Written by We’re now happily ensconced in the new office. Not that the move was without its moments. We chose the Friday that Mother Nature decided to dump a great deluge of water on Cooroy and Pamona, just over the hill from us. When we got up on Saturday morning it was to find that the creek that runs beside our property had burst its banks and sent a torrent of water through the shed where the office stands.
Thank goodness that we built it on a high foundation. While my poor car was awash in the front and back seats (though not, thank goodness in the engine or console) the office was h igh and dry.
We’ve had another lot of water down the creek when a mini-cyclone hit on Monday but not nearly as much water came through. Mind you I was still doing the King Canute thing, standing at the front of the shed shouting ‘Go back, creek! Go back!”
But neither rain nor flood nor sleet nor dead of night will stop us, and we are all cleaned up and back to beavering away at the current set of projects.
Moodle 2.2 has proved a bit of a challenge for us. The new file handling processes left us with issues for the authentic elearning approach that we take. The virtual learning environments are not nearly as effective if you restrict them to a small stage, as Moodle 2.2 does with its SCORM and IMS Package features. They really don’t work for us.
It took us a little time, but we found a work around that is every bit as nice as Moodle 1.9. Despite the challenges, though, we are really happy with Moodle with as an LMS. It’s flexibility and ease of use are far and away ahead of any other LMS we’ve used.
If you would like to see our ‘toolbox’ style resources working, we have 2 demonstration sites, a Moodle 1.9 and a Moodle 2.2 and you are welcome to request a login and password to experience the learning resources yourself. Just contact Chris by email and she will arrange it for you.
