A welcome from Phillip Butler ULCC followed by:

Official opening of MoodleMoot UK 2010 by Professor Geoffrey Crossick, Warden of Goldsmith College and Deputy Vice Chancellor of the University of London.

Moodle central to the external systems with 50k+ students worldwide. Replacement to their bespoke vle . Moold e at the heart of ULCCs provision.

Goldsmiths an early Moodle user.6k+ users each week, 0.5million page views per month.

Future of higher education. Radical changes inevitable, even before financial crisis. Expanding model of HE was gorwing unaffordably. An 8% school leavers going into HE model trying to copy with near 50%.

He sector to become far more differentiated. Opened up to private commercial providers. Low funding  + high fees = growth of commercial providers.

HE will expand, but only now in affordable ways – so greater emphasis on work based aand flexible learning.

How do VLEs maintain current momentum of enhancing traditional learning, when key driver will be the attraction that it is cheaper.

Individualisation of learning. people appropriat enew technology rather than the other way around. Cultures adapt to accommodate, but the world doesn’t change significantly. Human interactions remain fundamental.

Introduces Sugata Mitra. hole in wall experiment (look up)