All Blog Posts Tagged 'Moodle' (16)

Unplugging from the Commercial Software Grid:  Why Free is Better Even if you have a Budget

Mountain Moodle Moot Session Resources

Helena MT

May 32, 2012

The name “GNU” is…

Unplugging from the Commercial Software Grid: Why Free is Better Even If you Have a Budget



Developing a strategic road map for open source software and free services, such as Moodle, Open Office and Google Apps for Education is important for higher education.  As budgets are squeezed and software compatibility issues abound, it is time to determine if open source and alternative software services can be strategic tools in the higher…

Moodle Moot 2012 - May 30, 31 & June 1st

The early response to this Moot has been amazing. We are very excited about the folks that are not only speaking (coming from all over the world) but also the diverse list of participants joining us from all over the US.…

Working as chair of the technology committee at Casper College makes my third go around as the chair of the technology committee at an institution of higher education. Working in the chair capacity and with technology committees at other institutions (K12 & higher ed) in the role…

Please find below the link to the collaborative note taking from the West Coast Moodle Moot 2011. This is a great resource.



https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m_bl7cGdoIVNbVdce3HoHhOe5IFVgPs0xR6EWtJqtJU/edit?hl=en_US

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Unplugging from the Commercial Software Grid: The Moodle Factor

3:20pm - 4:00pm - Santa Rosa Room

Many institutions are facing budget and support challenges. This session tells Westerns Moodle adoption story and how that led to an organizational culture which looks…

Information Technology was once the domain of specialized skill sets which were set apart from the rest of the institution. In fact the need for my organization to better embrace the need for specialized data processing services led to my first position in IT leadership nearly 20 years ago.

Traditionally in IT we talked about very concrete concepts. Ours was a world which black and white results are were the norm. You plug in a cable and it either works or not, turn on your…

This is the lazy way to do this... this is the link to materials for today's session

Oklahoma Moodle Moot 2011

Michelle Moore

Course Design

Don't forget that we don't have as much control of web content as we are use to with Word or other common applications

In Moodle 2 there is currently a bug related to text wrapping and images

Moodle 2…

I was just thinking that our  Oklahoma Moodle Moot 2011 Starts Tomorrow June 8 & 9 and our good friend Matt Campbell Always put on a good show.  We did the first 2 state Moots, but Matt has raised the bar.  Keep up the good work Matt.

Moodle Rock Stars presenting (other than the WOSC staff of course)

Helen Foster - Co Author(Along with Jason Cole) of the latest version of…

Intro

Western Oklahoma State College IT began using Google Apps as a pilot in 2007, we moved faculty and staff to Google Apps for Education in 2008 and and we moved students to complete our trek in the summer of 2009.   When rolling out the student portion we did not fully eliminate our old student email which was provide by OneNet, Oklahoma's Telecommunications network.  We let existing students stay on the old server and signed them up for email…

Intro

The online classroom is still seen by some as lacking the human “connectivity” of face-to-face courses(Kelly)(Vrasidas, and Stock McIsaac 22-36).  In an online course we lose eye contact, body language and other non-verbal cues which are available to the instructor, as well as students, in the traditional face-to-face instructional setting. My experience as a student, instructor and IT support for online courses has left me less than satisfied with the tools…

Current Presentation Handouts and Links

Higher Learning Commission Annual Conference 2011  Unplugging from the Commercial Software Grid Using Moodle on a Shoestring: Where’s the Chalk?

Sunday April 10, 2011 1:15pm - 2:00pm

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I have given several version of this lately. Getting another ready.  I think I have another at my college page but try this one out to see our MoodleStory.  I will break out my Moodle Songs Later

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NOTE: I will be co presenting with Rick Elder and Nancy Berkompas from Bay Mills Community College in Michigan on this topic in April at the Annual NCA/HLC meeting in Chicago. 

Introduction

According to Waters (2007), "To Vista or not to Vista" was the driving force in a recent conversion from commercial Microsoft Products to open source for a Danville IL school district. Staying with the graphically intensive resource gobbling Windows OS would require a heavy…