Can I ask a those with more experience whether they think Moodle is a better / more usable product than the two biggies WebCT and Blackboard. I note that Moodle advertises itself as supporting 'social constructivism and seems to have an active set of supporting documentation in the various areas which you can access with a guest login. There is also a nice demo version available. I think it would be interesting to test this VLE out with a course and look at in comparison with various other software approaches. For example Atutor seemed more like a 'portal / communication tool'.
I also tried to refresh my memories of Bodington common but unfortunately access to the university of Leeds bit seems to come up with a 'page not found'. Before you could actualy browse how various departments were using it, this had the feel of a MOO/MUD being organised in buildings, floors and rooms. As a piece of 'free' open source softtware this is worth looking at.There is a succinct overview of the project as a whole.
I ran the edutools comparison for WebCT, BlackBoard, Bodington, Moodle, COSE and Atutor and the resultant surevey makes interesting reading. I think the key problem is the types of LMS / VLEs andthe type of learning they are trying to support.
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