The countdown to the 2006 Sydney Moodle Conference is almost complete with the first keynote kicking off at 9:15am tomorrow morning. Its been almost two years since we first started evaluating potential candidates for our much needed Collaborative Workspace and I must admit that I initially gave Moodle the thumbs down! It was suggested to me by others here who had a background in education and were hearing a steady stream of praise for this dark-horse open source LMS. It wasn’t until I delved deeper into the source that I started to realise the extent of how robust the architecture is.
So here we are two years later providing free online collaborative spaces for the Education and Training community with over 1000 registered groups. I’m constantly telling any of my teacher friends (seems to be a strong connection between teaching and surfing!) who will listen about the future of online learning and how Moodle can provide an affordable entry point for institutions looking to head in that direction. I especially looking forward to this weekend’s conference as it’s always an eye-opener to see how other institutions are implementing, integrating and extending Moodle. If you’re going, be sure to check out our keynote: edna Groups - Moodle on steroids. Maybe I’ll see you there…
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