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There is a saying that I know of along the lines that given enough time then a group monkeys could type out the complete works of Shakespeare. This then lead to a thought on if it actually happened then would it be a copyright infringement? Probably not given the time that has transpired, but then consider if instead of it being a random act, then what if the monkeys had just copied the text by learning how to use the keys Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V effectively? Then how could we tell the difference? With that thought in mind, then how can assessors of work on an online eLearning platform then detect plagiarism?

Elearning World LMS Moodle

16th July 202211th July 2022 Gareth Barnard

Roles, Capabilities and Archetypes

What are they? In this post I’ll give a brief overview as an entry point for you to dis

Elearning World Learning design Moodle Technical Universal design

16th June 202210th June 2022 Gareth Barnard

Images

They say that a picture speaks a thousand words but where do you get your images for your courses and online posts from? In this post I’ll describe where I source mine and how they need to be processed for the web.

Accessibility Elearning World Moodle Theme UX

16th May 20227th May 2022 Gareth Barnard

Icons, Words, Accessibility and Learning

hen Emma Richardson posted the words “I do like the new Edit Mode button (especially the wording – nice job UX team!) – it makes much more sense to me to have it where it is and it will make it easier for the teachers to understand the purpose I think.” on the Moodle themes forum. This got me thinking again about the ‘Edit button’ and how it has been improved in M4.0 by Bas Brands in MDL-71610. In improving my Foundation theme, I’d decided to remove the ‘Edit mode’ words on the screen because of the space it took up, when once you know what it is, then you don’t need the description. Or do you? In this post I’ll consider this point.

Courses Elearning World General

16th April 20228th April 2022 Gareth Barnard

Can AI lie?

We live and exist in a technological world. Gone are the days where we depend upon the direct word of another for our information. Progressively in the last and present centuries, the speed of change of communication technologies has rapidly diversified to the extent that we are able to get the point of view of another from almost any part of the world. We are no longer restricted* to singular sources of information but can pick and choose what we wish. But what is the real truth and if its not, then can we tell if we are only interacting with a machine? Thus, can Artificial Intelligence lie?

Elearning World Moodle

16th March 202211th March 2022 Gareth Barnard

Why I believe in Moodle

I have been using and writing code for Moodle since version 1.8, producing the first version of Collapsed Topics for 1.9. This is now over fourteen years ago and yet I still believe in Moodle. In this post I’ll say a few words about why this is the case.

Moodle UX

16th February 202212th February 2022 Gareth Barnard

Moodle 4.0 user interface first look

This post is different from the past, in that it’s a screencast! I’ll show off some of the new user interface features of the forthcoming Moodle 4.0, along with what I’ve been doing in my contributed work that compatible with it.

Elearning World Moodle Technical

16th January 202211th January 2022 Gareth Barnard

AJAX – Small little updates

Ever wondered what happens when you interact with a web page and it updates a certain part? Well, in this post I’ll briefly describe AJAX, “Asynchronous JavaScript and XML” and what it does for us.