Great Graphic showing the Growth of LMS usage and market share #Blackboard #Sakai #Instructure
Here’s a wicked cool graphic (and article) by Phil Hill (@PhilOnEdTech) of the Delta Initiative that puts down his thoughts on the changing landscape of Learning Management Systems and educational technology in higher education and a snap shot of market share growth overtime for the various players in the industry currently. Smaller shops are growing […]
Gone Moodle: Elon University and McPherson College
As usual here are a few schools “gone Moodle” which recently came across my desk. Just a quick note and link to showcase some Moodle adoption. Elon University, North Carolina [article | Moodle]: Elon is adopting Moodle hosted by Moodlerooms, the school is transitioning from Blackboard over the course of the 2011/2012 academic year. McPherson […]
Back to School: 18 awesome sites for Moodle training videos
Over the past few years I’ve seen a lot of great Moodle videos. Here are a few of my favorite sources/sites for Moodle related media. Updated 7/29/2014: Moodle HQ’s Youtube Channel (they got a late start but they’ve come on strong the last few releases with amazing videos highlighting new features and changes) @sbrandt’s Screenr […]
Gone Moodle: Freshman Academy, Freedom Project and Telford College
As usual here are a few schools embracing Moodle, enhancing it’s features or using it in novel ways. Beverly High School, Freshman Academy, Beverly, Massachusetts [article | Moodle site]: freshman this year at Beverly High are getting an extra special transition to the school through a virtual program to supplement their location to the top […]
Free Moodle 2 logo from Plymouth State University & @JustinLitalien
This logo for Moodle 2 was created and shared by Justin Litalien (@JustinLitalien) of Plymouth State University. Last year Plymouth adopted Moodle moving away from Blackboard and is now piloting Moodle 2.1 with faculty. To commemorate the upward march of version numbers Justin created this slick Moodle 2 logo and shared it for all to use. […]
200+ Algebra Questions in Moodle XML format for you to download from @mistermcintosh
Update: sadly on 8/13/13 the site domain expired so these questions are not available. Philip McIntosh, a “Learner-in-Chief” (@mistermcintosh) for Math has shared 3 sets of over 200 questions total at his blog for download: http://mistermcintoshsays.org/question-bank/. The questions focus on Absolute Value, integers addition and subtraction. If you’re a math teacher searching for some ready-made questions […]
Embedding a Whole Website into a Moodle Course (securely)
Here’s a really awesome use of Moodle: embedding a complete website and all of it’s HTML/videos/link structure, etc. This provides a secure environment, protecting your website creation and also keeps students within your Moodle course. I use the same process for linking to Articulate presentations (some 200 slides with audio!) just by zipping up the […]
Students and Instructors Grade Moodle with highest marks in Carleton College survey
Here’s some qualitative data on LMS usage and opinions by a pretty good sample of students and instructors at Carleton College in Canada. The survey by the LMS Support team was designed to compare Desire to Learn, Moodle, and Blackboard 9 to WebCT. Direct link to survey results/analysis. One interesting graph (there are plenty) is […]
Gone Moodle: An interview with Clarence Maise of Western Nevada College
Recently Clarence Maise and Western Nevada College took a well-informed leap of faith in adopting their new LMS, Joule 2 provided by Moodlerooms. While many other higher education institutions have hesitated to adopt the underlying Moodle 2.0 technology, Clarence and his team were eager to adopt the best possible after piloting several versions and while […]
Ask Mister Moodle: Can I use a white board with Moodle?
Here’s a recent question about Moodle which I think has a couple different answers: Can I use a white board with Moodle? First off, it depends on if you mean a physical Whiteboard/Smartboard with Moodle. In that case, yes kinda. Early in my career as a Moodle trainer around the state of Vermont one of […]
