Moodle’s capacity to account for individual differences and facilitate collaboration has the potential to lead to incredible cognitive growth. To begin, students’ cognition is enhanced by Moodle’s ability to embed multimedia instruction into forum postings. Students are empowered to construct meaning for themselves by visiting various interactive sites, simulations and podcasts. Further, glossaries and multi-language support found within Moodle aid English Language Learners and struggling students. This is not to say that Moodle is for every learner. Rather, students who are strong verbal communicators or who have difficulty putting their thoughts into writing would most likely prefer traditional group discourse. Also, students who have visual issues or who just wish to read from paper would opt for a more traditional approach to collaboration. Finally, subtleties of discourse such as body language, voice intonation and gestures are lost to homogeneous facial glyphs :( and screaming exclamation points!
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