Hi there! A quick update on what's been happening.. As mentioned in my earlier post, Lynda has been busy translating our existing material for one of the core units, Design Concepts into E-Learning materials. We have unaminously decided to use Moodle, a free and dynamic open source E-Learning software platform to deliver part of our training. What is Moodle? I had no idea about it at first, but as we dig in to the project, I have started to gain more understanding of what Moodle is and how it can be used as a tool for online learning. One word - impressive.
Now, Noodle...oops....Moodle (as how Lynda always says it), is all about creating and promoting learning in a web environment. Learners will get to access it whenever and wherever they are as long as there is a computer in front of them. The interesting thing is you have the freedom to design Moodle to complement the corporate image, all to your own liking.
Having said that, because there is too much freedom involved in how you want Moodle to be, Lynda and Greg has been ironing out the details of how our Moodle should look like. Lynda, from a Graphic Design background, wants our Moodle to be engaging and interactive. She based it on the 2 seconds rule where if it is not appealing to you in that 2 second, we have lost you. Greg on the other hand, being an IT guy is thinking about the practicality of the features designed. He is pretty much a problem solver in this situation, constantly thinking what problems might occur if we do it this way or that way.
It was interesting to see the two of them work.They started their own Moodle to try and understand a seemingly complicated, multi choice data-based driven... nightmare! :) It's all good now as the two attempts have been converted into one that contains the same look and feel of our website. Lynda is determined to not have our Moodle look too "Moodley" and Greg is eliminating every possibility of any problems which may occur ever, by anyone in existence and those to come!
That brought the end to the clash of the titans.
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