‘News’ Archives
NEWS FLASH: mTouch #iPad App announced (~Sept 10)
MoodleTouch.com recently posted an update about their plans to develop and release an iPad specific app for Moodle: It has become apparent that Moodle 2 has some time to get stable and ready for production and we suppose that at least during 2010-2011 people will keep using Moodle 1.9. So we decided to publish special iPad version of mTouch [...]
College Credit for Moodle Profession Development
Did you know you can get credit for taking an online course to learn how to use Moodle? It's true. IT4Educators and Atomic Learning together offer courses in a host of different educational technology subjects (podcasting, blogging, Google Docs, etc.) including Moodle in the Classroom. Though the organization is not accredited, but course [...]
#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 [...]
My #mootustx10 Moot Presentation and MoodleLibre
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#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.
#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, [...]
