PROGRAM
The venue for this event is the Waiariki Institute of Technology in Rotorua. The Institute is located on the southern entrance to the city of Rotorua, and will provide the lecture halls, computer labs, and eateries necessary for a successful conference.
This conference will provide a variety of opportunities, with workshops for e-Learning Specialists, Teachers, Instructors, Education Managers, Knowledge Managers, System Administrators, System Integrators, Software Developers, and Researchers.
The conference is dedicated to integrating Moodle into your workplace as an effective educational tool – not just another hardware / software system to be thrust upon educators.
For our guests:
- A welcome at the Waiariki Marae
- Opening speech from the Waiariki CEO, Dr Reynold Macpherson
- Dinner at the Skyline restaurant (exciting trip by Gondala)
We intend to cover:
- a full introduction to Moodle
- scoping an e-Learning project
- using Moodle effectively in Schools, PTE's and larger organisations
- Moodle experiences - "the good, the bad, and the ugly"
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- deploying Moodle
- demonstration installation of Moodle – getting it running
- deploying Moodle in-house
- external hosting
- Future developments
- Whats in store?
- What would you like?
- how can you contribute?
- Moodle in Maori?
- and hopefully meet the master – Mr Moodle – Martin Dougiamas ………
Intended outcomes include:
- to link Moodlers from throughout New Zealand, and overseas
- promoting a NZ Moodle support base
- promoting job opportunities for training professionals
- establishment of a dynamic virtual New Zealand Moodle community sharing development, programs and resources
Watch this space for breaking news or for more details - email the conference secretary.
We trust you will join us in Rotorua for a fun Moodling Moot.