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Tag Archives: Moodle
AI Planning Course on University Moodle VLE
AI Planning is a masters level course taught at the University of Edinburgh School of Informatics by Gerhard Wickler and Austin Tate. A version has been prepared for on-line and distance education uses and it has been presented as a … Continue reading
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Moodle/SLoodle Experiments Issue 15 – a Custom SLoodle Demo Object
To provide a basis for custom facilities in a SLoodle classroom or virtual world meeting space, Edmund Edgar, one of the core SLoodle developers, has described how to add a new (demonstration or template) object in Second Life/OpenSim and how … Continue reading
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Moodle/SLoodle Experiments Issue 14 – OpenVCE.net Moodle and SLoodle 2.1 Beta Testing
We have now updated http://openvce.net/moodle from Moodle 1.9 to Moodle 2.2 since the appropriate up to date PHP version is available on the Linux server used for the site. The site is currently set for manual user registration as it … Continue reading
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Experiments with Moodle
The chosen Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) for distance education delivery in the University of Edinburgh is Moodle, an open source platform. Initially it is available for use for on-line and distance educational uses at http://www.moodle.is.ed.ac.uk, but may become available for … Continue reading
Moodle – University of Edinburgh – Playground Informatics
The University of Edinburgh Moodle Virtual Learning Environment is now available at https://www.moodle.is.ed.ac.uk A playground for experimentation with Moodle for the School of Informatics distance education initiatives is now available with course name “Playground Informatics” (pginformatics). The UoE Moodle is … Continue reading
Moodle/SLoodle Experiments Issue 13 – External Tools as Course Activities
Moodle 2.2 released today (6-Dec-2011) includes a facility which allows for the embedding of tools that are provided externally as activities on courses. Close integration is possible using the IMS Global Learning Tool Interoperability (IMS LTI) standard. See http://www.somerandomthoughts.com/blog/2011/11/28/moodle-2-supports-connecting-to-ims-lti-tools/ But … Continue reading
Moodle/SLoodle Experiments Issue 12 – Customised Inworld Object
With kind support from Edmund Edgar I have been experimenting with the “Demo Object” in SLoodle, which is a stub or template for developing customised objects in Second Life or OpenSim which can connect with a corresponding module in the … Continue reading
Moodle/SLoodle Experiments Issue 11 – Walled Garden or Castle Battlements and Labyrinths
Our experience of setting up Moodle as an administrator, for a couple of sample courses of different kinds (weekly, topic based and social format) and by adding in the SLoodle module both in the web end of Moodle and in … Continue reading
Moodle/SLoodle Experiments Issue 10 – Cron and the Zombies
Its Halloween, and the Zombies have attacked! There has been a bit of a struggle to get the “cron” job running on the Moodle setup. cron.php is an admin routine that is run every few minutes to do a number … Continue reading
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Moodle/SLoodle Experiments – Issue 9 – Mobile Apps
There is an iPhone/iPod/iPad app called “My Moodle” which provides mobile device access to Moodle 2.1+. See http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/my-moodle/id461289000 The experimental Moodle 2.1.2 site at AIAI now has mobile web services enabled as required to support this app – they are … Continue reading
Moodle/SLoodle Experiments – Issue 8
I have been testing elements of the SLoodle Second Life toolkit version 2.0.10 alpha alongside Moodle 2.1.2 and the SLoodle module 2.0.10 alpha with a few revisions being made by Edmund Elgar, a SLoodle developer and one of the owners … Continue reading
Moodle/SLoodle Experiments – Issue 7
After a small change in a login method made by Edmund Edgar, one of the SLoodle developers, to one file at mod/set-1.0/shared_media/index.php the 2.0.10-alpha release of SLoodle works in the SLoodle classroom on the VCE region in Second Life connected … Continue reading
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Moodle/SLoodle Experiments – Issue 6
I have been in contact with the SLoodle development and test community in the last few week, as they are preparing a release that can work with the latest Moodle 2.1+. The time now seems right to try the alpha … Continue reading
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Moodle/SLoodle Experiments – Issue 5
I have now used the admin account to set my self with a role of “course creator”. Logging back on as myself I had the extra site administration menu to create a course. The setup was pretty easy and I … Continue reading
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Moodle/SLoodle Experiments – Issue 4
We have been held up for a while in our experimentation with Moodle/SLoodle since the new versions (2.1.2 as at 10-Oct-2011) required a later version of PHP than our servers were set to. Apache/PHP changes are strictly controlled in the … Continue reading
Moodle/SLoodle Experiments – Issue 3
A way to display good quality text is important in the classrooms. Shared Media/Media-on-a-Prim (MOAP) allows a small number (say 4-6 simultaneously active) feeds from web pages, video, Flash, etc. to be visible on prim surfaces (like screens). This can … Continue reading
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Moodle/SLoodle Experiments – Issue 2
I attended a briefing about the new SLoodle 2 toolset on the EduNation III region of Second Life on Sunday 18-Sep-2011 by Paul Priebsch (avatar name: Fire Centaur). About 30 other educators were there. The new toolset assumes a viewer … Continue reading
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Moodle/SLoodle Experiments – Issue 1
A couple of years back we rigged up a Moodle VLE server (http://moodle.org) and set up some “courses” to support collaborative meetings especially to allow for file resource interchange and sharing, and for questionnaire’s and feedback during meetings. We connected … Continue reading