E-Learning

Moodle

Moodle is a Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a web application that educators that is used to create effective online learning sites.

This web-based learning environment allows you to access your course materials online and make use of a number of useful built-in facilities to enhance your learning experience (discussion forums, chat facilities, quizzes, surveys, glossaries, wikis, and so on). It brings the dynamics of a classroom environment to the Internet. It allows teachers and students to interact in a 'virtual classroom' in much the same way as in a standard classroom. The difference is that it can be done from any place in the world, at any time and with the resources of the Internet as support.

Some of the advantages of Moodle to support your education at the University of Essex include an increased access to important course information; additional learning support where materials and tools are available; and the undertaking aspects of studying any time, almost any place.

Last modified on 01 February 2011