A few schools and organizations have gone Moodle recently, check them out:
- University of New England, Australia [article]: UNE has added Moodle 2.0 to their LMS repetoire. Check out the site at http://moodle.une.edu.au/ and check out the coverage on Moodlenews of their cool theme: http://goo.gl/YSnkF
- North Shore Senior High School, Houston, TX [student written article]: NSSHS moved to Moodle for cost savings and for freedom to customize their LMS. Check out the NSSH Moodle pages at http://moodle.galenaparkisd.com/course/category.php?id=12
- Saskatchewan War Memorial, Saskatchewan, Canada [article]: the War Memorial in Saskatchewan has embraced technology (and Moodle) as a way to engage a younger generation. According to the article,
The [new] website has three major components — a search function, a Wiki and a Moodle server…The Moodle server is a tool for educators, where they can create specialized courses or projects for students.
“We, as senior people, quite easily recognize the memorial. We’re textile; we understand the written word. The younger people today, everything is computer,” he explained. “We felt it was really important to link both together.” Goddard said it was important to adopt the technology that younger generations are familiar with to pass the information on.
Check out the SWVM Moodle at http://www.svwm.ca/moodle/index.php
