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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…

Unplugging from the Commercial Software Grid Using Moodle on a Shoestring:

Where’s the Chalk?

Higher Learning Commission Annual Conference

Nancy Berkompas and Rick Elder -Bay Mills Community College

Kent Brooks --Western Oklahoma State College

Chicago IL - April 10, 2011

Higher Learning Commission…

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…