MoodleMoot Ireland & UK 2016 – Event Summary

April 8, 2016 By Moodle

Over 340 Moodlers from 32 countries attended the 2016 Ireland and UK Moodle Moot in London, at the Park Plaza Riverbank London.

Held over three days, the Moodle Moot program featured pre-conference masterclass training workshops on Mobile Learning, Assessment Strategies, MOOC Course Design, and Learning Analytics. These were delivered by a range of eLearning and learning design experts, including staff from Moodle HQ in conjunction with consultants from our Moodle Partner Network.

On the first day of the conference, Moodle developers put their heads together for HackFest, followed by two days of keynote presentations and shorter Pecha Kucha-style presentations.

Featured keynote speakers were Martin Dougiamas – Founder of Moodle, Jenny Gray – Head of Centre of Excellence, Open University, Fiona Strawbridge – Head of Digital Education, UCL and Gavin Henrick – Community Projects Manager at Moodle.

The presentation streams covered a wide range of topics including institutional adoption, decision-making around eLearning, Moodle administration, Moodle development, instructional course design, MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), research around Moodle, workplace and business usage of Moodle and staff training.

The Moodle Moot was generously supported by the sponsors Blindside Networks, Catalyst IT, Echo360, eLearn Design, LEO, Moodle, Moodlerooms, URKUND, Webanywhere and WIRIS who delivered presentations in their area of expertise.

Watch the keynotes from the 2016 MoodleMoot Ireland & UK

Visit the Moodle YouTube channel for a full playlist of all the presentations that were delivered at this event.