Moodle News

Oh, What A Lovely Assessment Activity

Cristian T. Duque — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 12:22:37 +0000

All-Or-Nothing Quiz Grading Plugins Now In Moodle 3.5 Deferred feedback (all or nothing) was born in 2015, years into Moodle 2.0, the newest update at the time. When developer Daniel Thies imagined...

After Trial MOOC, A Visual Interface For Moodle Analytics Begins To Take Shape

Cristian T. Duque — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 17:38:06 +0000

The Learning Analytics team at Moodle HQ is ready to help with all of your questions about how to make a better learning experience. All it asks in return is that you embrace the fact that data is...

GDPR Watch: Is Moodle Machine Learning In Europe Illegal?

Cristian T. Duque — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 12:32:48 +0000

There is a more philosophical way to frame this question: Can a robot get to know you better, without that knowledge being considered personal information about you? The problem of machine learning...

Moodle 3.5 Liberal Arts Edition Now Available, Courtesy Of CLAMP

Cristian T. Duque — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 17:33:09 +0000

The Collaborative Liberal Arts Moodle Project just completed some commendable milestones for the benefit of the Moodleverse at large, if only originally for the benefit of the Liberal Arts education...

Moodle y H5P, en Perfecta Armonía para el Progreso Social en un Brasil ‘Industria 4.0’

Cristian T. Duque — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 13:05:00 +0000

Available in English. La demanda global de diseñadores instruccionales de alto nivel continúa creciendo, así como sus oportunidades profesionales, gracias a un competitivo entorno corporativo y...

Languages As Competency Sets, Moodle Competency Matrices. MoodleMoot UK & Ireland 2018

Cristian T. Duque — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 12:55:22 +0000

Friends of Israel Sci-Tech Schools is a US-based non-profit supporting the education of almost 100,000 international students among 57 Middle Eastern communities. Addressing language skills is a...

Interactive Lesson Ideation-Creation Tools In Moodle, Compared

Cristian T. Duque — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 12:15:50 +0000

Moodle provides a rich array of interactive formats that fit practically every instructional need and subject matter. But how does it fare in tools that let creators’ minds run wild and help them...

Seven Reasons Why Open Educational Resources Are The Wise Way To Go In Moodle

Cristian T. Duque — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 18:08:26 +0000

To encourage the use —and help dispel some myths— of Open Educational Resources, particularly in the Ontario region, government-funded NGO Contact North has published a ten-item OER “Fact Sheet” with...

Moodlepreneur Monday: You Can Do Everything (As Long As You Mind The Logistics)

Cristian T. Duque — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 12:21:41 +0000

Companies in and out of EdTech give demonstrations time and again in order to provide a clear and exciting vision for investors and potential users. It is not yet an exact science and success is not...

MoodleNews Plugin Roundup, ‘Is My Moodle Made Of Clay?’ Edition

Cristian T. Duque — Fri, 13 Jul 2018 12:32:59 +0000

Intuitive systems should not only let us do anything we want, but do them the way we want to. While pre-planned Moodle sites are rewarding, there should be no issue when owners want to correct...