Moodle Journal

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

I demonstrated how we would be using the various resources that it has available, and wound up with an invitation for them to contribute to their own learning resources for the Website Production module by contributing to an online Glossary.

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Moodle Journal

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Working on the idea of a supplement to this, I set about compiling a list of similar repositories and teaching resources by way of showing the value of this very open approach to course materials; and not least to help strengthen my own view of, 'should we not start getting into the practice of assembling material instead keep creating'.

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Moodle Journal

MARCH 9, 2011

Definition of Moodle use at Phase 1 -Schemes of work Available for student review from a Moodle link -Assessments calendar A document or use of Moodle Calendar -Assignment hand-outs Typically Word documents -Assignment submission Electronic hand-in of material and feedback -Learning materials Word documents, presentations, spread sheets, images etc (..)

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Wimba Project Wiki Moodle 157

Moodle Journal

APRIL 24, 2012

Are your staff taking full advantages of resources? A somewhat unexpected and pleasing discovery for me during these visits was in the level of innovation that is actually taking place such as in the use of student owned resources such as iPad’s, Smartphones. So we decided to put a survey together.

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Moodle Journal

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

In order to inform on a fully inclusive basis, I recommend that three fundamental requirements be put into place. 2: Establish a regular meeting forum, where we can discuss, demonstrate and share best practice. 3: Contribute to a repository of documented recommendations and examples for wider dissemination.

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Moodle Journal

JULY 19, 2010

Whether they are screen capture, short clips or whole programs, I think can make for a really flexible and engaging resource that I can so plug them into our Moodle platform with ease. One media that I am increasing making use of these days is movies.

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Moodle Journal

JULY 12, 2010

The link for the books feature is here however I am sure tht you will find the blog has just as many other resource postings that will be of use and interest. While some are limited chapter downloads others are the full version or their web based equivalent. regards Barry

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Moodle Journal

JUNE 28, 2011

Our network support team are managing connection issues right now and this week we are going to be looking at how we will be deploying these resources beyond the initial project once it completes.

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Moodle Journal

AUGUST 8, 2016

Next up is a little resource collection that I came across, that I thought worth inclusion by way of eLearning from Flipped Learning classroom , these are not all new, but there may be a couple of useful additions that prove useful to anyone’s repertoire.   Lafayette, IN: 21-35.

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Moodle Journal

JULY 1, 2014

Others titles available at the resource include the following:- Disruptor, Distracter, or What? A Policymaker''s Guide to Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCS) MOOCs: Massive Open Online Courses. European University Association Occasional Paper.

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Moodle Journal

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

Looking at the resource take-up however proved that in the main, teachers while being prepared to utilise the system for assignment hand-ins and uploading of content for distribution, and in so doing removing much of the need for printing, little use has been made of facilities such a forums, glossaries, quizzes etc.

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Moodle Journal

APRIL 9, 2014

Not too surprising there was one case where the application of technology was seen as a means to leverage outcomes while at the same time providing opportunities to rationalise resources, as in teachers, mmm. now that one was a surprise that I was most certainly not expecting.

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Moodle Journal

JANUARY 22, 2011

First they will require a platform where they can store images, resources, post messages, and communicate, so that looks like a Moodle job. I have one project approved already for the Mahara ePortfolio. Then came a request for two collaborative projects with a college in Holland.

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Moodle Journal

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

According the the definition in Wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing "Cloud computing is a style of computing in which dynamically scalable and often virtualised resources are provided as a service over the Internet". Then why not give Cloud Computing a try, so what is cloud computing?

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Moodle Journal

JULY 1, 2011

It does make very clear among other things, that we need to establish the difference between material that we may feel is suitable for a vle, and so typically being viewed from a desktop machine and material for a mobile learning resource.

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Mobile Learning Mobile VLE Wimba 133

Moodle Journal

JULY 20, 2009

If like myself you are very much a VLE'er in you course delivery then you will also know the many advantages and to some extent the issues that can become apparent and very real when you encourage students to connect to all those digital resources out there on the Internet.

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Moodle Journal

JUNE 28, 2012

High quality learning materials and resources including information and communication technology (ICT) are available and are used by staff and learners during and between learning and assessment sessions. At the moment I am thinking of a series of 30 minute workshops, ‘Using eILT to get a better Ofsted’ or similar.

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Conference Case Study Virtual Learning Environment VLE 124

Moodle Journal

MAY 8, 2012

Essentially these are a collection of Ted Talk videos that have been ready packaged with quiz style questions, a Think section for open answer type responses and a Dig Deeper area for any further resources. Furthermore you can even add additional questions and content to each lesson you choose.

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Classes VLE YouTube Moodle 124

Moodle Journal

OCTOBER 13, 2010

Blogs are a really useful resource, its really a matter of fine tuning. The answer really is not to simply rely upon site defaults, but to make use of the various options available in Administration > Security > Site policies. From the available options you should be able to find one that allows you to manage blog posts.

