%0 Journal Article %J Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning %D 2014 %T Opening up to open source: looking at how Moodle was adopted in higher education %A Costello, Eamon %X The Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) has grown to become a piece of complex infrastructure that is now deemed to be critical to higher educational provision. This paper looks at Moodle and its adoption in higher education. Moodle’s origins, as an open source VLE, are investigated and its growth examined in the context of how higher educational institutions adopt VLEs. %B Open Learning: The Journal of Open, Distance and e-Learning %V 28 %P 187-200 %N 3 %R 10.1080/02680513.2013.856289 %> https://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/Moodle-Adoption-in-Higher-Education-Eamon_Costello.pdf