Review: "Packt's Moodle is a fantastic resource, although the title is a bit misleading..."

Another review, this time from the E-Learning Queen. Key quotes:

I would imagine that every institution that is using Moodle (or considering it) will want to buy a copy of this manual for every person on their tech team.

And...

Packt's Moodle is a fantastic resource, although the title is a bit misleading. It is, in reality, a technical manual for using Moodle. It has very little to say about e-learning, except in the sense that it is implicit that learning via Moodle is e-learning.

Thanks for the kind words your majesty!

William and I wanted to develop a book that acted as a technical manual and also provided e-learning advice. There are posts on Moodle.org that suggest we got this right for some readers. I guess the e-learning theory was pretty basic for an e-learning specialist, and the review contains great ideas for follow ups:

... it does not include any elements of instructional design that would allow a user to start developing courses that are pedagogically sound in terms of commonly accepted best practices for e-learning. Further, it does not contain templates for typical courses, which would also be quite valuable for institutions that would be most likely to be interested in open-source learning management systems.