[Moodle] Ultranet quick timeline of history

[James Spittal]

"*Teaching VCE Software Development, I have learn to appreciate the good and
bad parts of all systems. Nothing is perfect. So use whatever package to
fulfil your requirements, as long as you are well informed of all possible
scenarios at the time.*"

I absolutely agree. Each system has its advantages and its disadvantages.
eLearning is still a relatively new field and there are a huge number of
potential solutions in this problem space.

One example to illustrate this point is a website that I launched less than
a month ago - Merspi: http://merspi.com which is a eLearning website
specifically for VCE educators and students to ask/answer questions.

The time/location restrictions that were inherent in traditional teaching
are becoming increasingly blurred.

The point is: tools like Moodle, Blackboard and eventually Ultranet are only
the beginning. Mobile learning (*what happens when every student and teacher
has an iPhone or smart phone?*) and Web 3.0/The Semantic Web (*what happens
when your Facebook, Twitter, Blackboard, Blog and every other learning tool
you use on the web can talk to each other and integrate?*) may provide us
with completely new innovations that make the old ones seem like MySpace
(look how fast that online empire was crushed!)

Web celebrity Gary Vaynerchuk in one of his videos talks about the Internet
being a 'teenager' - it's about 15 years old. If the internet is a teenager,
then social media is still an infant. If this is true, the possibilities are
endless.

Apologies for contributing to the further derailing of this e-mail thread
:-)

Kind Regards,

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On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 11:36 AM, Kevork Krozian <K.Krozian at fhc.vic.edu.au>wrote:

>  Hi Laurie,
>
>  Sorry, that comment -- " Since moodle and ultranet are effectively trying
> to deliver the same thing " -- was not as accurate nor scientific as it may
> have come across .
> No , Moodle and Ultranet are not the same thing. That was not the debate I
> wanted to have or focus on, rather just to try to rationalise why I asked
> the question on this forum .
> Apologies for sending you off on a tangent.
>
> Thanks to Donna, Roland, Donald, Paul , Matthew for their quick replies. (
> Sorry if I missed anyone )
>
>
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Kevork Krozian
> Digital Learning Manager
> Forest Hill College
> k.krozian at fhc.vic.edu.au
> Tel: 0419 356 034
>  ------------------------------
> *From:* moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au [moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au] On
> Behalf Of Laurie Savage [sav at pvgc.vic.edu.au]
> *Sent:* Monday, 9 November 2009 9:11 AM
>
> *To:* 'The Moodle Users' in Schools Mailing List'
> *Subject:* RE: [Moodle] Ultranet quick timeline of history
>
>   I’m not sure that I agree with you there Kevork. I would see Moodle as
> an adjunct to the Ultranet. I’m hoping in the best of all possible worlds
> that the Ultranet will provide a high level of administrative function which
> would be redundant in a Moodle.
>
>
>
> Laurie
>
>
>
> *From:* moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:
> moodle-bounces at edulists.com.au] *On Behalf Of *Kevork Krozian
> *Sent:* Sunday, 8 November 2009 9:56 PM
> *To:* The Moodle Users' in Schools Mailing List
> *Subject:* [Moodle] Ultranet quick timeline of history
>
>
>
> Hi Folks,
>
>
>
>  Since moodle and the ultranet are effectively trying to deliver the same
> thing, I assumed this was the best list to post to.
>
>  I was wondering if anyone had a timeline of the ultranet history to date ?
>
> I need to brief some colleagues on the timeline of the initiative from date
> of concept announcement, progress, tender, re-tender, how long we have been
> waiting and when we can expect to see it if we are not an ultranet coach or
> a select school.
>
>
>
> Kind Regards
>
>
>
> Kevork Krozian
> kevork at edulists.com.au
> www.edulists.com.au
> Tel: 0419 356 034
>
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