Moodle

My friend Dave reports that the LSE in London (my old employer) now uses Moodle for its online courses. Moodle is a free, opensource, software used by thousands of universities around the world. It’s user-friendly, pedagogically innovative, empowering for students and teachers alike and I’ve used it for years.

During my time, the LSE insisted on relying on something called WebCT. It was everything Moodle was not — clunky, restricting, and it forced each teacher to employ an “IT expert” who could update the web pages. And the LSE spent hundreds of thousands of pounds on this monstrosity!

Of course I never used WebCT. Of course my colleagues did. Of course they made fun of me and my Moodle …

No, I’m not gloating. I’m not telling you I told you so. However, take my advice: move to Ubuntu now and you have a reasonable chance of looking like a cool guy in three years’ time (when “Vista” will be nothing but a faintly remembered nightmare).