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Free Moodle SandpitsIf you wish to trial a fully functional Moodle site online, we can arrange to set up a Moodle Sandpit for you. To request this service, please email us with your full contact details, and name for the site.First Time VisitorsIf this is your first encounter with Moodle, then we'd recommend you visit our Moodle School This will provide you with an Introduction to Moodle. Please note that what you are looking at right now is produced by Moodle, and with it's variety and user configurability, can be used for almost anything educational. |
Learn how to use Moodle at the New Zealand Moodle SchoolIf you wish to learn how to use Moodle, then please visit our very own Moodle School. This site is also a good example of some of the ways you can use Moodle for yourself and your organisation.The site provides courses for Teachers and Students, as well as providing an Orientation for First Timers. We have recently added a section on using Games and Puzzles in Moodle, so go there and have a play with Snakes and Ladders, and a Crossword or two. |
Articles and Links
Moodle School - Where to go to learn Moodle file
Pedagogy & Moodle by Martin Dougiamas file
Interview with Martin Dougiamas PDF document
Linux Journal - Open-Source Learning Management with Moodle file
Moodle tackles e-learning muddle file
New Zealand early adopter of Moodle file
New Zealand early adopter of Moodle #2 file
Schoodle file
Calling All Moodlers file
50 Ideas for Free e-Learning PDF document
Why Moodle file
Moodle: a free learning management system file
Moodle vs Blackboard Comparison - Humboldt State University file
The Future of Education file
Moodle and Social Constructionism: file
Moodle makes its mark in education world file
Moodle News
Aldfresco announce new version with Moodle Integration | |
Alfresco is the Open Source Alternative for Enterprise Content Management (ECM), featuring Document Repository, Collaboration Tools, and Web Content Management.The new Alfresco features some interesting open-source product integrations, most notably involving Joomla!, MediaWiki, Moodle, and OpenOffice.org. Alfresco has always used OO.o on the back end in headless mode as a file-format transcoder and renditioning aid, but the news this time is that Moodle users now have direct, in-product access to Alfresco repository services. read more ... |
Mahara complements Moodle | |
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Mahara is an open source e-portfolio system with a flexible display framework. Mahara fully integrates with Moodle, with the ability to implement a single sign in between both systems. Mahara, meaning 'think' or 'thought' in Te Reo Māori, is a user centred environment with a permissions framework that enables different views of an e-portfolio to be easily managed. Mahara also features a weblog, resume builder and social networking system, connecting users and creating online learner communities. First established in mid 2006, the Mahara project started as collaborative venture funded by New Zealand's Tertiary Education Commission's e-learning Collaborative Development Fund (eCDF), involving Massey University, Auckland University of Technology, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, and Victoria University of Wellington. Continued development has been made possible by further support from New Zealand’s Ministry of Education and the application of Mellon Foundation funds from the Open Polytechnic’s winning a 2007 Mellon Award for Technology Collaboration. Strategic DirectionSince July 2007, Richard Wyles from Flexible Learning Network has guided the development of Mahara with open source software specialists – Catalyst IT as the maintainers of the core code.A first guiding principle with the development of the Mahara ePortfolio system is that it is learner centred – a form of Personal Learning Environment. This is in contrast to the more institution-centric Learning Management System (LMS). Mahara is a stand-alone system that can be integrated into a wider virtual learning framework. Unlike some pundits, we believe the Learning Management System remains a highly useful application for delivering learning. We also believe the overall environment can be enhanced and complemented by a learner-centred personal learning environment such as Mahara. Pan-institutional learner communities can also be encouraged using Mahara. Mahara’s architecture is inspired by the modular, extensible architecture of Moodle. The Mahara team has also been heavily involved in the Moodle community, with recent work mostly focused on Moodle Networks. Similarly, Mahara systems can be networked together as well having single sign-on with Moodle 1.9. In a sense, we see Mahara as a ‘sister’ application although the two systems are not required to go together. Going forward, Mahara will continue to evolve as a ‘pluggable’, modular ePortfolio system designed to leverage Web 2.0 web services and built with interoperability in mind. . |
Canterbury University Adopts Moodle | |
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Massey University Adopts Moodle | |
Moodle Selected as New Learning Management System for Massey University Massey University is adopting Moodle as its new learning management system, part of a drive to provide the best possible learning environment for students, says Vice-Chancellor Steve Maharey. Read all about it here ... |
Moodle Repository | |
Moodle Repository Create, Upload, Tag and Embed (MR-CUTE)
The core version of Moodle has a repository which does not have functionality for uploading and tagging resources. It is also not searchable. MrCute was initially designed to develop a repository module for Moodle to allow uploading, tagging, sharing and searching. As Moodle is fast becoming the most popular VLE in the FE sector as well as being increasingly used in the HE sector it was believed this will have a significant impact in promoting sharing of resources in many institutions. The original MrCute was delivered as a “patch” to Moodle and disseminated as required by 31st March 2008. However, a continuing overview and development site remained open and it became clear that although MrCute answered many needs, and was widely taken up, there were further improvements which could be made. For more details click here. |
MoodleMoot NZ 2008 | |
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This year New Zealand Moodle Moot will be hosted at the Eastern Institute of Technology in Hawkes Bay. 8th-10th October 2008 For more details please visit click here. |
Moodle version 1.9.1 | |
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Moodle
1.9.1 has been released, the first maintenance update since the 1.9 launch in March. The new version includes a
number of minor fixes, as well as performance improvements and some new
functionality.
The new release addresses nearly 400 issues, improves performance in the areas of forums and backup/restore, adds captcha
support for e-mail self registration,as well as improvements in:
The new release also includes Uzbek and Welsh language packs. Version 1.9.1 can be downloaded from the Moodle download page here. |
Moodle text messaging plug-in for the education sector | |
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PageOne, the UKs leading messaging technology company, today announces it has
launched an open source Moodle module to allow Moodle Virtual Learning
Environment (VLE) users access to its JANET txt messaging service. PageOne have developed the new plug-in called MoodleMobile, in conjunction with Kidderminster College. It allows users to send and receive text messages directly within Moodle, using PageOnes JANET txt messaging service. JANET txt is a low cost suite of secure SMS-based messaging services provided by PageOne on behalf of JANET (UK), one of the worlds leading network infrastructures dedicated to the needs of the education and research communities in the UK. Those working within the education sector can download the new MoodleMobile plug-in on PageOnes website, and give their feedback on the service. (http://www.pageonejanettxt.com). Click here to read more. |
Moodle tackles e-learning muddle | |
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From ZDNet.co.uk Last year saw the meteoric rise of an open-source e-learning environment called Moodle. A rise so swift in fact that, despite being almost unheard of five years ago, it is now the system of choice for 56 percent of all further-education institutions in the UK, according to a survey released last year by the Open Source Software Advisory Service. read more ... |
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Moodle is an Internet based system for delivering e-Learning programmes for educational and training organisations.
Moodle is unique in having a learning focus, based on sound pedagogy.
Moodle can be used to present online content for virtual classrooms, as well as in blended learning environments.
Moodle is user friendly and easy to use.
Moodle is open source, multi-lingual, and growing rapidly.

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Google Apps Education Edition is coming to a Moodle near you! Google Apps comprises email, calendar, document-creation, website-creation and messaging tools, provided free-of-charge for educational institutions. Moodle, of course, is the most widely-used (and Open Source) e-learning platform.
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Moodle Selected as New Learning Management System for Canterbury University
Massey University is adopting Moodle as its new learning management system, part of a drive to provide the best possible learning environment for students, says Vice-Chancellor Steve Maharey. 

