Comments for Moodle Quirks

Comment on iPad Automotive Simulation by Steve

Steve — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:25:38 +0000

There is an Android near equivalent to iCircuit… it is called EveryCircuit. Recommended.

Comment on iPad Automotive Simulation by Terry Meechang

Terry Meechang — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:53:07 +0000

This looks very interesting Steve. I can see possibilities for use on some of our classrooms and I will definitly pass onto Ross and co. Did you buy the app yourself? I would be interested to see how it would go on an IPad (or similar device). I wonder if this would be the sort of thing that we could use as a ‘first step’ to implementing IPad/EBook in a classroom setting (part of a trial for the emerging technologies group). Im sure Ross would see the benefit of it as a classroom exercise tool as he already does paper based circuits.

Comment on Stanford Machine Learning course by Jack

Jack — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 14:13:14 +0000

Good luck…I’ll look forward to reading updates on your progress.

Comment on Adaptive technology by Jack

Jack — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:10:48 +0000

Poppy: “You really should have bought an iPad…”

Comment on Tutor presence by Jeannette Dyet

Jeannette Dyet — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:30:17 +0000

Interesting observation Steve. Tutor/teacher presence is an important component in an online learning environment and letting learners know what your level of involvement (and theirs) will be is vital – we don’t want them getting grumpy when their expectations are not fulfilled especially with regard to answering queries.

Comment on Lab.003 Pre-processing by Terry Meechang

Terry Meechang — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 22:55:20 +0000

Interesting data really as it seems to associate use of the moodle environment and success. I wonder how much of it is ‘subject/participant’ influence or environment influenced? I.E. is it a case of just engagement with the environment that is a factor for success or is it that those participants who are going to succeed (because of their own internal motivation) are most likely to engage anyway? This relates to Kurt Lewins view that personality and environment influence behaviour and that it can be difficult to say that one is discrete (or indeed independent) of the other. Another factor is that engagement for success is dependent on the quality of engagement which is not nessisarily something that can be completely designed for in an online course (you can lead a horse to water but…) Still, the data collection is a great place to start for these types of discussion.