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  1. From the discussion Moodle

    Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:26:19 -0000

    I guess this begs the question is Moodle is on the Market. As a piece if open-source software it transcends normal definitions of markets. It is being used non-competitively without the profit motive – so no economist would say we were talking about a market. (enough of my early background before moving into Blended Learning).

    Still my experience of Moodle is that it is fit for purpose as a course management tool, I just feel that we are moving beyond CMS and into the Personal Learning Environment era, as such I wonder is moodle or any similar product is going to be fit for purpose in a world which has a learner created not a systems created model of learning?

    Cheers,

    Haydn

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    1. nelliemuller said – Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:58:37 -0000

      Hello Haydn,

      Thank you for the comment about the market. I agree with you. However, Brits and Canadians may have different expressions. :) Yes, Moodle is a free source, but I know some Moodle partners and professional instructors who are making a nice income from Moodle. I am concerned my current work with Moodle and the wiki. I am finding wikis such as wetpaint very user friendly and wonder whether Moodle is on its way out.

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  2. From the discussion Introductions

    Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:20:48 -0000

    Hi folks,

    I’m Haydn Blackey and I head the Blended Learning Team at the University of Glamorgan in Wales. We have been using Web 2.0 in teaching for the last three years both in small scale projects and in a wider attempt to get institutional buy in. It is why I am so interested in seeing what others are doing. Experience tells me that we need to be careful to make the tools relevant to specific subjects and disciplines – our arty folk seem to love Wetpaint, where our business staff and students find Pbwiki more comfortable and so on. So I guess instead of being the central support for central systems I’ve become the knowledge broker for open systems that meet learners needs not our IT staffs desire to keep control.

    Anyway Nellie and I first met on Facebook and we seem to have come across each other on a wide range of social tools since. So thanks for the invite Nellie, I look forward to the group developing.

    Cheers,

    Haydn

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