‘Events’ Archives
#mootustx10 Dr. Clark’s “Failure of Constructivism” Keynote recap
The social constructionist pedagogy approach to learning is one of the underpinnings of the design of Moodle from it's inception, according to Moodle.org (http://docs.moodle.org/en/Philosophy). Interestingly, the Moot keynote's title was on the myth of success surrounding constructivism. The keynote more focused on learning and how, when [...]
#mootustx10 Keynote Recap: John Mullen – Connected Environments in Edu
Nearly live from the Moot, for more http://twitter.com/#search?q=mootustx10 John Mullen of Dell opened the Moot this morning with a quick chat about the state of technology in education and Dell's various initiatives to help schools and institutions cut costs and focus on innovation. Though commercial in a sense (there were very specific [...]
Moodle site in the Running for $250,000 from #Pepsi’s Refresh Challenge
What if we could give a Moodle site with the goal of creating environmental awareness curriculum and content $250,000 just with a few clicks? Well we can. Dave Dannenburg posted to Moodle.org this weekend that his Moodle site had entered itself into Pepsi's Refresh Challenge, which is giving over 1,000,000 dollars a month to up-start [...]
#Mootusin10 Martin’s Goshen Moot Keynote Recording Available
Special thanks to Floyd Saner and Wimba.com for making this keynote recording available to all non-attendees. There are a few places where the audio and video cut our for ~2 minutes, but overall the recording quality is fair. Enjoy Martin Dougiamas' Keynote: Moodle 2.0. The session featured a demo of the various new tools available in [...]
On Location: Austin Moot #MootusTX10
Hey y'all: Today and tomorrow only I am on location at the Austin Moodle Moot. I'll be presenting tomorrow (Tuesday) about the non-official Moodle community (and what I've learned about it since starting Moodlenews) and unveiling a special, new project that I've been working on: stay tuned! Today I'll be periodically posting from live sessions, [...]
Happy Friday: @moodler hard at work (via @moodlerific via @drchuck) #mootusin10
Perhaps a little too hard at work. I hope the Austin Moot has better taxi service. Thanks @moodlerific for the original post.
Moodle Moot Hamburg, Germany: September 8th
Moodle Moot Hamburg was just announced on http://moodlemoot.moodle.de. Though a reportedly smaller Moot, the event is scheduled for September 8th, 2010 at Helmut Schmidt University and is sponsored by Moodle partner, eLeDia. For more information visit the German Moot site: http://moodlemoot.moodle.de/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=523 UPDATE [...]
More from #mootusin10 by @theohiobloke: Open Session with Martin
Here's another Moot session highlight by John Mansel-Playdell (@theohiobloke/http://mpleydell.nwoca.org/), this one focused on the open session with Martin Dougiamas. John described it as the highlight of his first Moot. Open session with Martin at Midwest Moodle MOOT Asked about html5 he said that Moodle is XHTML strict compliant and they [...]
#TMMoodle session archives and channel (watch ‘em all!)
Better late than never I suppose: this is the collection of session presentations from the TeachMeetMoodle organized by Dan Humpherson (@moodledan) back on July 3rd (2010): http://www.ustream.tv/channel/tmmoodle Here's a great recap of some of the sessions by James Michie (@jamesmichie; including a guide to a few of the recordings on the [...]
Notes from Martin’s Keynote #mootusin10 from @theohiobloke
Here are some quick notes taken by John Mansel-Pleydell (@theohiobloke) while he attended the keynote presenation by Martin Dougiamas at the Midwest Moot this morning. Stay up to date with Goshen at #mootusin10. Moodle MOOT keynote #mootusin10 is the twitter hash tag. People use Moodle in ways he did not plan. 50k registered and verified [...]
