Craig Foc 2008

Open Source
Community
Education
Prepared for 2008 Facilitating Online Learning Graduate Certificate in eLearning Manukau Institute of Technology

Open Source
Community
Education
To begin, the conference will explain the services of BISAM. The mini-conference will focus on the use of open source for educational purposes, specifically the application of Drupal and Moodle.

BISAM is a hosting service provider and technology consulting service “ Support & Advice Virtual Web Hosting Email Services Domain Name Registration Computer Consultancy” http://www.bisam.co.nz/

BISAM is providing the website hosting service for a number of for profit & non profit organisations I am involved with:
NZ Support & Education Trust
Step Forward Orthotics
Kea Kids Club
The OSCAR Club
The OSCAR Institute

Drupal is an open source content management platform. Equipped with a powerful blend of features, Drupal supports a variety of websites ranging from personal weblogs to large community-driven websites. www.drupal.org

Craig Hansen - New Zealand The Drupal system provides features including: “ Content Management Systems Blogs Collaborative authoring environments Forums Peer-to-peer networking Newsletters Podcasting Picture galleries File uploads and downloads and much more.”

The design and development of Moodle is guided by a "social constructionist pedagogy” http://docs.moodle.org/en/Philosophy

Moodle is a course management system (CMS) - a free, Open Source software package designed using sound pedagogical principles, to help educators create effective online learning communities. www.moodle.org

Check out http:/craighansensblog.blogspot.com/

Craig Foc 2008

by Craig Hansen on Dec 13, 2008

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