[OSGeo-Edu] Moodle/Content Management System discussion

[maria.brovelli at diiar-topo.polimi.it]

Ciao!
I agree with you, Charlie, we need courses but also metadata to find  
information about courses (at least if, in an optimistic view, we have  
a lot of courses). But unfortunately I don't have any idea about the  
functionalities of moodle in that sense. People with experience in  
that platform (like for instance Arnulf) may probably help.
A nice sunday. maria

Citando Charlie Schweik <cschweik at pubpol.umass.edu>:

> Hi all,
>
> (My full thinking is listed here:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Edu_Concent_Management_Platform_Decision#NEW_THOUGHTS_ON_COLLABORATIVE_PLATFORM_STRATEGY)
> But based on the Moodle discussion -- I've come to this conclusion. I
> think we need:
>
> - A MODULE METADATA SYSTEM that allows our OSGeo website visitors to
> search for modules, or full courses.
>
> - This system needs the metadata fields we have listed on the wiki
> inventory page: Author Name(s), Affiliation, URL, Description, Keywords,
> Date published, Version #, License, Target audience, Language, Relevant
> software, Additional comments
>
> - The URL field could link to a Moodle COURSE, or a MODULE stored on a
> Moodle system, or any other location within OSGeo's system or external
> to OSGeo.
>
> - OSGeo members need to be able to enter new records into this system.
>
> MY QUESTIONS:
>
> - Can Moodle do what I'm thinking we need? I don't think it can. I think
> we need a database-driven search and post data application with our
> metadata fields.
>
> - Am I off in my thinking anywhere?
>
> - If not, any ideas on how we can get this kind of system established?
>
> Cheers
>
> Charlie
>
> On Sat, 2007-10-13 at 10:36 +0200, maria.brovelli at diiar-topo.polimi.it
> wrote:
>> Ciao! Me too, I don't have any practice neither with moodle nor with
>> claroline. I'm going to test them next week. Anyway, reading about
>> them, they do not seem so different; therefore if some of the possible
>> major contributor has been working with one of the both, we can choose
>> that one.
>> Cheers. maria
>>
>> > I have never worked with either, so I have no personal preferences, but
>> > have been "shopping" around lately and moodle and claroline seem to come
>> > out as the most interesting candidates. But if OSGEO sticks with moodle,
>> > I'll just follow the lead.
>> >
>> > Moritz
>> >
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