Introduction

Moodle (abbreviation for Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment) is a free source e-learning software platform, also known as a Learning Management System, or Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). As of October 2012 it had a user base of 70,793 registered and verified sites, serving 63,204,814 users in 6.7+ million courses with 1.2+ million teachers.

Moodle was originally developed by Martin Dougiamas to help educators create online courses with a focus on interaction and collaborative construction of content, and is in continual evolution. The first version of Moodle was released on 20 August 2002.

Notes

1. We haven't explored Moodle yet, but it comes highly recommended.
2. Moodle is available as a FreeBSD port in /usr/ports/www/moodle2.

References

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moodle
2. http://moodle.org/