29 September 2008 – 10:33 pm
For the past 12 months Education.au has been trialling Wimba’s Live Classroom software via the edna Sandpit, and found it to be useful enough to move it to the production version of Groups.
Working with learners via this tool can be really rewarding. Although I prefer Second Life as a collaboration space and online learning tool, […]
17 September 2008 – 10:57 am
edna Groups has made the leap to Moodle 1.9.1 and is open for business.
The biggest change in this version of Moodle is the ability for a Group owner to change permissions for specific activities, allowing for more flexiblity in how Group members interact with various activities. For instance, if you want Group members to be […]
16 September 2008 – 11:10 am
edna Groups is being placed in maintenance mode, which means that they will not be available for use. No new materials or forum posts should have been added since Friday as we’ve been in upgrade and then testing phase since then.
At this stage, I hope to have another update for you by mid-morning tomorrow (Wednesday).
If […]
14 September 2008 – 10:19 am
If you are a member of or owner of one or many edna Groups, the upgrade to Moodle 1.9.1 is now available for testing.
There are still a few issues to be resolved, but our technical team does not consider any of them to be show stoppers.
If you would like to help us test, log in, […]
12 September 2008 – 10:24 am
Tomorrow edna Groups will be upgraded to Moodle 1.9.1. We’ve all been furiously testing behind the scenes to ensure that there are no hidden gremlins and Michael has neutralised the lesser beasties.
The upgrade from 1.6.4 will mean that Group owners can offer greater control to group members — allowing them editing permission for specific activities without […]
11 September 2008 – 12:39 pm
Do you consciously use colour on your web site, digital stories, print designs or in other areas of your life to express mood, feeling and context?
The site Cymbolism - http://www.cymbolism.com/ - is attempting to provide guidance on which colours to use to express emotion and moode by providing a tool where visitors can read a […]
10 September 2008 – 1:23 pm
Just because some people use a technology successfully, doesn’t mean it will work well for everyone.
This article from the IT section of the Australian is one example (albeit a poorly resourced one): some students at the University of Western Sydney are saying that they want MORE face to face time rather than a mix of […]
8 September 2008 – 11:26 am
Just finished watching an outstanding presentation by a project-based learning team from Parramatta Marist Brothers’ college.
The 4-week project focused on local environmental issues and the group I saw did outstanding research on several environmental issues.
The teachers involved set up a ning group - http://greenup2145.ning.com and then the students got to work.
Their research was used to […]
