Free Course on the MOOCH: Mobile Learning and Teaching with Moodle 2
Here's a free course available via the MOOCH (hub.moodle.org), "Mobile Learning and Teaching with Moodle 2. The course was shared by Nadav Kavalerchik and is available to download or view. You can check out the MOOCH entry here or the course here. The course focuses on opportunities to learn about mobile computing in classrooms (with current events curated through Scoop.it), videos and [...]
Last chance at winning Moodle 2.0 Course Conversion by @PacktPub #MDL2CC
Don't forget that a copy of Moodle 2.0 Course Conversion for Beginners is still up for grab. The book is a very easy read and is definitely for new teachers looking for a guide on how to bring their current non LMS based course online and into Moodle. It's full of tricks, hints and easy to understand tutorial information on making a smooth and positive move to Moodle. Read more about the [...]
#Moodlewish: Improved nav via arrows (#Chrome -style)
If you're a Chrome user like me, then you've noticed their cool window navigation when you open a new tab. Click in the left margin of the tab to see your most frequented sites, click in the right margin to see your list of Chrome apps. It's all very simple and totally intuitive. What I'd like, is a course format that borrowed a little from the Chrome nav to make it easier for students [...]
CLAMP Releases 2.2.1+LAE 2.0
Moodle 2.2 is one step closer to acceptance by the Collaborative Liberal Arts Moodle Project (CLAMP) with the release of Moodle 2.2.1+LAE (Liberal Arts Edition) v2.0 beta 1. While not a stable release this is a milestone for Moodle's acceptance by the group considering their reservations aired in a Moodle 2 Status Report nearly 1 year ago (Feb 2011). CLAMP's beta 1 release is, the [...]
Shameless Plug: Vote for me as People’s Choice for 2011
I've written a few posts at OpenSource.com/Education and this year I qualified to be in the running for the 2011 People's Choice Award, specifically for my contribution of an article/interview with Wayne Mackintosh about OER University. Moodle is one of many interests (though I often have trouble finding enough time to write about other subjects). If you like my writing here and there, [...]
Blackboard’s newest release to showcase major usability enhancements
In my day job we utilize Blackboard Learn 9.1 (we're on the latest service packs as soon as they become generally available). Upgrades for hosted services are upgraded as part of their cost, at our convenience as long as we schedule 1-2 weeks out. Recently Blackboard announced its newest Service Pack which was introduced by Ray Henderson and presented over 45 minutes. I'm increasingly [...]
How to increase forum participation exponentially with the New Forum Replies block by Niall Barr
I am sure that you are familiar with the Recent Activity block. This block does what its name indicated, which is to list recent activity, most commonly, forum posts. You can also get a full report by clicking on the link "Full report of recent activity". This is useful when you want to view recent forum posts. Information Overload It lists ALL recent activity, including forum posts in [...]
The Ireland & UK Moodle Moot Registration is now open! #mootieuk12
Not only is registration for the Ireland/UK Moodle Moot, but they also have a limited number of Blogger passes available. Blogger passes, when awarded, provide the blogger free registration, parking, lunch and more...just for publicizing and covering the event. Go for free! If you're a blogger and could make the trip check out http://moodlemoot.ie/blogger-passes/ for more information. [...]
How to increase the width of the Book module’s reading area (Moodle 1.9.15)
Peter Skoda (http://skodak.org) and Mojmir Volf are the authors of the Book resource. The Book resource is one of the major reasons why I love Moodle. It's a brilliant resource because it allows me to group related articles and webpages in a nice package. Something like the HTML frameset objects which were very common during the early days of HTML and the Internet. In short, I can't live without [...]
CLAMP releases Moodle 1.9.16+LAE v1.6
The newest version of the Collaborative Liberal Arts Moodle Project (CLAMP) flavor of Moodle (Liberal Arts Edition) has now been released. CLAMP is a collaboration of 26 liberal arts colleges across the US which produces a ready to use Moodle distribution with several key additions and improvements which we've highlighted previously. A few of the highlights of the CLAMP distro: Anonymous [...]
