Smarter Learning with Moodle 5.0: How AI Is Reshaping Assessments and Engagement
Keeping up with the Revolution(s).Just when we were getting our heads around the Fourth Industrial Revolution (the current period of rapid change where technologies like AI, robotics, IoT, and biotechnology are blending the physical, digital, and biological worlds),...
How to stop Juggling and Achieve Great E-learning
Is Managing Your E-learning a Juggling Act?Do your e-learning solutions remind you of your phone’s home screen? A digital hoarder’s paradise with so many apps and streaming services that you can’t see the background? We're living in an age where getting everything you...
Mobile vs Desktop – Striking the balance between delivery design methods
Understanding Mobile-First Design in E-learningThe previous article in this series talked about why we need to focus on designing e-learning for mobile devices. If you still need convincing, here’s another compelling statistic: According to Statista's 2023 Digital...
Designing for the Device in Hand: Why Mobile Matters in E-learning
In the Palm of Your HandDepending on where you are in the world right now, there is a 50 to 65% chance you’re reading this article on your phone or another mobile device. The traditional picture of someone typing away on a laptop is quickly changing as we pull out our...
Cheatproof Your Online Exams
E-Cheating: The Digital Dilemma Facing Modern EducationWhen a university in Australia discovered that over 900 students had used AI to complete their assessments in a single semester, educators worldwide took notice. It's hard to believe that we are five years down...
The Support Team’s Lament
The Unsung Heroes:The shoutout in our last blog to IT support alongside the benefits of regular updates led to a little groan session in our weekly team meeting. If you work in support you know what we mean…so to make the world a bit better for you unsung heroes,...
The Case For Keeping Your LMS Up To Date
Another Day, Another Update:You’ve invested a lot of time and money setting up your Learning Management System (LMS) and filling it with content. Everything seems to be running smoothly—management is satisfied, learners are using the system, and things are going well....
Learning on the Go: An Advantage you can’t ignore
" …‘mobile sets Learning Free’ … we can now learn virtually anything, anywhere and anytime.” (Attribution uncertain)Learning on the Go:Do you remember a time before the word ‘google’ became a verb? (As in, ‘Did you google it?’) Those of us who remember using...
The Great AI Debate: The pleasures and the pitfalls.
"The emergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and the technological singularity is a threat to human survival." - Stephen Hawking, physicist. BBC interview, 2014What is all the fuss about?In November 2022, OpenAI released a demonstration of ChatGPT to the public and...
Creating Quality Content
What is content? Content has many meanings. In our context content is the text we present to convey information, the graphics we use to enhance meaning and understanding, and the methods we use to test and assess successful learning. To slightly misquote Bill Gates1:...