Thanks, Dai - I just saw this. I've enrolled in your Moodle courses and will be keeping an ear and an eye open.
I'm still very keen to bring support for IMS LD into Moodle as soon as possible. If you hear of any open-source development in this area based on PHP I'd be particularly keen to know about them!
Martin Dougiamas
Posts made by Martin Dougiamas
Moodle in English -> General developer forum -> Consistancy and Usability -> Re: Consistancy and Usability
by Martin Dougiamas -
Moodle in English -> General help -> Learning standards: Open Letter to King Martin and his seven Hats -> Re: Open Letter about IMS-LD
by Martin Dougiamas -
Version 2.0 is a myth at this stage ... don't assume too much about it.
Moodle in English -> General help -> Learning standards: Open Letter to King Martin and his seven Hats -> Re: IMS-LD: Open Letter to Martin and his co-developers
by Martin Dougiamas -
> a pity from the business side of things: basically diminishing rather
drastically the chances of being able to obtain major funding for
Moodle.com and for many independent developers from big institutions
Actually, from my experience what business users with money most want is student management in a holistic way (tracking/reports from start to finish over multiple courses, including reminders for followup courses at regular intervals), better overall reports and statistics, and the ability to share/re-use entire courses including data. I get requests for these weekly.
> Or what I think would be equally undesirable, losing users to other LMSs that decide to adopt those standards earlier.
The main point of these standards is interoperability between LMS systems, so I don't feel too much pressure to rush into this. I do take your point that sooner is obviously better than later.
I am very interested in LD and have been for a long time, since looking at the old EML stuff (unfortunately a lot of other practical stuff in Moodle had to be done first
). Such a Moodle-compatible language of pedagogy and learning patterns will fill a big hole. The changes required are fairly core, but I think it could be implemented as a new course format without TOO much restructuring in Moodle.
I appreciate you guys working to increase the buzz around this though, don't stop!!
Actually, from my experience what business users with money most want is student management in a holistic way (tracking/reports from start to finish over multiple courses, including reminders for followup courses at regular intervals), better overall reports and statistics, and the ability to share/re-use entire courses including data. I get requests for these weekly.
> Or what I think would be equally undesirable, losing users to other LMSs that decide to adopt those standards earlier.
The main point of these standards is interoperability between LMS systems, so I don't feel too much pressure to rush into this. I do take your point that sooner is obviously better than later.
I am very interested in LD and have been for a long time, since looking at the old EML stuff (unfortunately a lot of other practical stuff in Moodle had to be done first
I appreciate you guys working to increase the buzz around this though, don't stop!!