It has been a few months since I attended SxSW in Austin. Time to do a bit of reflection and see which things have stuck with me as major takeaways and trends to remember. Let me start by saying that going there has changed the way I think about learning and technology in many tacit … Continue reading Reflecting on South by Southwest (SxSW) 2012
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Future15 at SxSW
One format at SxSW is called "Future15". These are five solo presentations of 15 minutes each. I attended one of these sessions. Demystifying Design: Fewer Secrets, Greater Impact Jeff Gothelf is a lean UX advocate with a book that will hit the stores soon. He describes what the design process looks like for people outside … Continue reading Future15 at SxSW
Did You Know Moodle 2.0 Will….? (Online Educa 2009)
I have written about Moodle 2.0 before. But last week in Berlin I had the opportunity to attend two more presentations by Martin Dougiamas about the plans for the next major version of Moodle and I have gotten a better idea of how things will work. Moodle.com is completely transparent about their plans. You can … Continue reading Did You Know Moodle 2.0 Will….? (Online Educa 2009)
Presentations on Moodle 2.0 and on Moodle, Mahara and Elgg
My employer, Stoas Learning, organized a Moodle seminar today. I did two presentations in the morning (both of them in Dutch). The first one was titled: "Moodle 2.0, een sneak preview". I discussed the new features that will appear in Moodle 2.0 and did a quick demo of how you can use the repository API … Continue reading Presentations on Moodle 2.0 and on Moodle, Mahara and Elgg
Moodle Books from Packt Publishing
About a month ago I got an email from Packt's marketing department whether I would be interested in receiving a review copy of William Rice's Moodle 1.9 E-Learning Course Development. I said "yes", so in the interest of full disclosure: I received a free copy of this book. As Packt also publishes a couple of … Continue reading Moodle Books from Packt Publishing