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‘Open source’ content?

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Rosalie Wodecki

After reading an article about the nature of open source software in education, I went on with the story by following a link to the Khan Academy. While the team here at Brightcookie are not the educators, we’re always keen … Continue reading →

Posted in collaborating, e-learning, open source | Tagged educational content, google apps for education, open source content | Leave a comment

My Moodle – Taking Moodle for a mobile test drive

Posted on September 23, 2011 by Rosalie Wodecki

My Moodle came out recently, so we thought we’d set it up on our Moodle 2 sandpit and give it a go ourselves. At this stage, this is only for iOS devices: so it’s compatible with the iPhone, iPod touch … Continue reading →

Posted in e-learning, lms, mobile, Moodle | Tagged google android, iPhone, mobile, mobile moodle, mobile moodling, moodle, Moodle 2.0, moodle apps, moodle hosting, Moodle news, My Moodle, mymoodle | Leave a comment

Adding a little something to Mahara

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Rosalie Wodecki

A little while ago Mahara released an Embed.ly block for use in Views. It’s lovely to use and will be a great help for all the e-Portfolios supporters out there. You’ll need to download the new Embedly blocktype from Mahara.org … Continue reading →

Posted in corporate learners, e-learning, e-portfolio, Mahara, social learning | Tagged embedding media, embedly, mahara 1.4, mahara how-to, mahara views | Leave a comment

Saying hello to Mahara and e-Portfolios

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Rosalie Wodecki

If you’re new to all of this… If you’re new to e-portfolios, it can be difficult to know where to start. A good introduction is the set of Mahara Instructional videos, made available by the Hunter Institute, TAFE NSW. If … Continue reading →

Posted in e-learning, e-portfolio, Mahara, open source, social learning | Tagged eportfolios, lifelong learning, mahara 1.3, mahara 1.4, mahara how-to, recognition of prior learning, rpl, sandpit | Leave a comment

Converting IMS to native Moodle content

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Rosalie Wodecki and Kien Vu

In between our other projects, Kien, Katherine and the team have been working on a new conversion tool. The Brightcookie IMS to Moodle backup converter for Moodle 1.9+. We hope this is a useful tool for lecturers that need an easy … Continue reading →

Posted in lms, Moodle | Tagged conversions, IMS, IMS converter, moodle, moodle 1.9, moodle tools, scorm, upgrading Moodle | Leave a comment

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