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November 25, 2018 / Last updated : November 25, 2018 pirongia eLearning Perspectives

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 such as Moodle or indeed a number of related tools, such as Google Apps.

August 11, 2016 / Last updated : August 11, 2016 pirongia eLearning Perspectives

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?

January 9, 2016 / Last updated : January 9, 2016 pirongia Books

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 cloud storage and cloud apps like Dropbox, Box.net, Google Drive and Apps, YouTube and Office 365 among others.