As many of you know, Moodle™ is the most popular Learning Management System in the world. But despite being free and open source, meaning anybody can contribute, it’s not always easy if you’re not a developer, or if you don’t know what other people want to get out of the LMS.
That’s where the Moodle™ Users Association comes in. My guests for today, Chairman Thomas Korner and Vice Chairman Mike Churchward, discuss what MUA and Moodle™ means today, and what we should expect from the future of open source learning technology.
In this very engaging conversation we talk about:
How Moodle™ gets made and the role of users and MUA in the shape of Moodle™ and its growth.
How to strike a model of community based collaboration that feels intimate and attentive to every voice, while continuing to grow massively.
Why for its leaders, the MUA means Governance, and how they plan to increase the long term influence of user-based initiatives into Moodle™ and the eLearning space as a whole.
The perils and challenges of open source; and why community building is key for the sustainability of the project, as well as for individuals’ reason to volunteer.
Finally, we talk about the future of Moodle™ and open source communities… as well as whether or not survival, as Thomas believes, is a matter of fostering a decentralized online learning ecology?
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Moodle is the best and most popular choice for an LMS (Learning Management System) – especially as its both open source and has most built in useful features…