Experimenting with Mahara (www.mahara.org)
Able to install and got it to work with uBuntu (Using the Untimate version of uBuntu). Experiencing problems with:
Need to simplify the login process, and account creation process:
1) Regenerating the public key for the computers new IP Address - so cannot get moodle / mahara to work until I find a way to regenerate the certificate, (or wait 28 days for the certificate to expire!)
2) Uploading users via CVS file - will not upload - Error - Institution does not exist.
Will attempt to install LDAP in the next day or so.
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Enabling calculations
To enable calculations for you gradebook:
- Login as teacher or other user with permission to edit grades.
- Go to course.
- Click on Grades in the Administration block.
- Click the “Turn Editing On” button on the top right corner.
- Click the “Show Calculations” icon on the middle top.
- Click the little calculator symbol under Course Total column which will bring you to the calculations page.
NOTE: Needed to click on “Edit calculation for …….” to add and edit calculation
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Grade_calculations
Trying out openDNS . This is a DNS service that includes filtering. Seems to be working thus far. Using this as a second filter to Dansguardian. It does not require any software installation, only a change of settings on the router.
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“One of the most persuasive factors is the shrinking half-life of knowledge. The “half-life of knowledge” is the time span from when knowledge is gained to when it becomes obsolete. Half of what is known today was not known 10 years ago. The amount of knowledge in the world has doubled in the past 10 years and is doubling every 18 months according to the American Society of Training and Documentation (ASTD). To combat the shrinking half-life of knowledge, organizations have been forced to develop new methods of deploying instruction.”
Some significant trends in learning:
- Many learners will move into a variety of different, possibly unrelated fields over the course of their lifetime.
- Informal learning is a significant aspect of our learning experience. Formal education no longer comprises the majority of our learning. Learning now occurs in a variety of ways – through communities of practice, personal networks, and through completion of work-related tasks.
- Learning is a continual process, lasting for a lifetime. Learning and work related activities are no longer separate. In many situations, they are the same.
- Technology is altering (rewiring) our brains. The tools we use define and shape our thinking.
- The organization and the individual are both learning organisms. Increased attention to knowledge management highlights the need for a theory that attempts to explain the link between individual and organizational learning.
- Many of the processes previously handled by learning theories (especially in cognitive information processing) can now be off-loaded to, or supported by, technology.
- Know-how and know-what is being supplemented with know-where (the understanding of where to find knowledge needed).
from:
http://www.elearnspace.org/Articles/connectivism.htm