Insta360 Nano Camera. First impressions
I recently purchased the Insta360 Nano camera for both personal and educational means. First impressions are that it’s pretty easy to use and the resulting graphics are pretty impressive. This is the first 360 camera I’ve used and the idea’s are already starting to fill my head! I’ve been playing with the 360 video aspect and […]
Understanding Student Behaviour in Moodle – Presentation at Moodle Moot 2016
At the recent Moodle Moot Australia in Perth, Western Australia I was fortunate to have my presentation accepted. The presentation is based on the Student Analytics plugin that is designed for Moodle. The conference has been an awesome experience and allowed me to network and discuss idea’s around learning analytics with Moodle data analysts and […]
Learning Analytics: MoodleMoot16
Day one of the Moodle Moot conference in Perth, Western Australia and I’m sitting in a workshop on Learning Analytics for the day. I’m a strong advocate for learning analytics and how you can read and understand how the analytics can greatly benefit students and tutors. There are a number of core plugins in Moodle […]
Techniques for adult learners [ARTICLE]
I came across this article and wanted to share. It’s a great article on the effective teaching techniques for older adult learners. Check it out at http://www.simpliteach.com/effective-teaching-techniques-for-the-older-adult-learner/
Connecting H5P interactive activity in Moodle to an LRS
Investigating further into H5P, I started playing with the ability to send xAPI statements to our LRS from Moodle. This will give us valuable Learning Analytics when we start using the tool for formative assessments. I downloaded the H5P plugin from the Moodle plugin site and installed into my local development copy of Moodle 3.1. I […]
Sometimes, it’s not the content..it’s the delivery
Over the weekend I attended a BBQ with my family and a few other families. It was a friendly environment, lots of food, drink and laughter. I want to share with you a short conversation I had. The usual topic of ‘what do you do for a living’ came up, and I struck up […]
Understanding Student behaviour in your LMS
Recently I’ve completed heading up a project with ACTE that allows tutors / trainers to be able view up to 12 weeks of their students learning analytics, all from within the LMS. Analytics for monitoring student behaviour in a Learning Management System (LMS) is generally reserved for management and academic teams to base decisions on. […]
