The long-awaited, northernmost, Moodle-centric event took place last week, featuring prominent Moodlers and thinkers and helmed by Moodle founder Martin Dougiamas. Canada has a mature LMS and online learning market, and MoodleMoot Canada 2018 showcased best use cases where technology and commercial sustainability found a match.
It all started a day early, with an informal get together on Tuesday evening. Everything that happened afterwards was captured by attendees on social media.
Wednesday, February 21st
Solange Lalonge & Emma Richardson, “Geocache your way through Moodle”
Elizabeth Dalton, Learning Analytics Workshop
#mootca18 Learning Analytics with @e_m_dalton pic.twitter.com/8j3OO2m4Wd
— Paul Greidanus (@paulgreidanus) February 21, 2018
Moodle HQ’s Solange Lalonde was, by many measures, the star of the event. A leader of Moodle’s new education team, organizer, and speaker, Lalonde is quickly becoming one of Moodle’s thought leaders on learning, as Elizabeth Dalton is on Analytics.
Other topics touched on day one included:
- Completion Tracking and Progress Reports
- Moodle Performance
- Course Settings
Thursday, February 22nd
Martin Dougiamas, “The Future of Moodle”
Moodle Developers & Administrators session by CEO Martin Dougiamas #MootCA18 pic.twitter.com/JjfkxaHpXI
— Sam Faissal (@SamFsays) February 21, 2018
The first batch of @canadamoot photos are up. https://t.co/TbQFb2XOfc #MootCA18
— Eric Merrill (@ericmblog) February 22, 2018
David Porter, eCampusOntario, “Making Open the Default: Moving Forward an Agenda of Open Education, Open Pedagogy and Open Practices in our Work”
Talks on day two covered:
- Gamification + Self-Paced Courses
- Health Care Training Delivery
- Moodle Extensions and Integrations
- “Keewaytinook Internet High School: Our way of mixing traditional and future education”
- Analytics
- Team-Based Learning
- Math plugins (WIRIS)
- Accessibility (Accessibilité)
Who benefits when you speech-enable your #Moodle learning platform? More than I thought at first! People of all ages with #learningdisabilities ; busy people who listen on the go; non-native language learners, & more! Find out more at #MootCA18 w @ReadSpeaker #UDLCanada #UDL
— Michael Hughes (@serveleadchange) February 22, 2018
Solange Lalonde, Personalizing Healthcare Training for Rural Alaska
One of the most moving and culturally important opening remarks this morning. Larissa brought it home acknowledging the land and indigenous peoples of this area, and reminding us that we must always be cognizant of the history of the land we inhabit. #MootCA18 https://t.co/JFnuv7vmSO
— Amy (@Barefootbreeze) February 22, 2018
At 6:30pm participants joined a banquet, followed by a party.
Friday, February 23rd
Stephen Downes, “Why personal learning?” (Followed by “Reaction panel”)
“Moodle as a Framework”
#MootCA18 using Moodle as a development platform to create facility administration applications. pic.twitter.com/wVv9YBbsTm
— Mike Churchward (@mikechurchward) February 23, 2018
Emma Richardson, The Moodle Users Association
The list of topics covered was completed with:
- Big Blue Button
- Analytics Reporting (IntelliBoard)
- Sharing Cart Plugin
- “Lunch and Learn”: MUA, Learn Moodle, Technical Workshop
- Redesigning the Workshop Activity
- Engagement
- H5P for Assessments
- Moodle-Banner ILP Integration
- Technical approaches to Accessibility
Saturday, February 24th
Moodle Mobile
Moodle Mobile features: Full Support for resources (browse, download, offline) #mobilelearning #MootCA18 pic.twitter.com/tAMPfXyLPM
— Sam Faissal (@SamFsays) February 24, 2018
Solange Lalonge, “Reflecting Innovation in Moodle Course Design”
Emma Richardson, “Geocaching your way through Moodle! An innovative approach to uncovering Moodle mysteries”
Paul Greidanus, Docker for Moodle
Martin Dougiamas, Closing Keynote
Closing remarks for #MootCA18 with @moodler pic.twitter.com/lyATcJbCjv
— Amy (@Barefootbreeze) February 24, 2018
Find access to recordings and resources at MoodleMoot Canada 2018 Sched site
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