I haven't been blogging much about Moodle lately, but this news excited me very much, so I'll do a quick write-up. Moodle HQ has decided to move away from native mobile Moodle app development and will switch to developing with HTML 5 and the open source mobile development framework Phonegap. This will allow developers to … Continue reading Moodle Changes its Approach to Mobile
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9 Questions for All Learning Professionals in 2011
This week I needed to create a small presentation which could help learning professionals do some forward thinking. I decided to repurpose an earlier keynote given to the Dommel Valley group (you can find that presentation here), strip out many of the slides and record a voice-over including cheesy sound effects. Please find below 9 … Continue reading 9 Questions for All Learning Professionals in 2011
What’s Twitter Good For? The Twitter Book
I just finished reading Tim O'Reilly and Sarah Milstein's excellent The Twitter Book. My copy is now completely dog-eared, prompting me to follow up on many Twitter related services I didn't yet know about. The introduction is great. It answers the question that I get asked often and that I sometimes struggle to answer: What's … Continue reading What’s Twitter Good For? The Twitter Book
Dutch Moodlemoot in Amsterdam 27-05-2009
The Dutch Moodle users group (Ned-Moove) organised the fifth Dutch language Moodlemoot in Amsterdam last Wednesday. It was a successful event with nearly a hundred people attending and two excellent keynote speakers: Helen Foster and Martín Langhoff. Helen is Moodle's community manager and Martín is an important core Moodle developer and currently architect of the … Continue reading Dutch Moodlemoot in Amsterdam 27-05-2009
Managing Online Forums: Everything You Need to Know to Create and Run Successful Community Discussion Boards
I have been a moderator inside the Dutch Moodle user community for quite a while now. It doesn't require a lot of work from me: everybody is completely civil and all I occasionally do is make sure that no questions stay unanswered. Very soon I will be responsible for moderating a group of learning professionals … Continue reading Managing Online Forums: Everything You Need to Know to Create and Run Successful Community Discussion Boards