Schools
Do you have an LMS problem?
A Big Day Out takes teachers out of the classroom to share idea in a pleasant environment.
Moodle Course Design
In her book Learner-Centred Teaching [1], Maryellen Weimer discusses five key changes to teacher practice that can lead to improved outcomes for learners. We consider each of these in turn and their possible relationship to the implementation of an LMS…
Essential Principles of Blended Learning
This article encapsulated out philosophy at The Southport School very nicely: http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/08/four-essential-principles-of-blended-learning/ How does it relate to corporate training, if at all?
Moodle’s “hidden feature”
In my last engagement, I regularly spoke of Course Reports as one of Moodle’s "hidden" features because teachers did not seem to grasp their significance readily. Perhaps because, in a normal classroom situation you develop a “feel” for the way…
Book Review: Moodle Multimedia Cookbook.
This is the second edition of the book by Silvina P. Hillar and published by Packt (http://www.packtpub.com). The book surveys a wide range of techniques for using images, audio and video in Moodle courses. It also covers the use of…
Using Mahara for Social learning
Mahara is an ePortfolio in which the default for all stored information is private. It makes a great “walled garden” for introducing students to the concepts of social and mobile networking as well as being a great learning tool for…
When BYOD is a mistake.
Tech companies and schools jump on the BYOD bandwagon and misrepresent the concept.