‘News’ Archives
Interview with the Folks behind #iMoot2013
As you know the 2013 iMoot is coming up next week, I was able to do a email interview of Vinny Stocker and Julian Ridden (@Moodleman), two of the folks behind the scenes of the event put on by Pukunui and supported by a few other organizations (Blindside Networks, and Packt Publishing). Registration is available [...]
6 Keynotes for the 2013 iMoot #imoot2013
If you haven't registered for the 2013 iMoot yet, you should. Only 9 days left to get your ticket to the virtual Moot. Announced recently were the 6 keynote presenters you can attend during the 4 day event. Martin Dougiamas: Overview of new features in Moodle 2.5. Iain Doherty: Director, eLearning Pedagogical Support at the University [...]
Moodle 2.5 has been released!
Right on its new schedule (May and November) and full of awesome new features, Moodle 2.5 was released yesterday and is now available for download from Moodle.org. According to Martin Dougiamas in his official release note: It's my pleasure to put this cherry on the top of the collective cake that is Moodle 2.5, and to announce that it is now [...]
SCORM 2004 Abandonned, Tin Can API the next focus
Dan Marsden posted an interesting history of SCORM development for Moodle including the difficulties of funding development and maintaining SCORM 1.2 compatibility through the years. SCORM 2004, now nearly a decade old, was never officially integrated and demand has lagged. According to the post, Full support for SCORM 2004 is already available [...]
Is blended learning the new normal?
Welcome to Moodlenews's newest contributor, Megan Pope. Pushing the role of technology in education seems to be a trend, and several schools in Michigan have been implementing Moodle as the LMS platform for a new blended learning model. According to a recent article by The Times Herald, Algonac Superintendent, Mike Sharrow, suggested "We’re [...]
NextGenU brings two open courses via Moodle.net
NextGenU.org is a provider of open education and credit bearing courses online. They've published two open enrollable courses to Moodle.net recently: Environmental Health and Climate Change and Health. Registration at NextGenU is free and the courses are also open for guest viewing if you want to check them out. Both courses are college [...]
100% Pass Rate for 2.5 QA Testing
Announced earlier this week, the 100% pass rate of QA tests for Moodle 2.5 marks the last milestone before the official code release coming soon. 2.5 is full of enhancements, improvements and new features sure to make your Moodle use more efficient and to give even the most novice Moodle administrators more control over their systems. Here's a [...]
Moodlenewsletter Number 001 Hits Inboxs Today
Moodlenews will no longer be using the Feedburner email delivery tool which is how you’ve received a daily digest of posts when they happen at Moodlenews.com. Why? Because that’s boring! If you’re interested in the latest posts and want the daily updates, stop by the site, follow us on Twitter or subscribe via RSS. For email delivery [...]
Mountain Moot takes place this July in Helena
This July 10 - 12th will be the 3rd Mountain Moodle Moot in Helena, Montana, USA: http://www.mountainmoot.com/. This year's Moot will be held at Carroll College, nestled in the Rocky Mountains of Montana. The event will have plenty of opportunity to socialize with other Moodlers and to take in some of the sites of the Northwestern US. Why [...]
General Developer Meeting Notes from 4/23
If you're curious about all the great new features discussed at this April's Developer Meeting for Moodle this is a great resource: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Developer_meeting_April_2013. This past month's meeting featured Martin kicking things off, then followed a presentation by Simon Coggins of Totara talking about the Open Badges [...]
