‘News’ Archives
#Moodlemoot info all in one place from @moodlehelen
Helen Foster (community manager at Moodle.org), @moodlehelen posted a few great resources if you're interested in catching the nearest Moodle Moot. Unfortunately some of the links require registration on Moodle.org, but others are available publicly: http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=143598. There are a good many Moots coming up in [...]
#MoodleMoot 2010 in Berlin is March 23-26th
The MoodleMoot Berlin is fast approaching. Pre-conference events begin March 23 and the official conference commences on Thursday March 25th. This year's event will be held at Humboldt University of Berlin, Adlershof Campus (http://www.adlershof.hu-berlin.de/standardseite-en). Registration for the conference is 80 Euro. There are several [...]
Cool Course Competition Judging Period Extended
The Cool Course Competition put on by Moodle.org recently extended the deadline to judge courses to February 19th, 2010. So if you're still interested in checking out some awesome Moodle courses and voicing your opinion as to which deserve to "take the cake", visit http://coolcourses.moodle.org/ to cast your votes. Note that this has some [...]
#imoot2010 Takeaways and Reflections on #Superbowl Sunday
If you're a serious Moodler, odds are that you've heard about the iMoot already. The first ever live web-based Moodle Moot has been hugely successful (some presentations certainly more than others) and it has set the stage, presumably, for many future iMoots to come. The last of the live presentations have wrapped already, and it's time to [...]
Shared PDF from an #iMoot2010 panel w/ Tomaz @Lasic
It doesn't include the audio (which would be a great asset) but this public PDF includes the raw slides from one of the Moodle Panel sessions (facilitated by Tomaz Lasic) at iMoot2010. Check out the link for some nifty links and info: http://goo.gl/CLBi. Here are some of the distilled resources: Pink Floyd music video: [...]
@LewisCarr releases Moodle Bar 1.0
The Moodle Bar, which was highlighted at MoodleMonthly a few weeks ago is now available for download publicly through Lewis Carr's blog/site. As promised, I have released the Moodle Bar. The release date coincides with the iMoot 2010. It is available direct from this website by following this link: http://bit.ly/du5RNQ Please feel [...]
Selling Courses with Moodle Presentation from #iMoot2010
I presented at iMoot2010 yesterday and had an awesome time. Like I've previously commented, the system and technology (and staff) all came together to provide both presenters and attendees are really, really easy to use system. I want to be sure to share my presentation as effectively as possible, so please find my presentation (in it's [...]
#iMoot2010 Keynote Recap – Martin Dougiamas
iMoot is off and running and hugely successful. Yesterday Martin Dougiamas, Moodle founder and lead developer kicked it off with a keynote and overview of Moodle2.0 (and beyond). Here are the main takeaways. Big changes are coming with the release of Moodle 2.0 files will now be stored in the database instead of individual course [...]
100 jobs – Moodle is an Economic Force
Opensource.com has a nice write up about Moodle and it's economic impacts (the number of jobs it's creating/has created). Read the full article at http://opensource.com/education/10/2/moodle-driving-jobs-education If you know your Moodle, there are more than 100 jobs available, right now, today -- and for some of them, you don't even need to [...]
#MoodleMoot Japan Starts Feb 13th
The Second National Moodle-LMS Teachers and Developers Conference in Japan. Sponsored by Future University-Hakodate Centre for Meta Learning (CML). Cost: Free This Moot in Japan runs February 13th and 14th at the Future University (http://www.fun.ac.jp/). Martin Dougiamas will provide a "virtual" keynote and there are several strands [...]
