Comments on: My Moodle Test http://www.xyleme.com/blog/2009/10/09/my-moodle-test/ The Next Generation of Learning Thu, 12 Aug 2010 13:38:37 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: greg http://www.xyleme.com/blog/2009/10/09/my-moodle-test/comment-page-1/#comment-3385 greg Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:05:20 +0000 http://www.xyleme.com/blog/?p=211#comment-3385 Is moodle 2.0 supporting both import and export of common cartridges? We've been waiting a long time for it to truly support interoperability standards. It, like most other LMSs, will import an play interoperable content like content packages or common cartridges, but as noted in the Moodle and standards article, its a one-way trip. For a look at true content interoperability, not to mention the other standards is supports, ATutor provides Content Packaging, Question Test (QTI), and Common Cartridge importing, exporting, and authoring. Even if you don't use ATutor as your primary LMS, it can be used as a content authoring tool to create content that can be imported into moodle or bb or other LMSs. You can also import open content, from the Open University's Open Learn site for instance, modify the content, then export the custom content to be imported into another LMS. Is moodle 2.0 supporting both import and export of common cartridges? We’ve been waiting a long time for it to truly support interoperability standards. It, like most other LMSs, will import an play interoperable content like content packages or common cartridges, but as noted in the Moodle and standards article, its a one-way trip.

For a look at true content interoperability, not to mention the other standards is supports, ATutor provides Content Packaging, Question Test (QTI), and Common Cartridge importing, exporting, and authoring. Even if you don’t use ATutor as your primary LMS, it can be used as a content authoring tool to create content that can be imported into moodle or bb or other LMSs. You can also import open content, from the Open University’s Open Learn site for instance, modify the content, then export the custom content to be imported into another LMS.

]]> By: Michael Hanley http://www.xyleme.com/blog/2009/10/09/my-moodle-test/comment-page-1/#comment-3353 Michael Hanley Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:51:32 +0000 http://www.xyleme.com/blog/?p=211#comment-3353 Hi Dawn, Thanks for mentioning my recent blog posts on OSS and e-learning. I thought that you highlighted some salient issues in this post. I followed up by addressing some of the concerns you raised - <a href="http://michaelhanley.ie/elearningcurve/concerning-open-source-lmss-and-scorm/2009/10/19/" rel="nofollow">click here to navigate to the post</a>. My post has received some interesting comments and insights, including from D'Arcy Norman and from Martin Dougiamas (founder of Moodle). I'd be interested in your views on this highly relevant debate. Best regards, Michael -- Hi Dawn,
Thanks for mentioning my recent blog posts on OSS and e-learning. I thought that you highlighted some salient issues in this post. I followed up by addressing some of the concerns you raised – click here to navigate to the post.

My post has received some interesting comments and insights, including from D’Arcy Norman and from Martin Dougiamas (founder of Moodle). I’d be interested in your views on this highly relevant debate.
Best regards,
Michael
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]]> By: Concerning Open Source, LMSs and SCORM: Correcting Some Common Misconceptions | E-Learning Curve Blog http://www.xyleme.com/blog/2009/10/09/my-moodle-test/comment-page-1/#comment-3352 Concerning Open Source, LMSs and SCORM: Correcting Some Common Misconceptions | E-Learning Curve Blog Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:31:59 +0000 http://www.xyleme.com/blog/?p=211#comment-3352 [...] Open Source, LMSs and SCORM: Correcting Some Common Misconceptions At first, I thought a recent Xyleme Insider blog post called ‘My Moodle Test’ was an addition to the debate about the relative benefits of [...] [...] Open Source, LMSs and SCORM: Correcting Some Common Misconceptions At first, I thought a recent Xyleme Insider blog post called ‘My Moodle Test’ was an addition to the debate about the relative benefits of [...]

