In (Alvarez, 2008) the study reports that the result of the evaluation shows that Moodle has the best rating in the adaptation category; it can be seen in Table 10.9 as the best system concerning adaptation issues. It dominates the evaluation by achieving the best value five times. The strengths of Moodle are the realization of communication tools, the creation and administration of learning objects, the comprehensive didactical concepts and the tracking of data. In addition, the outstanding usability of Moodle leads to the maximum evaluation value in the usability category. Concerning the other platforms, ILIAS obtained the best values in the categories for technical aspects, administration, and course management.
|
Product Feature |
Adaptability |
Personalization |
Extensibility |
Adaptively |
Ranking |
|
|
1 |
A Tutor |
| |
# |
# |
| |
3 |
|
2 |
Dokeos |
| |
0 |
* |
+ |
2 |
|
3 |
dotLRN |
+ |
+ |
* |
0 |
2 |
|
4 |
ILIAS |
+ |
# |
* |
0 |
2 |
|
5 |
LON-CAPA |
+ |
# |
# |
| |
2 |
|
6 |
Moodle |
# |
+ |
* |
| |
1 |
|
7 |
OpenUSS |
# |
# |
# |
0 |
5 |
|
8 |
Sakai |
0 |
0 |
* |
0 |
3 |
|
9 |
Spaghettilearning |
+ |
# |
+ |
0 |
3 |
Moodle has gained the best results, especially in the specific adaptation evaluation as in Table 10.9. It supports an adaptive feature called “lesson” where learners can be routed automatically through pages depending on the answer to a question after each page. Furthermore, the extensibility is supported very well by a documented API, detailed guidelines, and templates for programming. In addition personalization and adaptability features are present in Moodle (Alvarez, 2008).
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