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Moodle and the next LMS: reflections and more questions

Bryan Alexander

Last week Martin Dougiamas, the creator of Moodle, the world’s leading open source learning management system, joined our Future Trends Forum to discuss the future of that technology. I see it as similar to the Canvas Commons for resources with a social media component? Thank you. . Does that debate interest you at all?

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How Social Media Encourages Plagiarism (and Six Ways You Can Fight It)

Edsurge

Has the ubiquity of social media given plagiarism new life? Whether or not the Internet is to blame, plagiarism seems to have become more socially acceptable across grade levels. Unicheck, specifically, is compatible with Canvas , Google Classroom, Moodle , Schoology , Sakai, NEO LMS and Blackboard.

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Moodle and the next LMS: reflections and more questions

Bryan Alexander

Last week Martin Dougiamas, the creator of Moodle, the world’s leading open source learning management system, joined our Future Trends Forum to discuss the future of that technology. I see it as similar to the Canvas Commons for resources with a social media component? Thank you. . Does that debate interest you at all?

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Raising the Smart Classroom’s IQ – By Dr. Paul Fornelli

ViewSonic Education

There are hundreds of different LMS brands, including popular programs like Blackboard, Canvas and Moodle. Fornelli is an award-winning digital media producer who has enjoyed a wide- ranging career, in an array of fields including recording arts, journalism, film & television production, and advertising.

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Top issues you will face when developing your own Learning Management System

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Moodle Instead of building a custom system from scratch, you might think why not take up Moodle and deploy it on a server? Moodle is the perfect example of how you can make a learning management system ugly. Moodle is a complicated behemoth. The open-source route a.k.a It does too many things.

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8 EdTech Trends to Watch Out for This 2020

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Much like how social media giants Facebook and Twitter are utilizing our digital footprints to better understand consumer behavior, teachers are also turning to data analytics to learn more about their students. With more educational institutions adopting virtual learning management systems (such as Moodle, Edmodo, etc.),

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For Some Students, #DeleteFacebook Is Not Really an Option

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Bruce McKinney, a communications professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington who has done research on social media , is not surprised at how hard it is to fully detached from Facebook. Opting out of social media, he says, isn’t ever really an option for people. I’ve known people who’ve done that.