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Registrations are now open

Published on January 18th, 2012 by

We are glad to announce that registrations are now open for the Ireland & UK Moodlemoot 2012 which is being ran in partnership with Dublin City University.  Click here to register.

The Moodlemoot will be held in Dublin, Ireland this April 2nd-4th, at the Crown Plaza Hotel, Northwood which is near Dublin airport.

The Moot schedule is as follows:

  • Monday April 2nd: Pre-Conference Workshops
  • Tuesday April 3rd: Conference Day 1 & Gala Dinner
  • Wednesday April 4th: Conference Day 2

Tickets are available for either the two man days of 3rd and 4th, or the full three days including the workshops on the 2nd.  For a current list of the workshops please check out http://moodlemoot.ie/workshops

  • 2 day Conference Ticket & Pre-Conference Workshop (April 2nd, April 3rd & April 4th): € 295.00
  • 2 day Conference Ticket (April 3rd & April 4th): € 195.00
  • Conference Dinner (April 3rd): € 50.00

All prices are quoted exclusive of VAT @ 23% and credit card charges.

The fee includes full conference attendance, proceedings and lunch for the days covered by the ticket. The Conference Dinner is an optional extra.

All payments must be received completely before a booking is deemed complete.

Accommodation is booked and paid for separately – there are a range of options available see the Accommodation page for details.

- Click here to register -

For institutional purchases & invoice queries please contact us directly.

We are using the popular Event Elephant service to handle our ticket registrations, if you have any problems registering please let us know asap!

 
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Calling Bloggers

Published on January 18th, 2012 by

We are inviting active bloggers interested in Moodle to apply for an Official Blogger Pass for the 3 day Moodlemoot.

There is only a limited number of the Official Blogger Passes available and these are subject to approval.

All official event bloggers will receive:

  • Link to their blog on the bloggers page
  • Access to all the conference sessions and free training workshops
  • Lunch each day at the venue
  • Free Parking at the venue
  • Access to the Gala Conference dinner

Accepted bloggers would be expected to:

  • Post one or blog posts in the run up to the Moodlemoot highlighting some aspect of the Moot with links to the http://moodlemoot.ie site
  • Tweet during the conference using our tag #mootieuk12
  • Post photos / videos during and after conference as appropriate
  • Post on their blog and/or other channels during the conference highlighting the event, speakers, session

The deadline for applications is Feb 3rd, 2012.

Accepted Bloggers will be notified by the 10th Feb, 2012.

For more details on becoming an Official Moot Blogger, please contact us

 
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Progamme Committee update

Published on January 13th, 2012 by

We are proud to announce the addition of a few more names from Ireland and the UK to our programme committee.

  • Eamon Costello, Oscail – DCU Distance Learning
  • Howard Ramsay, Learning Technologist, University of Strathclyde
  • Karen Coyle, VLE Co-ordinator Deeside College
  • Lynn Clark, eLearning Technologist, PRIMIS+, The Unversity of Nottingham
  • Morag Munro, Dublin City University
  • Laura Widger, eLearning Support Unit Manager, Waterford Institute of Technology
  • Eric Clarke, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

These join the existing team of

  • Claire McAvinia, Learning Technologist, NUI Maynooth
  • Brian Mulligan – Open Learning Coordinator, Institute of Technology Sligo
  • Gavin Henrick, Author and Consultant, Learning Technology Services
  • Mark Glynn – Senior Executive, Institutes of Technology Ireland
  • Rebecca Barrington – Learning Technologies Manager, South Devon College

There will be a few more names added once we have confirmations back from the individuals concerned.

Our thanks go out to each of the members for agreeing to be on the programme committee.

 
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Mark these dates! April 2-4 2012

Published on January 3rd, 2012 by

It has been a few years since a Moodlemoot has been held in Ireland, so we are delighted to announce that the Ireland & UK Moodlemoot 2012 will be held in Dublin, Ireland.

We invite you to join us and other members of the Ireland and UK Moodle community for 3 days in Dublin this April 2-4, at the Crown Plaza Hotel, Northwood.

The conference will enable connecting and sharing between practitioners and administrators from across Ireland and the United Kingdom.

The Moot schedule will include the following:

  • Monday April 2nd: 4 workshops on Course Design, Administration and Development
  • Tuesday April 3rd: Conference Day 1
  • Tuesday April 3rd: Conference Dinner
  • Wednesday April 4th: Conference Day 2

Moodlemoot Theme

The theme for the conference will be “Moving forward with Moodle”. We hope to showcase many fine initiatives and projects during the conference on a range of topics including:

  • Implementing & Developing Moodle
  • Teaching & Learning with Moodle
  • Academic takeup of Moodle
  • Student engagement
  • Moodle 2

Our programme committee is a diverse group of Moodlers from the UK and Ireland, and we will be added another few to it in the coming weeks.

Keynotes

So far, we have planned keynotes from Martin Dougiamas (Founder of Moodle) and Helen Foster (Community Manager Moodle.org). Helen will be joining us on-site in Dublin, whilst Martin will be presenting remotely.

Call For Proposals

The call for presentations is now open. The deadline is Feb 3rd, 2012 so head on over to get your paper in early.

Keep up-to-date

We will be updating the site frequently with more information, so please follow the RSS feed or follow us on twitter!

 
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