‘Events’ Archives
Feasibility Study Update (1 week left to participate)
Just a quick update on the Moodle Feasibility Study we're conducting here at Moodlenews. If you haven't already filled out the survey please do so and help us out! http://www.moodlenews.com/feasibility-study/ Already a dozen sites have participated from around the world: in the US, UK, Isreal, and New Zealand. And nearly 60,000 students [...]
Happy Birthday Moodle (and @Moodler) via @Moodlehelen
It's 8 years old today, August 19th. A long and fruitful road. Here's to many more years! Check out Helen Foster's post for some more details on the history of Moodle, http://helenfoster.wordpress.com/ Send in your wishes at http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=156255
Moodle Feasibility Study Survey
At the Moot in Austin we covered a great presentation about the feasibility study conducted by North Carolina Community College's Open Source Collaborative and now we've found a collaborative opportunity to tackle the question of feasibility of Moodle in schools and organizations. It's a short survey, but from it we hope that Moodle [...]
“Failure of Constructivism” Keynote by Dr. Richard Clark Slides now available
One of the most popular posts here lately has been a recap of the MootusTX10 keynote by Dr. Richard Clark down in Austin (August 2nd) . It was a very, very good keynote (interesting throughout with great anecdotes and quick wit). The slides are now available (thanks to Moodlerooms, @moodlerooms). Truth be told, the correct title of the [...]
Loads of presentation information/slides available from #Mootau10
At the Australia Moot, which took place in July, presenters had their own Moodle courses to plan their sessions and provide handouts, presentation slides, videos and other information . Not all of the sessions have information posted, but a quick exploration unearths some great presentation information all pertaining to Moodle: Getting [...]
Moodleriffic Moodle Meet Potluck event (course showcase) 9/17
A new event was recently posted at MoodleMeet (http://grou.ps/moodlemeet). The event runs from September 17th through 24th and is put on by CEET (Community of Expertise In Educational Technology). A free and open Professional Learning Potluck to share examples of moodle courses, ideas, best practice, course snippets and get advice and moodle [...]
Moodle Moot Columbia #mootco10 August 17th and 18th
Moodle Moot Columbia is coming up this August 17th and 18th in Bogota. The event will, gather the Moodle platform users (Administrators, teachers and students) around academic presentations for better use in the virtual education . Costs are less than $55 USD for the event. http://www.moodlemoot.org.co/
#mootustx10 @jsweetin Open Source Collab. Moodle Assessment recap
Jonathon Sweetin of the North Carolina Community College System Office and co-author of the Open Source Collaborative: Moodle Assessment Report (August 2009) presented the NCCC's most recent research and follow-up report at the Moot Monday in Austin. The presentation focused on recapping the original findings and what their continued research [...]
#mootustx10 Recap of @Moodler’s Moodle 2.0 Keynote
Martin Dougiamas kicked off Tuesday of the Moot in Austin with a signature presentation about the changes to Moodle 2.0. Though many have seen his 'road show' keynote lately (it was provided in a similar format to the streamed presentation from Goshen last week), I always see something very different (whether a new feature of a new way that [...]
#mootustx10 Slides from @Awyatt’s Microsoft Office Addin for Moodle #oam
Quick resource link: http://www.limegreensunrise.net/presentations.html I wasn't able to attend the session by Dr. A. T. Wyatt (@awyatt) which focused on the Microsoft OAM . But the slides are available online. The session focused on how to use/install the MS OAM, it's pros and cons and future release information.
