Game Logic in Moodle content open source

overview

programmers / coders have there own little websites dedicated for them. tracker.moodle.org, github.com, even docs.moodle.org/dev but there is no place for content creators, teachers, developers of content and learning games to come together. and do same thing that programmers are doing. and open sourcing the work under a GPL / creative commons like licence. an example might be http://hub.moodlejapan.org. MAJ (Moodle Association of Japan)

additional info http://moodle.com/moodle-association-of-japan-takes-new-technology-award-in-elearning/
in this particular post, i was reviewing http://hub.moodlejapan.org to give idea of what is not there for folks https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=282581#p1210838

naming convention?????

need to give list of other websites for Massive open online course (MOOC) to give examples of how other sites have done it.

type of courses????

actual ready to teach courses
catch em all courses with just tons of information in them (warehouse) per say of stuff. and not really geared into an actual course.

roles????

need to list role information

naming assiciation????=

add / quote others

technical stuff

current websites / areas within moodle

current websites of moodle

http://moodle.net = MoodleHQ version of a hub for everyone to use. (public thing) it is not to easy to use.
1. the demo sites do not always work, and descriptions are lacking. ((no easy way to view stuff))
2. the category listings are something to be desired. and are pre-defined. and takes time to see about adding something there. ((long tedious task = not worth it))
http://demo.moodle.net = demoing current and latest version of moodle
1. do what ever, within 1 hour, no harm no foul. and everything will be reset back to a default state (other words mess up as much as you like without fear)
http://school.demo.moodle.net = marketing
1. do what ever, within 1 hour, no harm no foul, and everything will be reset back to a default state
http://learn.moodle.net = currently handling actual teaching of how to use moodle.
1. adding https://moodle.org/course/view.php?id=48 = MCCC (Moodle Course Creator Certificate) to be possibly added to learn.moodle.net

suggestion is between. teachers.moodle.net and/or learn.moodle.net

differences being teachers = for teachers, and learn = for students.
for teachers = courses / activities / resources to quickly view, grab and download into there own setup.
for students = actually going through courses.
it has been suggested to combine both into a single website. just to promote learn.moodle.net
secondary thoughts. keeping them separate. if someone wants to create an actual course. they could setup an account / create a course on learn.moodle.net and actually teach the class. while leaving teacher.moodle.net for content developers, course creators, just a simple resource for teachers to grab stuff from. so as extra "education talk" does not confuse the students at say learn.moodle.net
i could easily see someone going to learn.moodle.net and getting confused with "teacher portion" and having all there identification information shown to the world. and/or getting frustrated of what is and what is not available to them.

additional suggestions

http://teachers.moodle.net
http://forteachers.moodle.net
http://content.modole.net
http://moodle.net/content = perhaps tie directly into moodle.net as it being already a hub.

hub.teachers.moodle.net

could possible be added along side of moodle.net for direct access from some school install of moodle. so a teacher could easily upload / download a course / activity / resource without actually having to visit teachers.moodle.net

LTI provider

would LTI provider be a good or bad thing?

a good thing for learn.moodle.net but what about teachers.moodle.net?
i can see teachers latching onto a course through LTI provider, and bring it into through own course at there school. and then suddenly having a bunch of student data being placed into the eyes of many folks, that purposely have "editing teacher or above". to add / create / edit courses / activities / resources.
if LTI provider keeps stuff randomized and does not give specific student details. not an issue. BUT as soon as a students types in "my name is __fill in blank___" trouble. for some game or activity. i could easily see this in some preschool / kindergarten game or some activity. and some how this info being captured.
my suggestion, if a teacher wants to link to something on teachers.moodle.net they either need to move it over to learn.moodle.net, or backup/restore it into there own local moodle installation at there school.
perhaps a Terms and Conditions / Code of Ethics / WARNING THIS ACTIVITY CAPTURES STUDENT INFORMATION via a label or something about an activity.

LTI provider linking to stuff outside of teachers.moodle.net

copyrighted stuff = a no no. a no brainier.
but what about to other open source / creative commons stuff?
is there want to move stuff to teachers.moodle.net or simply to provide courses / activities / resources teachers can use and add/edit and they need?

handling multi languages

this is more specific towards "learning secondary language" and overall folks knowing another language but english.

http://lang.moodle.org = translation / translators for moodle.
how to handle this? suggestion "world map" examples: http://www.deere.com or http://www.newholland.com
i am going to assume the work translators have done. for the various languages would need to be installed on given site.

Third party plugins = moodle 1 versions behind latest release of current moodle

Example...

current release = https://download.moodle.org/releases/latest/
example: 1 version behind = https://download.moodle.org/releases/supported/
1 version behind = support for more third party plugins at https://moodle.org/plugins
other words it takes time for third party developers to keep there plugins up to date, being slightly behind on latest and greatest is to make sure more third party plugins are available and installed.
more third party plugins = more options to create content in different ways. (moodle core plugins, are not enough, and there be reason for third party plugins to fill the gap)

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Home ► Moodle in English ► General ► Teaching with Moodle ► Strand 2: wanting to look at some actual courses dealing with "english" ryan sanders Wednesday, February 25, 2015,

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