Hopefully the first of many…
One of the customisations we make to our Moodle installations has kindly been checked-in by Petr Škoda – thanks Petr! Hopefully, we in TALL will be able to make lots of useful contributions to Moodle,...
View ArticlePhase 2 plans for our Philosophers
We learnt a few things in the first phase of the Open Habitat project which have informed the set-up of our next pilots. I’m currently planning the pilot that will run with philosophy students in...
View ArticleIf Moodle worked like Facebook
This morning I noticed David Whiley’s post If facebook worked like blackboard, which pointed out: Imagine if every fifteen weeks Facebook: shut down all the groups you belonged to, deleted all your...
View ArticleTesting Moodle templates
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrbill/3267227227/ In the Cascade project we are in the middle of an intensive period of testing Moodle templates with departmental staff. In the terms of our project the...
View ArticlePiloting VLE support for F2f courses 1 year in
As part of the Cascade project one of the things we have been looking at is how to take the best of what we know about supporting our online distance learning students and use it to see how we should...
View ArticleCustomizing open source software: benefits and pitfalls
Aimed at e-Learning developers, this case study draws on the JISC-funded Cascade project’s experience of customizing the Moodle assignment module, to highlight the benefits and pitfalls of working with...
View ArticleEnabling staff to easily use a VLE to support course delivery
Aimed at e-Learning developers, this case study draws on the JISC-funded Cascade project’s experience of designing tools, systems and resources to enable academic and administrative staff to easily use...
View ArticleVLEs at the heart of curriculum innovation
In the latest JISC e-Learning Focus they are discussing VLEs at the heart of curiculum devlivery showcasing among other work our development of Moodle for online assignment submission during the...
View ArticleMaths Bridging
Mathematical Bridge, Iffley Lock, Oxford We are currently working on a new course with Oxford’s MPLS division to help students coming to Oxford to study Physics, Chemistry, Earth Sciences and Materials...
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