Christine DeRienzo
October 16, 2011
CECS 5200
Moodle and Blackboard
In my profession as a teacher, many of our online professional development courses are run via Moodle. I never really gave much thought to it before joining this class. This class is the first UNT course I have taken that has not been on Blackboard.
In searching to find additional information as to what the major differences are with these systems, I found some very interesting information. I found that Moodle is an open source learning management system. It is free to download, share, improve, change and customize. Blackboard is a proprietary learning management system and is typically used by educators at institutions. This is because it is not free and a license fee is paid each year.
I have never really interacted with Moodle the way I have with this course and I must say that I really enjoy the ease of use of the system. I like the interactive communication and instant access (via my phone). In the courses I have taken for work, I never really delved deeply into the benefits of the system, but I must say now I will.
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