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Moodle Journal

JUNE 18, 2007

I received a request recently from a client to produce my Moodle training resources as a set of video files, which does make a lot of sense; I have also been using more video this year on the VLE. If you are finding this emerging trend, then you may like to have a look at a couple of resources for video conversion and storage.

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Moodle Journal

AUGUST 3, 2007

Naturally the next big bonus is that DSpace resource are now available from within Moodle ; you just have to login in once at the start of your session. So goodbye to dupliacted Moodle resources, network drives, incomprehensible folder structures and ground fills of orphaned documents, from now on may DSpace and Meta Data rule.

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Moodle Journal

MARCH 2, 2010

An Introduction to Moodle System settings Labels and headings Editing facilities Managing files and folders Linking to resources Assignments Moodle web 2.0 In case anyone is interested in the content of the courses on offer I have listed the indexes below.

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Moodle Journal

SEPTEMBER 16, 2009

The first LAMS sequence involves just a Noteboard and combined Resources / Forum to provide the scenario, scaffolding and communication, in what will essentailly be a practice paper.

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Moodle Journal

MAY 20, 2014

As part of our completion task we were asked to produce a learning resource that would be made available in-world on the subject of connectivism. I was also pleased to see that Moodle was being used for asynchronous work with the synchronous side of things handled by WizIQ & Second Life.

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Moodle Journal

FEBRUARY 3, 2013

A great deal to see in a day, and I was impressed by the turn out of resources particularly for robotics and science, very impressive, very encouraging. Made my way to the BETT show and first time at Excel center for me anyway, even bumped into a couple of people I knew there, had a catch-up, always good.

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Moodle Journal

JULY 12, 2011

The thrust behind the proposal is that for some students, finding themselves timetabled into rooms with no computing facilities, wouldn’t it be a good idea to provide some low cost, low spec netbooks and make use of the college WiFi provide access to web resources including Cloud apps.

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Moodle Journal

JULY 20, 2009

All in all, the outcome was very good, some small glitches with sharing resources, but that was down to our understanding of the system and not Mahara.

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Wiki Moodle Movie PDF 100

Moodle Journal

APRIL 29, 2010

For each of these I arranged an initial meeting where we discussed the level of funding, which takes the form of hours that would be paid for development time, plus any resource costing. All the projects will commence during this coming summer term. Below I have included a list briefly outlining each of the proposals.

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Case Study Simulations Portfolio Moodle 100

Moodle Journal

JUNE 20, 2007

Well I have to say probably not, after all, good teaching, good notes and resources are exactly that whatever the medium you deliver them by. If you have been reading this blog then you will know that I have been trialing methodologoes such a 'Communities of Enquiry', with some success.

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Evalution Moodle Community Teach 100

Moodle Journal

OCTOBER 14, 2006

My first impression is that this has the makings of a powerful and valuable resource that already features a growing repository of materials, tools, ideas and stories.

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Moodle Journal

SEPTEMBER 17, 2006

I have installed them all into their own folder and students access them through Moodles Add a resource/Display a directory feature. It’s the presentation in class of these exercises that I have decided to make available as mp3’s. I shall be sure to report on their popularity and utility in due course

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Moodle Journal

JUNE 2, 2006

This was followed by breakout sessions where as groups we considered, vision, skills, incentives, resources and action plans, If you are not getting along to these events at the moment then follow this link for a review of the meeting, I can warmly recommend them.

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Moodle Journal

JUNE 19, 2006

The application is produced by Green Eclipse, their site is well worth a look, so I have dropped the icon into my vle resource list on the right of this blog. Being able to publish a crossword in html format, means I can and will use it as part of my Moodle courses.

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Moodle Journal

OCTOBER 4, 2008

I was impressed by John Hickey from Apple, when he presented the coming I-Tunes U, which it seems is going to be a free resource rich repository of links and content, look forward to that one. The last presenter of the day was Alistair Mitchell from Huddle.net.

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Moodle Journal

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

One issue that your institute may face however is in access to the resource, SL requires a number of ports to be open that your network admin people may respond to by simply shaking their collective heads in disbelief. But again be reassured, we have been running SL in one lab for around 18 months now and no problems.

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Virtual World Second Life Moodle Alternatives 100

Moodle Journal

DECEMBER 4, 2006

The course can now run at the pace of the students, they will provide me feedback via the Journal, have access to resources using Block Folders, submit completed exercises as Assignments and keep in touch using Forums and Chat. In fact when the boss came along to lookover the set-up, he signed himself up as well.

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Moodle Journal

NOVEMBER 25, 2005

Using OAIster, you can carryout searches on metadata and associated resources. As content repositories increase in popularity, harvesting services such as OAIster (Open Archive Initiative) are becoming available. As of November 23rd 2005, the OAIster harvester has some 6,073,500 records from 572 institutions.

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