Moodle February 2013

Martin DougiamasLead Developer

Director of Moodle Pty Ltd

Futures

@moodler

Copyright 2012 © Martin Dougiamas - CC SA

Why?

Free Flexible

OpenPersonal

Copyright 2012 © Martin Dougiamas - CC SACopyright 2010 © Martin Dougiamas


Moodle is not used well

80% of the teachers use20% of the features

(educated guess)



We know very littleabout the actual

learning outcomes



Why the lack of use?

The tools can be betterMUCH


Back to theclassroom



Re-engineering education


Moodle HQ


Community FeedbackPartners

Tracker

Forums

ConferencesSocial media, blogs etc


research.moodle.net


Hacktoberfest 2012

40 developers (all of HQ devs plus 20 others)Brainstorming future tech developmentsDeciding on architecture changesWorking on code together5 days


Moodle HQ Focus

3. Community

1. Core development

2. Plugins

UsabilityFeedbackPerformance



Open Source Platform

Moodle Core

Mods Plugins

Course design

User contributions

Course Management SystemOther Systems

(Open Source or Proprietary)

SIS

AuthenticationPortfolios

Repositories

Payment Conferencing

Reports Plagiarism

Open Source

Moodle

Standards etc


PerformanceMoodle Universal Cache (MUC) to improve performance for large sites (and more)New vector icons (SVG)Completely new default icons for activities, blocks and actions, with SVG support.Course formatsRewritten to make course formats more flexible and pluggablePluginsUpgrade via web interfaceAssignmentNew features from Netspot et al like groups, blind marking etcCalendarImport iCal streams into the Moodle calendarEnrolmentSync cohorts to groups, many other fixesEditorButtons are admin-configurable, plus new plugin type to add new buttons

Moodle 2.4


Moodle 2.4 vector icons

Course: Moodle 2.4 Demo

http://martin.moodle.com/integration/course/view.php?id=3&section=1

http://martin.moodle.com/integration/course/view.php?id=3&section=1


Moodle 2.5 and 2.6

1. Performance2. Feedback3. Usability


Moodle Releases


Moodle 2.5 and 2.6Performance in progress

Logging - very very fast and detailed system to log everythingCaching - implement fast caching all over MoodleFile plugins - makes Moodle faster on clustered servers (cloud)

Caches Logs


Moodle 2.5 and 2.6Feedback tools in progress

Analytics/Reporting a new framework for reporting and analytics

Outcomes stage 2 deep integration of outcomes/competencies

Open Badges allows signed badges to be given and used externally

Notifications via Mobile devices and other means


Moodle 2.5 and 2.6

Usability in progressMobile - Open source, cross-platform HTML5+JS client will also affect how Moodle looks on mobileCourse listings - A new interface for course/category managementThemes - new core themes with better responsive design for all screens Forms - new library and also better progressive disclosureAssignments - better GUI and offline marking on mobileSurvey 2 - combining Survey, Questionnaire and FeedbackForum 2 - Review ForumNG from OU as a complete replacementWiki 3 - Review OUWiki as a replacement for wiki in core


Course listingsConsistent styling and feel for courses on front pagesDevelopers: new classes for courses and categoriesSeparate interface for editing and browsingNew AJAX interface for course/category management


Forms 2.4



http://mm.cvaconsulting.com/app/#





2. Plugins

Plugins - like “apps” for Moodle OSEasier for developersEasier for usersMany improvements since Moodle 2.0



Plugins Database



Plugins maintenanceMoodle 2.3 Notifications

Moodle 2.4 UpgradesDownload and upgrade completely via web

Moodle 2.5 InstallsInstall to your site directly from plugins listing



Plugin Developer Docs



Plugin Translation



External “Plugins” (Plugouts?)

1. Simple links/embeds2. Learning objects3. IMS LTI4. Web Services



3. Communitymoodle.orgNew site in construction. Simpler, more international structure. Better links to all below.

tracker.moodle.orgBeing upgraded in December with new Jira.

docs.moodle.orgContinuing to grow - please contribute!

moodle.comhas been recently upgraded with more Partner information, videos

hub.moodle.org -> moodle.netMOOCH will be migrating to moodle.net and be promoted better in 2013 as our OER and possibly also a site for MOOCs.


Moodle future

An open, yet private, platform that:

• you can use for free, from any device• scales to any size• extends easily with plugins• supports us in our teaching and learning• provides a capable toolset for local implementation• helps you perform high-quality learning research

and feedback to improve how you do things• allows us all to contribute back to the global

community of educators to help others



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Moodle February 2013

Education