If you couldn’t attend the Canada Moodle Moot last week in Vancouver, here are the notes of all sessions and workshops.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AbbHUEM3KjDfm-tOJZhysBQBSrDAUcycuBLjg5E0VV0/edit…
Why Moodle Matters To Teachers
The open-source course management package known as Moodle has gained a large following among educators since it launched in the summer of 2002. Now available on Windows, Mac and Linux, the Moodle project claims 64 million users in 225 countries, …
Presentation of the Week: 105 Free Moodle Video Tutorials
When Moodle met Facebook
Five Lafayette University students created Academic Connect, a cross between a course management site and a social networking site. They hope that this application will revolutionize modern higher education.
http://www.thelaf.com/news/when-moodle-met-facebook-1.2966447…
10 ways to get reluctant teachers to use Moodle
Whilst some teachers do not like Moodle because they have an aversion to using technology altogether, there are also ‘technophile’ teachers who simply do not like Moodle for other reasons (interface, clunkiness, etc.).
http://www.iteachwithmoodle.com/2012/08/30/10-ways-to-get-reluctant-teachers-to-use-moodle/…
Back to School: Watch your way into Moodle with over 600 videos
Here’s are some of my favorite Moodle video sites and sources representing well over 600 videos (and this number if growing daily).
http://www.moodlenews.com/2012/back-to-school-watch-your-way-into-moodle-with-over-600-videos/…
Moodle 2.3 Overview
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Moodle myths, busted
There is significant interest in the potential to use Moodle for corporate learning. But our research shows that corporate usage of Moodle today is quite limited.
http://www.trainingzone.co.uk/topic/learning-technologies/moodle-myths-busted/177295…
27 Moodle Tutorials on Youtube
Each of the 27 tutorials covers a different aspect of Moodle editing or configuration from the teacher perspective. Learn to setup gradebooks, manage and create activities and resources and much more.
http://www.moodlenews.com/2012/27-moodle-tutorials-on-youtube/…
Moodle 2.3 – Keynote from Martin Dougiamas at iMoot 2012
Martin Dougiamas demoed the Moodle 2.3 features in his keynote at IMOOT 2012. So for any who missed it, here is a quick summary.
Moodle Tutorials from English Raven
A great list of Moodle tutorials for teachers. Some of the tutorial entries below feature clusters of two or three screencasts to show stages in a process or different options that link more or less naturally.
http://jasonrenshaw.typepad.com/jason_renshaws_web_log/moodle-tutorials-from-english-raven.html…
A Moodle 2 version of the Moodle Tool Guide
An updated version of the Moodle Tool Guide, comparing the functionality and pedagogical advantages of some standard Moodle tools, with a column to indicate how tricky the tool is to set up.
http://www.somerandomthoughts.com/blog/2012/03/15/a-moodle-2-version-of-the-moodle-tool-guide/…
75 Moodle videos and tutorials
Loads of great videos that are a great source of information for theme designing, Moodle course creation, administrating a Moodle site and more.
http://www.moodlenews.com/2012/75-moodle-videos-and-tutorials-by-hrdnzmoodlebites/…
Moodle as a means of Student Collaboration (Article)
Moodle might be able not only to organise the life of a school, college or university, but also offer an alternative, more dynamic way of students taking an active role in their learning.
http://actionresearch.farnborough.ac.uk/files/ARP/file/MattStenningfinal[1].pdf…
Moving to Moodle Throughout Quebec
DECclic’s coordinator François Lizotte describes the challenges of bringing the Moodle Learning Platform into 30 colleges throughout Quebec. He explains its advantages for collaboration within a community of practice and invites teachers wishing to use this resource to participate in …