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Moodle Moot UK 2010 – Moving to Moodle
Laura Widger – Waterford Institute of Technology in 2008 were using WebCT 4. At a point where they had to move. So either upgrade webct/blackboard or go open source. Evaluated others having taken same decision. people with commercial were happy. people with open source were excited. Open source is like a race car, need very…
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Moodle Moot Uk 2010 – Afternoon Keynote
Afternoon keynote: Dr Ross Mackenzie, Strategic Development Manager, The Open University Didn’t plan to use moodle at first. Changed on 6th July. Realised they were going with Moodle because it did lots of what they needed, they could make it do the things it didn’t do, it would scale to the levels they needed. Shoddy…
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Moodle Moot Uk 2010 – Enhancing Moodle (e-portfolios)
Two sessions, one by Newham and one by TDM. Newham Purchased Moodle from ULCC Nov 2008, launched for staff Dec 2008. Live for students and staff Mar 2009 (MIS integration). E-learning advisors in place to develop VLE and provide staff support. Over 200 staff given 1 hour of 1-2-1 compulsory training. Followed by 2 hours…
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Moodle Moot UK 2010 – Morning Keynote
Morning keynote: Professor Sugata Mitra, Newcastle University The Future of Learning (or A future of learning) Everywhere on Earth, there are places where, for various reasons, good teachers do not want to, or cannot, go. We have the above problem even in this country. How would poor children get to work with computers? The Hole…
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Moodle Moot UK 2010 – Welcome
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.…
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Happy birthday, dear Copyright, happy birthday to you.
Three hundred years ago, today, Copyright was born. Conceived in 1709 the Statute of Anne, as it is sometimes known, came into force on 10th April 1710. Despite going by the nickname of Copyright Act 1709 it was born with the much grander appellation: ‘An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by vesting the Copies…
