and Blackboard led to trialling of Moodle which was percieved more favourably than Blackboard
Field of Research
139999 Education not elsewhere classified
Socio Economic Objective
970113 Expanding Knowledge in Education
HERDC Research category
E2.1 Full written paper - non-refereed / Abstract reviewed
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