You are aware of the Moodle learning management system (LMS) but you may be less aware of eXe, the open source e-learning authoring tool. eXe started from the New Zealand Government Tertiary Education Commission’s eCollaboration Fund and is aimed at users not proficient in HTML and XML but wanting to publish content.
Continue reading
The much anticipated Moodle 2.0 learning management system software is now publicly available. There’s plenty to like about Moodle 2.0 for existing 1.9.x users and for those organisations evaluating Moodle as their learning management solution.
Continue reading
The highly anticipated Moodle 2.0 learning management system software has been released. This is a major release and is now publicly available. It is fair to say Moodle 2.0 has been years in the making. Kudos must go to its generous Community – developers, partners, testers, supporters, teachers, trainers, administrators, researchers and students, who have contributed to this exceptional release.
Continue reading
The eLearning Guild recently published a report titled ‘Learning Management Systems’, 2010 written by Patti Shank Ph.D. Between the period August 2008 and August 2010, there were 909 responses to the Learning Management Systems survey conducted by The eLearning Guild. The survey data was the basis of this report. Here’s some of the key findings as documented in the report.
Continue reading
Mahara is an open-source e-portfolio system. It is a learner centred web-based environment that includes an e-portfolio system, blogging platform, resume builder and social network. Mahara is a verb in the Maori language, meaning to think, thinking, thought.
Continue reading
There is no doubt that Australia is a well connected and technology pervasive country. Current business, social and technology data points to a growing trend whereby users have the technology and tools to remotely connect to learning experiences. This impacts the education landscape and has implications for how, we as educators, design and deliver business training.
Continue reading
In a recent research report conducted by the e-Learning Guild, leading commercial and open-source learning management systems were analysed. The report is titled: “Learning Management Systems – the good, the bad, the ugly,…and the truth”. Data was compiled from LMS survey responses from over 1250 Guild members, learning modality preferences from over 2350 members, and market share data from over 5800 Guild members employed in organisations of various size and industry sector.
Continue reading
ONE of the state’s most prestigious schools was recently closed after a student was diagnosed with swine flu, the fifth school to close in Queensland.
Continue reading
With the growth of social networking software, broadband interconnection tools and an increasingly online savvy student population, online education is looking like an increasingly attractive option. Analyst IBISWorld expects online education to be the fastest growing industry in Australia this financial year. Continue reading
My Learning Space is taking action on climate change by working with Carbon Neutral Ltd to measure and offset greenhouse gas emissions associated with its carbon footprint. Continue reading