Posts Tagged ‘web2.0’
Breaking down the Walls of the ‘Walled Garden’ LMS (presentation by @paulbmckenzie)
Here's a pretty great presentation by Paul McKenzie (@paulbmckenzie) which highlights the pros and cons/problem and solution of using Moodle in the classroom. The pros, Paul says, are that Moodle has a great community, is open source, free to adopt (no license). The cons include it's course development learning curve and "walled garden" [...]
Opinion: @netcrit ponders web2.0 and Moodle Modules
Matthew Allen (@netcrit) posted and interesting piece about Moodle plug-ins and their comparison with web2.0 tools that can be easily integrated into the classroom. With the proliferation of embeddable content, will plug-ins and modules be replaced and allow for teachers to "off-shore" standard LMS functionality to other web services? It's an [...]
Moodle in Real-Life (part 3 – Mods and Add-ons) @west4me
William Cunningham, who runs an extremely elaborate and developed Moodle with his third grade students, gave me the pleasure of an interview via email. This "Moodle in Real-life" story will be told in several parts, the 3nd is below. All posts refer to William's Moodle install at this [...]
