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Towards the future of the LMS: to Moodle and beyond

Bryan Alexander

Ah, the learning management system ( LMS ) ( VLE to some people). Two weeks ago we had LMS guru Phil Hill as a guest on the Future Trends Forum, exploring current trends in depth. Combined, what emerged is something like a graduate seminar on the next LMS, especially in Phil’s post and the video discussion.

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Towards the future of the LMS: to Moodle and beyond

Bryan Alexander

Ah, the learning management system ( LMS ) ( VLE to some people). Two weeks ago we had LMS guru Phil Hill as a guest on the Future Trends Forum, exploring current trends in depth. Combined, what emerged is something like a graduate seminar on the next LMS, especially in Phil’s post and the video discussion.

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So you want to create an online class independent of a school

Bryan Alexander

Moodle – the popular LMS/VLE takes some backend skills to install and host, but can also be accessed from hosting services like MoodleCloud. I also think it would be possible to find someone in the Moodle community who would help. . Miguel Guhlin describes these other options : WordPress with LMS Plugin of choice.

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Why do so many Moodle courses suck?

Nik Peachey

Moodle is a magnificent free product and has the potential to enable schools and teachers to build wonderfully unique interactive online learning courses in which learner interaction can be tracked, measured and responded to. And of course Moodle isn’t the only culprit.

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Collaborative & Creative Online Learning

Teacher Reboot Camp

Check out your VLE and see what tools and features already support collaboration and creativity. Does your VLE have forums, offer badges, or allow you to embed? If you are deciding on a VLE, consider the following. It is frustrating to only have a Learning Management System (LMS) or VLE accessible only when you are on campus.

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From Tech Newbie to Ninja to Sensei

Teacher Reboot Camp

You will need ninja learning community (a VLE/LMS ). Try Edmodo , Google Classroom , Schoology , Moodle, Edublogs , Haiku Learning, Wikis , or Google Apps for Education. Check out Tackk.com/googledocsquickcreate and Bit.ly/50chrome 50chrome for tons of teacher recommended extensions. Ninjas train other ninjas!

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Inspire Learning Beyond Your Classroom Walls by Setting Up a Virtual Learning Community

Teacher Reboot Camp

Moodle is an open source learning management system you install on your own server. Moodle offers several free features, such as the ability to create discussions, quizzes, assignments, surveys, and more! Grade and send feedback.

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