November 1st, 2011 by Rhodri Thomas
In line with the OU push to implement more of the curriculum narrative, scaffolding, signposting and activities online – rather than solely relying on a mixed blend of physical artefacts – the central study planner is a key route through...
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October 31st, 2011 by Rhodri Thomas
Further to previous blog posts [1][2][3], the new version of our Moodle 2.1-based VLE (or OU VLE2) has been designed with a mobile-optimised view or render in parallel from the beginning. Module websites were released on VLE2 in the last few weeks,...
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October 25th, 2011 by Rhodri Thomas
It’s been a while, and a lot of development work has been going on with Moodle 2.x, alongside preparatory work for a more holistic mobile presence and support provision in recent months. Over the next couple of weeks, I will be providing more...
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May 10th, 2011 by Rhodri Thomas
A quick post on this today, to be followed up with more detail once confirmed. Mobile VLE v2 (for OU VLE2 = Moodle 2.x) Development work on this has been proceeding at a very good pace, where pre-existing modules and themes are available. Some of...
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March 28th, 2011 by Rhodri Thomas
Since I’ve recently been asked to update our current benchmarking against other learning systems from a mobile perspective, a few points have come home to me, even with a number of approaches having been underway for some time now. In...
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