‘Resources’ Archives
Interview with the Folks behind #iMoot2013
As you know the 2013 iMoot is coming up next week, I was able to do a email interview of Vinny Stocker and Julian Ridden (@Moodleman), two of the folks behind the scenes of the event put on by Pukunui and supported by a few other organizations (Blindside Networks, and Packt Publishing). Registration is available [...]
Installing an add-on into Moodle 2.5 (2 minute video by @ghenrick)
This 2 minute video shows the new Wordpress-like feature that allows you to install add-ons in Moodle without access to FTP or the file directory. It's an awesome advancement that I think will drastically increase the availability and quality of community plugins (because there will be so much more usage and feedback!). The video was created by [...]
Is blended learning the new normal?
Welcome to Moodlenews's newest contributor, Megan Pope. Pushing the role of technology in education seems to be a trend, and several schools in Michigan have been implementing Moodle as the LMS platform for a new blended learning model. According to a recent article by The Times Herald, Algonac Superintendent, Mike Sharrow, suggested "We’re [...]
NextGenU brings two open courses via Moodle.net
NextGenU.org is a provider of open education and credit bearing courses online. They've published two open enrollable courses to Moodle.net recently: Environmental Health and Climate Change and Health. Registration at NextGenU is free and the courses are also open for guest viewing if you want to check them out. Both courses are college [...]
WizIQ goes HD and enables more access controls for increased security
Disclosure: WizIQ is a sponsor of Moodlenews and provides a Moodle integration for it's live classroom platform. For more information click on the WizIQ banner. Press Release see also http://blog.wiziq.com/see-it-to-believe-it-better-and-more-secure-video-streaming-on-wiziq/ WizIQ recently rolled out improvement in live video streaming [...]
Empowering Learning with Video (Free Webinar recording from @eschoolnews)
eSchool News recently hosted a webinar that featured three presenters talking about how to integrate video and other resources into Moodle, Learn how to leverage the power of online video to flip classrooms, get students reading, simply and easily create and incorporate teacher and student videos into Moodle, enhance professional development and [...]
2013 iMoot Presentation Preview (5 sessions worth putting on your calendar)
Less than three weeks remain until the 2013 iMoot, let's take a look at a few more presentations that will be available live or on demand to meet your schedule: Keynote: this year's keynote will be given by none other than Martin Dougiamas who will likely present on the upcoming features of Moodle 2.5 and the development roadmap for the next [...]
Introducing the Dynamo Theme for Moodle
The Dynamo theme for Moodle is a 3 column layout with a nice textured background and header with a place for a logo. The theme is pretty sharp and spares plenty of room for your Moodle pages, courses and blocks. The theme is available at https://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=theme_dynamo and was developed by Joseph Conradt and Mike [...]
Measuring Engagement: Learning Analytics in Online Learning [paper by Griff Richards]
![Measuring Engagement: Learning Analytics in Online Learning [paper by Griff Richards]](http://www.moodlenews.com/wp-content/uploads/figure3-300x206.png "Measuring Engagement: Learning Analytics in Online Learning [paper by Griff Richards]")
If you're interested in learning more about measuring student engagement in your Moodle course, this is a great paper/primer to start with. The paper was written by Griff Richards of Thompson Rivers University in Canada and highlights some key findings from recent studies of Moodle and Blackboard and how the researchers went about establishing a [...]
Future of eLearning Infographic highlights trends and stats by @Amvonet
Amvonet, a synchronous web tool for hosting and publishing recorded webinars, has a new infographic about the current and future state of online learning for the education market. The latter bits of the graphic are tailored to highlight Amvonet & Moodle's capabilities together but there are some interesting stats about use projections in the [...]
