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Interpretation of Data

16th January 202012th January 2020 Gareth Barnard 2 Comments C, code, compile, CPU, data, interpretation, memory

How do computers store, process and interpret data? In this post we will explore through the medium of simple programs how this happens.

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Refactoring

16th December 201912th December 2019 Gareth Barnard 1 Comment Decisions, design, Developer, development, Functionality, Improvement, Maintenance, Refactor, Refactoring, Time

Introduction This month I’m going to discuss ‘Refactoring’ within the context of developing, maintaining and improving a Moodle plugin. The

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The ‘OO’ in Moodle

16th November 201911th November 2019 Gareth Barnard 1 Comment Concepts, Developer, development, Moodle, Object Orientated, OO, Program design, Software Engineering

Introduction Moodle stands for ‘Modular Object Orientated Dynamic Learning Environment’ (and the first word is ‘Modular’ and not “Martin’s” as

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Customising H5P in Moodle using the Foundation theme – Part Two

16th October 201912th October 2019 Gareth Barnard 1 Comment Font Awesome, FontAwesome, Foundation, H5P, Theme, theme features

Introduction In my last post (www.elearningworld.org/customising-h5p-in-moodle-using-the-foundation-theme/) you read about how you can use custom CSS with the Foundation theme (moodle.org/plugins/theme_foundation)

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Customising H5P in Moodle using the Foundation theme

16th September 201912th September 2019 Gareth Barnard 3 Comments Foundation, H5P, H5P Customisation, Theme

Introduction H5P is a way of creating interactive content on a web page. It can be integrated into Moodle with

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Software

16th August 20198th August 2019 Gareth Barnard 2 Comments C, code, Compiler, Linker, Program, programming, Software, Software Development, Software Engineering

Introduction Moodle’s logic is written in a programming language called PHP (www.php.net), this is ‘interpreted’ by another program that is

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Essential to Foundation, theme evolution

16th July 201914th July 2019 Gareth Barnard 1 Comment Essential, Evolution, Foundation, Julian Ridden, Maslow, Theme, User interface

Introduction How do we interact with the tools that facilitate our learning? How do they make us feel? If we

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Code

16th June 201916th June 2019 Gareth Barnard 2 Comments code, Fear, Language, programming, Software Development, Software Engineering, syntax

Introduction You sit there, staring at the screen in a moment of quiet reflection, your mind wanders and thinks about

Mountain with arrow pointing upwards representing 'Upgrades', so 'Up a grade'.

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Updates

16th May 201913th May 2019 Gareth Barnard 1 Comment

Introduction Its night, you should be asleep but you’re not. All around the silence of the night deafens your senses.

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Labels

16th April 201926th March 2019 Gareth Barnard 0 Comments bully, bullying, Geek, label, labels, nerd, techy, whizzkid

Introduction Labels are really just words? They are harmless. But are they? What about the words ‘Geek’, ‘Nerd’, ‘Techy’ and

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