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Moodle 2: File Import from and Export to Cloud Apps

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Michael Feldstein

Gavin Henrick has a useful blog that publishes information about the ongoing development of Moodle 2. I was particularly interested in how Moodle will handle sharing files with consumer web apps like Google Docs and Flickr. Lucky for me, Gavin … Continue reading →

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Blackboard Mobile Learn: More on Web vs. Native Development

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Michael Feldstein

Update: Literally a minute after I published this, Scott Wilson tweeted about this Slideshare presentation about the relative advantages of web-native development for smartphones. Thanks to George Kroner for this link to data on student mobile phone usage at University … Continue reading →

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Moodle 2.0 Versus Blackboard 9.0/9.1

Posted on April 22, 2010 by Michael Feldstein

Here’s a video highlighting some of the features in Moodle 2.o, which is expected to be released some time in the next couple of months: You can see a video of Blackboard 9.1 highlights here. (Sorry, it’s not embeddable.) Note … Continue reading →

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A Closer Look at Mobile App Development for Higher Education

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Michael Feldstein

I have been blogging a fair bit lately about the competing mLearning efforts between Blackboard and the Moodle community. Much of the conversation so far has focused on the front end apps and whether web-based or native apps are better. … Continue reading →

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Moodle Mobile vs. Blackboard Mobile Learn: Web App vs. Native

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Michael Feldstein

I was incorrect when I wrote that Moodle Mobile would have an Android-native client. Carlos Kiyan, a member of the Moodle Mobile team, clarified for me over Twitter that Moodle Mobile is a web app which has, for the moment, … Continue reading →

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