One of the most significant additions to Moodle 2.0 is the addition of the Community Hub, which extends the reach of the enormous Moodle community by encouraging further collaboration and sharing of content. Essentially, it is a directory of courses for either public use or access within private communities.
The best part? Anyone can contribute to the Hub and any Moodle sites can be registered to it (instead of moodle.org).
Moodle.org clearly spells out the measurable benefits of the Community Hub, including:
• Teachers on registered sites can publish their full courses to Community Hubs for download by others.
• Teachers on registered sites can also advertise their courses on Community Hubs for people to join.
• Teachers on any site can search all public Community Hubs and download courses as templates for their own courses.
• Users on any Moodle site can also search Community Hubs for courses (and communities of practice) to participate in.
Initially, Moodle.org is encouraging the creation of communities based on teaching practices, but any sort of course can be listed.
What does all of this mean for current and prospective Moodle users?
The Community Hub can provide a way to positively classify users based on experience level. The private communities are a good way for more advanced Moodle users and developers to collaborate and share course content while the public communities will provide an opportunity for new users to ease their way into the course creation process. New users can explore existing templates to find what works for their courses and get a head start in shaping course content.
Like many other Moodle features, the community will find further uses for the Community Hub after Moodle 2.0 is released and updates are applied.
Does anyone foresee any other opportunities that the Community Hub provides?
We'd love to hear from you.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
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