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Note: short URL to access this page: '''moodle.com/moodlenet'''
Note: this project has moved to the Dev wiki
 
We'll be building out this page as the MoodleNet project develops.
 
== MoodleMoot Miami ==
 
At the MoodleMoot in Miami (November 2017) we asked participants for their input to the MoodleNet project. The slides and etherpad from that session can be found below;
 
* #MootUS17 etherpad: https://devpad.moodle.org/p/MoodleNet
* Slides: https://goo.gl/rvPjj7
 
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We asked participants to think about their 'hopes', 'fears', and 'dreams' for the MoodleNet project.
 
=== Hopes ===
 
* Packaged for competency frameworks (i.e. quality matters)
* Trustworthy
* Our faculty are willing to share some learning objects
* People will provide feedback
* Sharing good practice and experiences
* People will improve content
* Share content made with Moodle
* Access to GOOD quality OER content
* Addictive
* Works in all LMS
* It's easy to share and pull in resources into Moodle
* Activity from HQ
* A resource that all teachers, instructional designers, support people, etc. will go to for the best examples that Moodle could offer
* Portals for different role communities w/ chat (like AOL in the 90's). Who's online?
* Simple user interface
* Place to share our work - like Facebook timeline. A gallery of what people have done.
* Sharing of best practices
* Is promoted / marketed effectively and appropriately
* Contributed objects will have a review or discussion area so they can be community evaluated for appropriate uses
* Integration of partners to provide support for questions. One-stop shop
* Faculty development opportunities
* Create amazing courses - fashion
* Repository of activities for re-purposing
* A place to see examples of ways Moodle is being used by others
* A portfolio for teachers that REPLACES LinkedIn
* Option to contribute anonymously; option to require attribution or not
* It becomes a major player in the social media world
* One button to update content pulled from MoodleNet
* Great platform for sharing best practices
* All user forums posts are responded to
* Easy to navigate
* Gallery of courses to view to get inspiration for developing my courses
* Option to find others for content development
* Definition of moodle.net - users and dev. where you ask for features?
* Replace current Moodle community
* Rating system and reviews on content
* Have community facilitators
* User interface feels like Yammer / Facebook / Teams
* Share problems and quickly identify issues
* More regular teachers involved
* Access to great open courseware
* Paid bounty for support
* Students USE it =)
* Open
* Moderated
* Sexy interface
* Stays relevant for a long time
* Highly configurable
* Synchronous options to communicate
* Enhanced engagement w/ community knowledge holders
* Help me find Moodle resources
* Access to free training from HQ and partners
* Content is shared in such a way that it can be used by users of other LMSs too
* Different sections for different user types (dev/teacher/design)
* Feature to request someone review your content before you post
* Content is tagged to make it easy to find content you can use
* A place for users to connect with consultants for paid support
* Features like Meetup to let teachers get together to have conversations
* Find stuff easily
* "Integration with every Moodle site" is not intrusive
* Documentation will be kept up to date
* An easy way to find information
* Corresponding tags to identify pedagogy / curriculum / paradigm
* Be very easy to use
* A platform for students from different fields to connect
* Be open to all interested
* Will run the SAME as the original app
* Single sign-on for all users for all sites
* Connects people best practices + technical
* Some filtering so it doesn't get weighed down with crap that isn't useful
* Seamless
* I can get paid or attributed for content
* Way to connect with other Moodlers
* Suggested tutorials broken down by role (teacher / admin / developer)
* Have a great search function
* To understand what MoodleNet is
* Help me connect with other Moodle users
* A place to share educational material
* Bring the Moodle community together in a coherent way
* Variety of realworld content for all industries
* Different user roles so connections can be made at appropriate levels. Assignable groups.
* Get traction with students actually using it
* Have ability to favorite / follow content or creators
* Market for helping others
* Pull request like GitHub for improving content
* Reuse activities from a course on one site on another
* I could help people with Moodle and get paid
* Manage to get contribution in my Moodle vs. having another login
* High level of activity
* Place to share ideas
* Perfect place to learn Moodle
* Channels for grouping and identifying self
* Share/barter expertise with real-time feedback
* Crowdsourcing solutions and/or finding community members who can help, troubleshoot, brainstorm, etc.
* Easy to find usergroups
* Provides an open stream of communication with the various groups in the Moodle community (e.g. devs, support, etc.)
* Use Moodle FB to specifically show updates/videos
* Collaboration
* FREE TOAST =)
* Helping place
* Collaborative knowledge base
* Places where developers, designers, and users can interact
* Video tutorials
* Knowledge base
* Go to the help center
* Help desk
* Button to create audio file from a text file
* Easy path to component installation
* Includes discussion forums for asking questions of similar roled users
* Repository of courses, packages, analytics. this could save instructors lots of time putting courses together.
* Crowd sourcing for plugins
* It facilitates positive change in Moodle core
* Allowing different roles in Moodle to "cross-over" in a comfortable way
* Better understanding of what MoodleNet is
* Incentive based engagement
* Share ideas on how to use Moodle
 
