Thanks Gina for saying such nice tings about CABWEB.
We have discovered that some users have not managed to find the moodle site from the public webpages given above. If you are interested in international student collaborations, and in networking with others, please check us out at http://moodle.cabweb.net
Frances Bell
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Claudia,
I had a look at your blog and it is interesting.You seem to be using Moodle and H2O for different classes. Would you be able to link them together? DO the students need separate ids which can be a bit of a pain for them? The reason I didn't post this on your blog was because I was reluctant to set up yet another id and password.
I read your other posting about rotisserie and H2O and it looks very interesting from a pedagogical point of view. Perhaps I didn't look hard enough but though I found the code and the terms of use, I didn't see anything about how it might be integrated with other software. Do you know this?
I had a look at your blog and it is interesting.You seem to be using Moodle and H2O for different classes. Would you be able to link them together? DO the students need separate ids which can be a bit of a pain for them? The reason I didn't post this on your blog was because I was reluctant to set up yet another id and password.
I read your other posting about rotisserie and H2O and it looks very interesting from a pedagogical point of view. Perhaps I didn't look hard enough but though I found the code and the terms of use, I didn't see anything about how it might be integrated with other software. Do you know this?
Quite by chance, I was listening yesterday to a radio programme where Miri Ruben discussed the creativity and resurgence that followed the Black Death in the Middle Ages in Europe. You can "listen again" to the programme (if you have the bandwidth) by clicking 10 January at this page http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/starttheweek.shtml
There may be some parallels here for the people affected by the Tsunami. At a any rate, there may be some hope amongst all the sadness.
It's not really for us (i.e. those from outside the region) to say, I think.
There may be some parallels here for the people affected by the Tsunami. At a any rate, there may be some hope amongst all the sadness.
It's not really for us (i.e. those from outside the region) to say, I think.
I Am not a developer but I would be interested to watch/participate in this forum.
On our Collaboration Across Borders project http://moodle.cabweb.net
we are going to be conducting some usability trials, and then try to sort out whether the issues can be solved by our re-configuring moodle or by changing moodle itself.
On our Collaboration Across Borders project http://moodle.cabweb.net
we are going to be conducting some usability trials, and then try to sort out whether the issues can be solved by our re-configuring moodle or by changing moodle itself.
Excellent points about moderators Don, especially pointing out that these are roles. Like Don, I am wondering if there has been any previous discussion on moodle.org about this - Martin's opposition was very definite but I am not quite sure to what 
I suppose that some discussion board software packages have quite formulaic role and reward earning mechanisms that are manipulated by those with excessive free time and persistence.
Not all of the roles Don mentioned need any special functionality or permissions but some do, and could be done by someone other than a person with the "teacher role".
I am interested in this subject because we at CABWEB are using moodle for student collaborations, and for broader network/community purposes. I guess that there will come a point where we may need to choose different software for each purpose, say moodle for student collaboration and some community software for the rest.
On the other hand, anyone can think of a class as a learning community. If they try to promote active involvement of students in the activities Don mentions, then they may need some features offered by community software. SO it becomes quite difficult to draw a line between community software and moodle-type software (not getting into that VLE/CMS/etc. debate).
Not all of the roles Don mentioned need any special functionality or permissions but some do, and could be done by someone other than a person with the "teacher role".
I am interested in this subject because we at CABWEB are using moodle for student collaborations, and for broader network/community purposes. I guess that there will come a point where we may need to choose different software for each purpose, say moodle for student collaboration and some community software for the rest.
On the other hand, anyone can think of a class as a learning community. If they try to promote active involvement of students in the activities Don mentions, then they may need some features offered by community software. SO it becomes quite difficult to draw a line between community software and moodle-type software (not getting into that VLE/CMS/etc. debate).