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Moodle Moot UK 2010 – Closing Keynote
Closing keynote/plenary: Geoff Rebbeck, Thanet College Moodle brings teachers and ‘technicians’ together. Moodle removes the technical barriers for teachers when properly implemented. First challenge: the wider world of technology We used to think the institution needed to be the host of the learning technology, and use it by the institutions rules. But students now have…
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Moodle Moot UK 2010 – Afternoon Keynote
Afternoon keynote: Philip Butler & James Ballard Learning spaces: bridging the gap between personal and professional discourses As we evolve within a more ‘knowledge-based’ society, knowing what to learn next becomes more relevant than what has already been learnt. This is evidenced in the recent focus on higher-order thinking or trans-disciplinary skills in the literature…
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Moodle Moot UK 2010 – Day 2 Welcome
Welcome to day two by Martin Dougiamas Moodle 2.0 Overview Over past ten years code has grown, features been added, and came to the time when it needed an overhaul. By 1.9 was inevitable to go to 2.0 rather than 1.10. Been working on 2.0 for about two years now. Have resisted all sorts of…
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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 – 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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ALT-C 2009 Keynote and Closer
Keynote and close2 keynote speaker(s)704 Terry AndersonTerry Anderson – Professor and Canada Research Chair in Distance Education at Athabasca Universityopening slide -worldle tag cloud taxonomy of the many open learning values we must continuously improve the quality/effectiveness/appeal/cost/time efficiency of the learning experience. student control is integral to life-long education and learning in 21st century education…