=== Fears ===
 
* The capabilities in Moodle will not be appropriate for instructors to use objects from MoodleNet w/o admin assistance
* Don't want to be forced to use the service
* Safety/security for K12 student involvement
* Not well moderated/monitored
* Schools will be afraid to move/change
* Lack of administration or moderation to the website
* Doesn't work - won't use it
* It becomes too commercial and loses primary focus
* Moodle goes away
* No-one cares or notices content
* Big Brother danger with all websites connected
* Accessibility issues
* It's another platform I have to remember to use
* Takes too much time
* Participation takes too much time
* High barrier of entry
* Lack of activity
* We use 3rd party modules; wouldn't be supported
* Too many new things going on - quantity trumps quality
* It might get outdated quickly
* We don't want to lose our Moodle.org PHM status + reputation
* It becomes work
* It can't pay for itself
* Easy to ignore
* Increase complexity for Moodle owners
* What we create does not improve what is already available
* To be able to interact socially in person & not only in social networks
* MySpace blink tags
* Have to provide course support
* Ends up with too much content that makes it hard to find the "good stuff"
* Too complex
* Poor UI resulting in less usage
* Inadequate documentation
* Not used by the vast majority of Moodle users
* It won't happen for years
* Effort fizzles, nothing materializes
* It will cost too much
* Getting closer to online education may lead to lack of direct interaction with teacher & other students & discipline
* Becoming too relaxed, not being innovative
* Data used to sell me things
* Fear of sharing because others will steal my stuff
* No-one uses it
* Copyright violations and lawsuits
* Too technologically intimidating for instructors
* Management of content
* Content control
* Content layout
* Bad content
* Also open
* Blackboard buyout turns it into a for-profit and injects ads
* People won't know how to share
* Make teachers and staff need me less
* Anti-techy, educator-only
* Will get as much HQ attention as mod.lesson
* Another MySpace site
* Only works in IE6
* MoodleNet becomes the "education" Facebook
* Content does not apply to customized Moodle sites
 
=== Dreams ===
 
* World peace through understanding + education
* Community builder using LTI to build larger collaborative learning communities
* It is used by >80% of educators in the world
* Facilitators recruitment in information educational technologies
* Snake wearing vest pushing do-nut down a hill
* Forum threads with answered questions - moodle.stackoverflow.com
* Machine translation between Moodle that is as good as a human so that anyone can take any class
* Digital MoodleMoot (meet others using Moodle)
* Open
* Critical mass where education + reason hold sway over fear + anger
* MoodleNet displaces textbook publisher OER
* Filtering through the information
* Q&A
* Troubleshooting
* Help agent
* Facilitates: recruitment + hiring resources
* Instant popup notification each time user logs in based on your interests & history
* More regular teachers engaged on Moodle
* Have Patreon model
* Connecting students across the globe
* Connect students with experts
* Seamless integration with Moodle using an interface within Moodle to upload and download content
* Collection of all OER sources by topics
* "Social media" transfer protocol
* Connect w/ others w/ the same goals
* Link to other Moodle sites/guests
* Cool UI features like video service integrations, live streams, virtual events
* Collaborative plugin BETA releases
* FREE!
* Sign into Facebook using MoodleNet
* Shared technical specifications
* Revolutionize education and learning
* A person can take over my screen and fix the problem
* LTI support
* Have content marketplace for not just Moodle
* Way to get someone to help fix/set up site in realtime - for free
* Universal badges for everyone
* Better world
* All plugins will be moved here as well
* Augmented reality
 
=== Affinity group responses ===
 
Participants also split into affinity groups to think about what people in a particular role or position would find it useful for MoodleNet to provide.
 
==== Admin (techie) ====
 
'''Why?'''
 
* Big supply of expertise available - for $
* Provide easy quick options for one time support beyond forums (paid?)
* Empower more people who need that little push to be successful
* Big supply of expertise available - for free
* Moodle users work in many contexts
* Effective use of Moodle requires expertise from many disciplines - multiple skillsets
* Need immediate feedback / input / help
* Moodle itself is not a great repository of resources, knowledge (i.e. forums, documentation insufficient)
 
'''How?'''
 
* Staff to consolidate knowledge FACILITATORS therefore making it easily searchable
* Ability to identify help for appropriate user types (i.e. bus intelligence)
* Search like Google - what do anyways
* Use Google - access topic within Moodle AND other resources
* More effective search
* Consolidated knowledge of optics - maybe lists, active, of 'who can help'
 
'''What?'''
 
* Moodle (match.com) - matching ppl who need w/ people who can offer
* Way to access other experts and collaborate
* Quick reliable responses to help requests
* User-friendly documentation
* Better documentation
* Way to connect and pool resources
 
==== New users (less than one year) ====
 
'''Why?'''
 
* N/A (answered by Moodle mission)
 
'''How?'''
 
* Course template builder
* Site building wizard (a match.com version for Moodle)
* A separate area where new users can access with ease
* Answer critical early stage questions
 
'''What?'''
 
* Moodle integration wizard
* A regular website for new users
 
==== Learners ====
 
'''Why?'''
 
* Moodle mission
 
'''How?'''
 
* Connect learners with instructors for the purpose of improving course design and usage
* Learner friendly roadmap vs Jira dev roadmap
* Measuring learner/educator efficacy
* Learners request new features into Moodle
* Student feedback about Moodle within Moodle
 
'''What?'''
 
* Shared learning techniques & resources for similar courses at possible different locations
* Professional note taking
* Paid & enhanced services that learners buy into (professional help)
* Learners share self-created educational resources
* Learners able to connect with devs
* Learners can go for career opportunities in education
* Student consulting groups for disciplines / professions
* Tutoring & mentoring
* Office hours with educator not tied to location where learner is
* Portfolio for learners
* Moodle.net certification / degree
* Student focus groups for educators, companies, schools
 
==== Educators ====
 
'''Why?'''
 
* Empower, improve, connect, effect, vision
 
'''How?'''
 
* Direct connection to similar educators
* Filtered search to find materials
* Badges + certification
* Strong facilitator
* Open source content
* Incentive + challenges
* Direct connection to resources
 
'''What?'''
 
* Resources
* Best practices
* User rating + reporting
* Fun practices
 
==== Developers ====
 
==== Instructional designers ====
 
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