Monthly Archives: August 2013

Moodlemoot Romania 2013

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Gavin Henrick

This year was the first time I visited Romania and the Moodlemoot which was held at the Aula “Sergiu T. Chiriacescu” a Universității Transilvania din Brașov. It was an excellent opportunity to meet so many other Moodle users  from across … Continue reading →

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Medmoot extends early registration until Monday 9th September

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Gavin Henrick

I just noticed an update from one of the organisers of the upcoming Mediterranean Moodlemoot being held in Tunisia. As in EU, in the Mediterranean region and in many other countries August is the holiday month, we received a number … Continue reading →

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Some Moodle Community Blocks

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Gavin Henrick

There are so many add-ons now for Moodle, with the community busy adding more and updating their existing ones. Here are a few community developed Moodle blocks that I have been recommending to clients for use in their Moodle sites. … Continue reading →

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A look at the Moodle theme – Essential

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Gavin Henrick

Sometimes a new theme or plugin can take a while before people know about it and start using it, but this was not really the case for the new theme by Julian Ridden (from Pukunui Moodle Partner) called “Essential” which … Continue reading →

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If you are new to Moodle – What are you doing in September?

Posted on August 11, 2013 by Gavin Henrick

In just over a week registrations open for the Moodle for teachers: An introduction MOOC being ran by Moodle HQ at learn.moodle.net. This is the the first official Moodle MOOC (Massive Open Online Course). This is a free course designed … Continue reading →

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Moodle Research Conference – Call for Workshop Proposals

Posted on August 6, 2013 by Gavin Henrick

This year at the Moodle Research Conference in Sousse, Tunisia they hope run some research workshops that will bring together groups of researchers interested in initiating or continuing collaborative research projects. The goal of the workshops are typically publication of … Continue reading →

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