‘This just in!’ Archives
60+ simple open courses created in Moodle
If you're interested in learning a new skill or want to check out how simple a Moodle course can be (when using/tapping open resources available elsewhere on the web) you should check out http://www.open-of-course.org/courses/. It's just a collection of simply created OER courses presented through Moodle. Adding a file upload, discussion [...]
@tom_murdock shows off the new Folderview Course Format
The Folderview Course format by Moodlerooms is currently under development but there's a great sneak peek on the web via Tom Murdock's (@Tom_Murdock) blog: http://thinkingdistance.org/. Folderview features a layout for Moodle 2.0 similar to the Collapsed Topics Format but with a few more easy to use pages and layouts. Most notably the [...]
ELIS Community Package now Available at Moodle.org
Download it now and give it a test drive. The full community package and documentation is now available at Moodle.org in the Plugin Repository: http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=13&rid=4894. From the entry, As a highly flexible system, ELIS(TM) is widely used in a variety of learning programs. ELIS(TM) is a set of add-ons to [...]
Cloning activities in Moodle 2.0 by @Moodlefairy
Here's a great short video that highlights one of the newest features in Moodle 2 (to be released with Moodle 2.1 this week). Enjoy the video by Mary Cooch and read more about the 2.1 release here: http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Moodle_2.1_release_notes Direct video link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV4_Z-hNMoc
More information about @RemoteLearner’s ELIS
I had a chance to ask a few more questions of Justin Williams (Director of Marketing & Business Development) of Remote-Learner about the pending release of their Enterprise Learning Intelligence System (ELIS) to the community. Moodlenews: Why release now? Justin Williams: ELIS was always built as an open source application. That is the [...]
Early Registration for the Midwest Moot Extended through Sunday 6/26
The early registration date for the 2011 Midwest Moodle Moot has been extended to Sunday, June 26. Anyone interested in attending the event can still register and save $45 on the regular registration fee. Nearly 40 different workshops, keynotes and sessions are scheduled over the 20th-22nd of July. Many will focus on Moodle 2.0+. For more [...]
Just a few more days to submit presentations to the MoodleMoot Virtual Conference
The Moodle Moot Virtual Conference (MMVC) is coming up this August 2011 (17th through the 21st). The call for presentations and registrations is currently open but don't delay you only have until 6/30/2011. If you're interested in learning more about Moodle or sharing your own knowledge here's a great opportunity to get involved. Go [...]
Remote-Learner (@RemoteLearner) ready to release ELIS code to community on 6/24
Remote-Learner (@remotelearner), official Moodle Partner, recently announced that it is releasing it's ELIS (Enterprise Learning Intelligence System) to the community as part of its open source efforts. ELIS has been Remote-Learner's paid/hosted service added on top of Moodle for the last several years and now will be open to the community and [...]
eyeOs and Moodle, Optimized for #ChromeOS?
Imagine this scenario: you start-up any computer with internet, login into your Education portal and voila, easy 2-click authentication to Moodle and instant access to your own personal, safe online file repository; all in the cloud. Sound good? Sounds like you need to check out eyeOs. eyeOs is a cool browser-based program that looks as [...]
Moodle named as “Spotlight Innovations” Company along with @Str8erline
Not often that two of the educational projects I work on are celebrated in the same report. The US Chamber's Institute for Competitive Workforce released its "College 2.0: Transforming Higher Education through Greater Innovation and Smarter Regulation" report which highlighted key policy and regulatory fixes as well as several companies and [...]
