Having just finished 2 days of facilitating moodle course creator training, I have yet again been left with new insights into how people are using moodle and what they expect of a modern Learning Management System. Meeting people on-the-ground is always good for someone like me who is otherwise engaged in business or development but not actual use of the tools that make up my livelihood, at least not on a daily basis.
There is one thing that does continually annoy me however ... a user who was using LMS X and is now moving to moodle (for whatever reason) and demands that moodle should do things the same way as previous LMS X. It seems to me that it's not the method that is so important, but the learning outcome. In other words, what were you trying to achieve by doing previous activity in LMS X and how could we achieve that same outcome in moodle? NOT how can we do the same activity in moodle?
The analogy to me is like driving in a car for a number of years, then switching to a motorbike and insisting that we have a steering wheel to turn corners. Surely the end result of turning a corner is the ultimate goal and method is somewhat irrelevant.
While I respect that the method does have some impact I have seen enough quality teachers who can make miracles happen without any additional props, resources, LMSes to know that whatever the desired outcome, you can make it happen if you think creatively about it.
