‘Resources’ Archives
#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 [...]
Making Moodle work better on #Chrome browser
I use Chrome browser for my day to day internet browsing and work, even for accessing Moodle site. Which is why it kinda stinks that the HTMLArea text editor doesn't function in Chrome. There are 2 ways to get it to work though, so if you're a Chrome and Moodle fan and want to love them both at the same time, check out these two [...]
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 [...]
@njit_moodle’s Moodle overview Video
On the great page of resources that NJIT (New Jersey's Science and Technology University) has pulled together, there's a handy Youtube video that they use to introduce and explore the notion of an online course. The full page of resources: http://moodle.njit.edu/ The following is an embed of the video "A Tour of Moodle" , which is [...]
#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 [...]
#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 [...]
Moodle Monday: The fastest way to prepare courses/users for next year by @timdalton
End of the school year means start of the boring admin paperwork ready for next... This is a job I've just completed for one of our partner schools so I thought it was worth documenting as many others will be going through the same process at some point over the Summer break. We needed to do a few things- remove students that have left, move [...]
