I have just come across your message.
I too am from DCU and I am trying to finish a PhD in Educational Technology on CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning) and the development of learner autonomy. I am very much into Activity Theory and to a lesser extent, into CSCL...
This when I am not trying out new things with Moodle (I have three 'real' French for Science and Technology courses on Moodle at the moment)
Talking about CSCL, I would like to see Moodle offer more possibilities for assigning different roles to different users (or withing different courses).
And as regards ethics, I am really uncomfortable with the idea that I can login as one of my students...
Would you have any ideas on this?
Françoise
PS I am in very close contact with UL colleagues in Languages