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Moodle ( ) is a free and open-source learning management system written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. Moodle is used for blended learning, distance education, flipped classroom and other online learning projects in schools, universities, workplaces and other sectors.

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Moodle is a free, open-source software platform that helps educators create and manage online courses and learning materials. It's widely used by schools, universities, and workplaces to deliver classes in various formats, from fully online to blended approaches that combine in-person and digital instruction.

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Key facts

Software.name
Moodle
Software.logo
200px
Software.author
Martin Dougiamas
Software.developer
Martin DougiamasMoodle HQMoodle Community
Software.programming language
PHP
Software.operating system
Unix, Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, MacOS and any other systems that support PHP and a database, including web host providers. An app is also available for end-users.
Software.genre
Course management system
Software.license
GPLv3+

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Official website

Home | Moodle.org

Moodle is a Learning Platform or Learning Management System (LMS) - a free Open Source software package designed to help educators create effective online courses based on sound pedagogical principles. You can download and use it on any computer you have handy (including webhosts), yet it can scale from a single-teacher site to a 200,000-student University. Moodle has a large and diverse user community with over 100,000 sites registered worldwide speaking over 140 languages in every country there is.

moodle.org

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Source code

[Moodle][1] is the World's Open Source Learning Platform, widely used around the world by countless universities, schools, companies, and all manner of organisations and individuals. Moodle is designed to allow educators, administrators and learners to create personalised learning environments with a single robust, secure and integrated system. [moodle.org][1] is the central hub for the Moodle Community, with spaces for educators, administrators and developers to meet and work together. Moodle is Free, and Open Source software. You can easily [download Moodle][9] and run it on your own web server, however you may prefer to work with one of our experienced [Moodle Partners][10]. Moodle is provided freely as open source software, under version 3 of the GNU General Public License. See our [license page][12] for more information.

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Encyclopedic overview

14 sections
Contents
  • Overview
  • E-learning standards support
  • Deployment
  • Interoperability
  • Background
  • Origins
  • Pedagogical approach
  • Origin of name
  • Development
  • Moodle conferences
  • Adoption
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Moodle ( ) is a free and open-source learning management system written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. Moodle is used for blended learning, distance education, flipped classroom and other online learning projects in schools, universities, workplaces and other sectors.

Moodle is used to create custom websites with online courses and allows for community-sourced plugins.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Moodle” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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