[Moodle] Moodle award

[Darrel Branson]

Hi All,
We are big Moodle users here in the Sunraysia Mallee Schools Network and I
would hate to see Moodle go :(((

I am personally disappointed that DE&T didn't look outside the 'proprietary
realm' to other alternatives.

What if someone in DE&T had enough brains to develop the Ultranet so other
systems could be plugged in? Moodle exports as XML ... perhaps data could go
both ways?  Perhaps a tie-in/plug-in is possible?

If the Ultranet was flexible enough, we could leverage lots of great FOSS
solutions.

Not holding my breath ...
Cheers
Darrel



On 16/8/07 7:16 PM, "Meadows, Roslyn M"
<Meadows.Roslyn.M at edumail.vic.gov.au> wrote:

> Perhaps we should move this discussion to the 12ITApps list so Mark
> Kelly sees it ???
> 
> My kids are at McKinnon sand nothing from their end or mine but
> apparently only a select group of parents were asked to participate
> (according to the info on the ultranet site
> http://www.education.vic.gov.au/management/ultranet/default.htm
> 
> There will be a FOSS roll marking/calendar scheme available later this
> year go to www.schooltool.org I am hoping we can replace the incredibly
> expensive DayMap with this next year. Combined with moodle it should do
> it all - except the actual end of semester and interim reports - which
> DEET is already controlling!!
> 
> As Phil Brown commented to me - imagine if DEET put just $10 mill into
> making moodle what they want it to be! That would be $50 mill left over
> - or one mill for 50 schools to be renovated! Or 50,000 laptops for
> student use in schools - wow!!!!
> 
> Yeh but those guys NEED their porsches!!
> 
> Cheers
> Ros
> 
> Roslyn Meadows
> Bentleigh Secondary College
> 9579 1044
> 0412 614 062 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au
> [mailto:moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Henry Johnson
> Sent: Thursday, 16 August 2007 10:38 AM
> To: moodle at edulists.com.au
> Subject: Re: [Moodle] Moodle award
> 
> Looking at the attendees for some of the meetings lists the usual
> suspects. Looks like Oracle wants a piece of the action.
> 
> Of course, nothing from the Open Source community could come close to
> the wonderful solutions provided by Industry leaders like Microsoft and
> Oracle. So why even consider it? I think it would be an interesting
> activity to "follow the money" and see who stands to gain the most from
> the $60M feeding trough. I am sure the work being done in countries such
> as Spain, South America and Africa would not even be considered. But the
> upside is some local IT companies are at least turning up for the
> meetings, so maybe we'll see a few new Porches turning up at the South
> Yarra coffee shops.
> 
> Any news from McKinnon College about how the system works? Be
> fascinating to talk to some one who has actually used the system with
> actual students!
> 
> Cheers
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ********************************************
> Henry Johnson
> Moodle Administrator
> Yavneh College
> http://moodle.yavneh.vic.edu.au
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