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Preston / Reservoir Adult Community Education |
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interview with Marty Cielens
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"Immense possibility"This all started when Marty looked at the site which describes the Moodle platform, and realised the site was built in Moodle itself. He could see applications for a wide range of contexts. His brother, for example, was working with a country community organisation developing a design for the townscape that would encourage tourism, and it looked like Moodle had the potential to allow him to post the designs as they were being developed - allowing people to comment asynchronously on the ideas, with everyone being able to see the feedback, and contribute to the dialogue. Right at the beginning, it seemed there was 'immense possibility' in this new program. "All those platforms can do it" (the basics of "learning management"), but not a lot have the capacity to be "easily managed" and easy for human beings to use at the same time. For example, according to Marty, "Groove has been a great product", but it's very resource-hungry and expensive - "too costly for community organisations, small training providers and individuals". It's also an intrusive program - every 15 minutes there's a new message about ads or upgrades. |
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How to contact us at Preston/Reservoir Adult Community Education (PRACE) |
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Physical: Merrilands Community Centre, cnr Asquith & Sturdee Streets, Reservoir, 3073. Postal: PO Box 510 |
Phone:
9462 6077 |
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prace.vic.edu.au