Discovering DIMDIM: A heuristic evaluation of MOODLE's synchronous open source perspective

Moodle is a course management system (CMS) - a free, Open Source software package designed using sound pedagogical principles, to help educators create effective online learning communities. Moodle (1) has been widely used with success in many Universities. It covers all the main aspects of Asynchronous e- Learning but lacks on modern Synchronous e-learning features like hosting virtual classrooms. Dimdim(2) steps in to fill the gap between Moodle and other commercial Learning Management Systems by providing virtual classroom features while simultaneously remaining available as open source software.