Comments for Synergy Learning Blog http://www.synergy-learning.com/blog Synergy Learning Blog Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:45:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on Moodle 2.0 Preview 4 – Notable improvements since Preview 3 by Joel Kerr http://www.synergy-learning.com/blog/moodle/moodle-2-0-preview-4-notable-improvements-since-preview-3/comment-page-1/#comment-659 Joel Kerr Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:45:03 +0000 http://www.synergy-learning.com/blog/?p=507#comment-659 MOOCH is certainly a much anticipated addition to Moodle and should open up a lot of new possibilities. There is also a lot of interest in the new Cohorts feature, Conditional Activities, Progress Tracking, the revised Comment Blocks and the list goes on! MOOCH is certainly a much anticipated addition to Moodle and should open up a lot of new possibilities. There is also a lot of interest in the new Cohorts feature, Conditional Activities, Progress Tracking, the revised Comment Blocks and the list goes on!

]]> Comment on Moodle 2.0 Preview 4 – Notable improvements since Preview 3 by Kristianstill http://www.synergy-learning.com/blog/moodle/moodle-2-0-preview-4-notable-improvements-since-preview-3/comment-page-1/#comment-657 Kristianstill Sun, 04 Jul 2010 21:17:43 +0000 http://www.synergy-learning.com/blog/?p=507#comment-657 A well presented summary with numerous benefits but are we agreed its MOOCH that will make Moodle stand out from the crowded VLE market? Already I am thinking of the many interesting educational benefits to MOOCH for my sector (Secondary schools). Thinking consortia, NCSL school partnership, subject leader groups, International and National projects, especially as it will be possible to install your own hub server. Thanks for the post. A well presented summary with numerous benefits but are we agreed its MOOCH that will make Moodle stand out from the crowded VLE market?

Already I am thinking of the many interesting educational benefits to MOOCH for my sector (Secondary schools). Thinking consortia, NCSL school partnership, subject leader groups, International and National projects, especially as it will be possible to install your own hub server.

Thanks for the post.

]]> Comment on Which Moodle 2.0 feature are you most looking forward to? by Mary Cooch http://www.synergy-learning.com/blog/moodle/which-moodle-2-0-features-are-you-most-looking-forward-to/comment-page-1/#comment-597 Mary Cooch Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:20:04 +0000 http://www.synergy-learning.com/blog/?p=456#comment-597 yes! Cohorts! yes! Cohorts!

]]> Comment on eLearning on the iPad – Pros and Cons by Richard Jones http://www.synergy-learning.com/blog/moodle/moodle-on-the-ipad-%e2%80%93-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-595 Richard Jones Wed, 16 Jun 2010 02:14:40 +0000 http://www.synergy-learning.com/blog/?p=116#comment-595 Just got hold of a device and trying things out. It is a potentially smart device for students consuming and participating - we will trial 30 in a maths class here. I'm having trouble with Safari as it doesn't support drag and drop and rich text editing (resource creation Moodle and Mahara affected by this). Of course, the fact that Apple will "gate keep" is disturbing too in more general educational terms (if you are at all "liberal"). I am impressed by the slickness and usability device (5 mins to connect to our exchange server for example) but it needs more in ways which have already been pointed out. Of course institutional management is a potential nightmare with each individual needing an iTunes account and so on. One thing I did see all too briefly this morning was Win 7 remote Desktop running on the iPad and showing me our network drives. With a beefy wireless I guess you could run it as a thin client. Interesting but the issues could be resolved by a company that listens. Just got hold of a device and trying things out. It is a potentially smart device for students consuming and participating – we will trial 30 in a maths class here. I’m having trouble with Safari as it doesn’t support drag and drop and rich text editing (resource creation Moodle and Mahara affected by this).

Of course, the fact that Apple will “gate keep” is disturbing too in more general educational terms (if you are at all “liberal”).

I am impressed by the slickness and usability device (5 mins to connect to our exchange server for example) but it needs more in ways which have already been pointed out. Of course institutional management is a potential nightmare with each individual needing an iTunes account and so on.

One thing I did see all too briefly this morning was Win 7 remote Desktop running on the iPad and showing me our network drives. With a beefy wireless I guess you could run it as a thin client.

Interesting but the issues could be resolved by a company that listens.

]]> Comment on eLearning on the iPad – Pros and Cons by Joel Kerr http://www.synergy-learning.com/blog/moodle/moodle-on-the-ipad-%e2%80%93-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-538 Joel Kerr Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:12:44 +0000 http://www.synergy-learning.com/blog/?p=116#comment-538 Mashable reported recently the Department of Justice is inquiring Into Apple’s Flash policy http://mashable.com/2010/05/30/doj-apple-flash/ Mashable reported recently the Department of Justice is inquiring Into Apple’s Flash policy http://mashable.com/2010/05/30/doj-apple-flash/

]]> Comment on eLearning on the iPad – Pros and Cons by Plumbing courses http://www.synergy-learning.com/blog/moodle/moodle-on-the-ipad-%e2%80%93-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-537 Plumbing courses Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:39:40 +0000 http://www.synergy-learning.com/blog/?p=116#comment-537 Good article. Clearly the restrictions placed on the iPad make it unlikely for use in eLearning, but it certainly has some characteristics which would make it a good addition to the eLearning industry. Good article. Clearly the restrictions placed on the iPad make it unlikely for use in eLearning, but it certainly has some characteristics which would make it a good addition to the eLearning industry.

]]> Comment on The role of Synergy Learning in the Moodle Community by Joel Kerr http://www.synergy-learning.com/blog/moodle/the-role-of-synergy-learning-in-the-moodle-community/comment-page-1/#comment-348 Joel Kerr Wed, 21 Apr 2010 08:57:56 +0000 http://www.synergy-learning.com/blog/?p=277#comment-348 Thanks Joseph, and thanks for the link. The history of Moodle makes for an interesting read. Thanks Joseph, and thanks for the link. The history of Moodle makes for an interesting read.

]]> Comment on The role of Synergy Learning in the Moodle Community by Joseph Thibault http://www.synergy-learning.com/blog/moodle/the-role-of-synergy-learning-in-the-moodle-community/comment-page-1/#comment-338 Joseph Thibault Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:56:53 +0000 http://www.synergy-learning.com/blog/?p=277#comment-338 Great post, I never knew the original name story. The history of Moodle (http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=27533#129848&username=guest) is an interesting discussion/read. Great post, I never knew the original name story. The history of Moodle (http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=27533#129848&username=guest) is an interesting discussion/read.

]]> Comment on eLearning on the iPad – Pros and Cons by iPad Forums http://www.synergy-learning.com/blog/moodle/moodle-on-the-ipad-%e2%80%93-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-239 iPad Forums Tue, 06 Apr 2010 18:32:28 +0000 http://www.synergy-learning.com/blog/?p=116#comment-239 im loving the ipad personally. what do you think of it now? was it upto your standards? im loving the ipad personally. what do you think of it now? was it upto your standards?

]]> Comment on eLearning on the iPad – Pros and Cons by muso http://www.synergy-learning.com/blog/moodle/moodle-on-the-ipad-%e2%80%93-pros-and-cons/comment-page-1/#comment-224 muso Sun, 04 Apr 2010 07:44:19 +0000 http://www.synergy-learning.com/blog/?p=116#comment-224 Useful to see the new Ipad in terms of how we have reached this point as I found at - http://myamazingpeople.com/en/832/gutenberg-and-the-ipad-an-amazing-journey/ Useful to see the new Ipad in terms of how we have reached this point as I found at – http://myamazingpeople.com/en/832/gutenberg-and-the-ipad-an-amazing-journey/

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