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Moodle Reaches 200 Million Users — Moodle 3.9, 4.0 Readying For The Next 200

It is to date the largest experiment in online learning in history. The Moodle project, launched over 20 years ago as a “prototype of a new web course development that uses constructionist referents to model engagement of the participants with course content and each other” is now the LMS of choice for 200 million users […]

A Crisis-Ready Primer On Education Economics

When we get to the cold-hard facts of budgets and spending in education, the tools economists have to offer simply cannot be ignored. With outstanding questions about the optimal use of resources and efficacy, long-term effects, and rates of return, we have no choice but to join the conversation, even if thinking about what’s best […]

eThink Stories: The Joys Of A Sound LMS-SIS Integration With Ellucian

What would you do if you’re tasked with achieving a 99% retention rate in your LMS for a decade? For Premium Moodle Partner and Global Platinum Totara Partner eThink Education, it all comes down to providing customers with a best-of-breed LMS solution tailored to their needs. Fortunately, the leading open source LMS provider has shared […]

Get Ready For ‘Stichting’ MoodleMoot Benelux 2020 This October, Rain Or Shine

“Moodler extraordinaire” and member of the Moodle Users Association Gemma Lesterhuis invites users, administrators and developers to MoodleMoot Benelux 2020. Originally scheduled for May, the Dutch-based “Moot” is now scheduled for October 6. The venue, High Tech Campus Eindhoven, self proclaims as the “world’s smartest square km.” If the circumstances do not allow for it, […]

Open LMS Status Update: Managing Director Phillip Miller On Elearning Leadership Today

Open LMS Status Update: Managing Director Phillip Miller On Elearning Leadership Today

They were transitioning times for Open LMS —formerly Blackboard Open LMS— when the company announced the move from its Reston, Virginia parent to a new home under the encompassing roof of London-based Learning Technologies Group (LTG). Then, in a matter of days, the pandemic struck, bringing along drastic global lockdowns, school closures, then a sweeping […]

To Become The Owner Of Your Virtual Classroom, ‘Scrum’ It

So you’re were gently persuaded into online learning for the first time. (Alright, maybe not very gently. But definitely beneficial!) I’m sure you’ve run into lots of people, coworkers, social media personalities and community members who, out of good intention and a genuine desire to help, have thrown all kinds of useful apps, posts, links […]