Moodle is a learning management system forproducing web-based course sites. It is written in PHP and is easy to installand use on Mac OS X (as well as Windows, Unix, Linux, and Netware).It has been designed to support modern pedagogies based on socialconstructionist theory, and includes activity modules such as forums, resources,journals, quizzes, surveys, choices, and assignments.It has beentranslated into 30 languages, with more on the way. Moodle offers a freealternative to commercial software such as WebCT and Blackboard, and isbeing used by a growing number of universities, schools, and independentteachers for distance education or to supplement face-to-face teaching.