[Moodle] moodle vs sharepoint?
Suzanne Arnott
sa at emc.vic.edu.au
Wed Apr 26 10:05:58 EST 2006
Thank you all...
you have given me the strength and positive arguments I needed....
I love the support here...
Suzanne Arnott
Elisabeth Murdoch College
Photography and Multimedia Coordinator
Assistant Manager, Learning Technologies
-----Original Message-----
From: moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au]
On Behalf Of Meadows, Roslyn M
Sent: Monday, 24 April 2006 8:28 PM
To: The Moodle Users' in Schools Mailing List
Subject: RE: [Moodle] moodle vs sharepoint?
Suzanne,
IMHO...... (perhaps a more philosophical/ideological argument rather than
the pros and cons of each in terms of their usability)
Is there a SharePoint users teachers email group in Victoria??????
If so, do they meet in bars or cafes for dinner with laptops and digital
projectors to chat and share what they are doing with the software
specifically in terms of its educational applications????
I think not :)
Sharepoint was created by MS as another way to make money out of businesses
(they will surely eventually charge for it once they have sucked everyone
into using it)
Moodle was created by an Aussie specifically as a learning/sharing tool
(Content Management System) for schools and universities.
>From www.moodle.org ...
Moodle is a course management system (CMS) - a free,
<http://www.opensource.org/docs/definition.php> Open Source software package
designed using sound <http://docs.moodle.org/en/Philosophy> pedagogical
principles, to help educators create effective online learning communities.
From
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/technologies/sharepoint/default.m
spx
Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services technology in Windows Server 2003 is
an integrated portfolio of collaboration and communication services designed
to connect people, information, processes, and systems both within and
beyond the organizational firewall. (Note: NO mention of online learning
communities or pedagogical principles here!!)
The link on the above MS page to 'case studies' gives you a fair idea of
why Sharepoint was designed - all the studies are of BIG business, and all
talk of how sharepoint helped increase their profits one way or another (by
increased productivity etc)
Moodle - cross platform, will always be open source and free, thousands of
contributors across the world will ensure it stays at the cutting edge of
CMS software
Sharepoint - only works with Windows Server 2003, will it always be free
with Server 2003 or will they eventually start charging for it? If so will
DEET continue to fund it? Also you are stuck creating web pages in
FrontPage, do you want that limitation?
Let the big businesses who have money to throw around on consultants and
expensive software use Sharepoint. Let's show our kids that there IS an
alternative to MS and its expensive bloatware. (it costs a student over $450
to install Win XP Home and Office Pro Academic on their home computers - no
wonder many resort to downloading illegal copies via limewire.)
The NSW Government is already moving towards open source (see
www.opensource.nsw.gov.au ), Victoria will eventually follow suit - so why
not just set up moodle and be done with it?
And no ... I am not an anti MS person - I use their applications every day,
but I am PRO FOSS, and I believe there will come a time (5 years? 10 years?)
when FOSS will be the first choice for most people, government departments,
schools and businesses. The use of FOSS will grow exponentially over the
next few years.
And then there is another fly in the soup ... DEET's "Ultranet" .... will we
be forced to use that when it finally has been tested and packaged for all
schools?
Cheers - and enjoy the dawn service tomorrow morning (I will be there in my
dreams)
Ros Meadows
meadows.roslyn.m at edumail.vic.gov.au
Home computers are being called upon to perform many new functions,
including the consumption of homework formerly eaten by the dog.
Doug Larson
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From: moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Rob Rankin
Sent: Mon 4/24/2006 4:34 PM
To: 'The Moodle Users' in Schools Mailing List'
Subject: RE: [Moodle] moodle vs sharepoint?
Hi Suzanne,
If you're running a business, and can decipher the following information,
you may choose Sharepoint.
I believe only one of these components is free to Govt schools in Vic but
not sure about that.
Moodle, designed for educators is more attractive to me, even if Sharepoint
has some special features.
Cheers,
Rob
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From: moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au]
On Behalf Of ARNOTT Suzanne
Sent: Monday, 24 April 2006 2:56 PM
To: The Moodle Users' in Schools Mailing List
Subject: [Moodle] moodle vs sharepoint?
Hi all,
thank you so much for the support so far,
My technician is trying to steer me towords using Sharepoint...
not having used either it sort of leaves me at his mercy a bit... I have
read through some of the moodle forums on comapring the two programs, and
their seems to be a definite slant towards moodle being the preferred option
(even schools using sharepoint have integrated moodle into the system, as
the collaborative tasks work much better with a moodle environment.)
Personally I love the networking that is going on here, and see that as a
huge bonus to going moodle anyway...
I guess I'm just looking for some specifics I can use to argue the case.
cheers
Suz
Suzanne Arnott
Elisabeth Murdoch College
Photography and Multimedia Coordinator
Assistant Manager, Learning Technologies
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