I have had little experience with Blackboard, but the experience I did have did not leave a great impression. I remember it being difficult to use and not student friendly. After only using Moodle for a few months now, I not only feel comfortable using it as a student, but it is so easy to create a site and disseminate information as a teacher, that this program will be in many high schools and colleges in the coming years.
A friend of mine who went through this CCSU program was over my shoulder watching me update my Moodle site and was blown away at the ease in which I could navigate the site, add supplemental materials, and customize my settings to fit how I wanted my site to be used.
My first question would have been for Connie. It seems as though she chose to go with the Moodle site because of the inspiration she received from a workshop she attended before she set-up the course. She also said the Blackboard workshops were poorly done. I wonder had she been exposed to a better first impression of Blackboard, would she consider using it. It sounded as if she is only using online tools in order for her students to participate in forums and ask questions after-class, and it seems both Moodle and Blackboard can offer that type of interface.
My second question would ask Connie why she preferred the interface to Moodle much more than that of Blackboard. I agree with her assessment of the interface of Moodle, but it didn't seem like she gave the Blackboard interface much of a chance to fairly rate it higher than Moodle's.
My last question would be whether they both see themselves using Moodle a lot more in the future. Are there deficiencies that they would like to see fixed within Moodle that could eventually have them move to another operating system.
Post your response to the article and list three questions you would ask any of the teachers about their experiences. No repeat questions so if someone else asked it then find another.
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