Join the dots

Hard to believe that it has been 101 days since I last made a post to Join the Dots, and since the year is almost over I thought I’d do the obligatory ‘Year in Review’ thing.

As I look back over the year I realise that its been a hellishly busy one, and that Moodle has accounted for the vast majority of my work at NetSpot. I’d like to spend more time talking about the cool stuff I saw at AuSakai in the lead up to Sakai 3, and how Mahara is gradually maturing into a really nice ePortfolio tool, but to be fair, 2009 has been primarily Moodle’s year in my life so that’s what I’ll talk about.

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Following up on my recent trip to Canberra for the Moodleposium, I headed over to Bathurst to spend a day at the third annual AuSakai conference.

To start with, I was extremely fortunate in getting a chance to have a beer with Michael Korcuska on Wednesday night, which is not a chance that comes along every day. It was fantastic to hear the clear vision for Sakai 3.0 in particular, which is heading in a direction that will address virtually every gripe I have about versions 2.x (which I voiced at last year’s AuSakai, even though I thought I was going to be lynched for the presentation I gave). Read more…