]]> By: Dawn http://www.xyleme.com/blog/2009/10/09/my-moodle-test/comment-page-1/#comment-3350 Dawn Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:42:28 +0000 http://www.xyleme.com/blog/?p=211#comment-3350 Thanks Michael, very useful information. It's good to know that there are SCORM interoperability tools that work well with Moodle. It's also absolutely great that Moodle 2.0 will be supporting IMS Common Cartridge. As you can tell from the post, I think standards support is crucial for the market. -Dawn Thanks Michael, very useful information. It’s good to know that there are SCORM interoperability tools that work well with Moodle. It’s also absolutely great that Moodle 2.0 will be supporting IMS Common Cartridge. As you can tell from the post, I think standards support is crucial for the market. -Dawn

]]> By: Dawn http://www.xyleme.com/blog/2009/10/09/my-moodle-test/comment-page-1/#comment-3349 Dawn Sat, 10 Oct 2009 05:36:53 +0000 http://www.xyleme.com/blog/?p=211#comment-3349 Tim, thanks for dropping by. Through our clients I can directly see the importance of SCORM and other standards for learning, especially as the scope and complexity of projects increase. Good to know that there is work being done with Moodle and similar applications to improve standards support. -Dawn Tim, thanks for dropping by. Through our clients I can directly see the importance of SCORM and other standards for learning, especially as the scope and complexity of projects increase. Good to know that there is work being done with Moodle and similar applications to improve standards support. -Dawn

]]> By: Michael Penney http://www.xyleme.com/blog/2009/10/09/my-moodle-test/comment-page-1/#comment-3348 Michael Penney Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:57:28 +0000 http://www.xyleme.com/blog/?p=211#comment-3348 "Does your company use an open source Enterprise Content Management Solution, or perhaps Sharepoint or Documentum?)" Many companies use Alfresco - open source ECMS. http://www.alfresco.com/customers/ And we provide a supported integration between Moodle and Alfresco :-). http://remote-learner.net/node/180 WRT to SCORM export, Moodle is a Learning Management System, providing forums, gradebook, online testing, assignment upload, chat, etc. SCORM is only one of 12 standard learning modules in Moodle. So exporting a Moodle course to SCORM would be problematic as so much of Moodle's functionality is not supported by the SCORM standard. Meanwhile, there are plenty of SCORM authoring tools that work well with Moodle. A great one is Udutu http://www.udutu.com/ - a free online application. Exe is a nice open source desktop SCORM authoring tool: http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/exe/wiki Moodle 2.0 is scheduled to support IMS Common Cartridge - a full LMS course level import/export format as described here: http://docs.moodle.org/en/Development:IMS_CC “Does your company use an open source Enterprise Content Management Solution, or perhaps Sharepoint or Documentum?)”

Many companies use Alfresco – open source ECMS.

http://www.alfresco.com/customers/

And we provide a supported integration between Moodle and Alfresco :-) .

http://remote-learner.net/node/180

WRT to SCORM export, Moodle is a Learning Management System, providing forums, gradebook, online testing, assignment upload, chat, etc. SCORM is only one of 12 standard learning modules in Moodle.

So exporting a Moodle course to SCORM would be problematic as so much of Moodle’s functionality is not supported by the SCORM standard.

Meanwhile, there are plenty of SCORM authoring tools that work well with Moodle. A great one is Udutu http://www.udutu.com/ – a free online application. Exe is a nice open source desktop SCORM authoring tool: http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/exe/wiki

Moodle 2.0 is scheduled to support IMS Common Cartridge – a full LMS course level import/export format as described here: http://docs.moodle.org/en/Development:IMS_CC

]]> By: Tim Martin http://www.xyleme.com/blog/2009/10/09/my-moodle-test/comment-page-1/#comment-3347 Tim Martin Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:18:25 +0000 http://www.xyleme.com/blog/?p=211#comment-3347 Nice post on the importance of standards and SCORM in particular. (As you can tell from the domain, I'm a big believer in SCORM.) In partial defense of Moodle, it can import SCORM 1.2 content reasonably well. To this point, SCORM 1.2 is more widely adopted than SCORM 2004, so I don't think that's a terrible decision on their part. (And frankly, they simply don't support SCORM 2004 at all.) If SCORM 2004 support (or more complete support of SCORM import in general) in Moodle is important to you, we offer a service that integrates with Moodle to make it have fantastic support. [http://www.scorm.com/blog/2009/02/more-moodle-screenshots/] Nice post on the importance of standards and SCORM in particular. (As you can tell from the domain, I’m a big believer in SCORM.)

In partial defense of Moodle, it can import SCORM 1.2 content reasonably well. To this point, SCORM 1.2 is more widely adopted than SCORM 2004, so I don’t think that’s a terrible decision on their part. (And frankly, they simply don’t support SCORM 2004 at all.)

If SCORM 2004 support (or more complete support of SCORM import in general) in Moodle is important to you, we offer a service that integrates with Moodle to make it have fantastic support. [http://www.scorm.com/blog/2009/02/more-moodle-screenshots/]

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