I have a server that I'd be willing to use to host a Python moodle. Do you want me to set it up, or would you rather I give you access?
It's livingcode.org (pardon the front page, I'm in the process of building a new one) and it's a dreamhosts site, so it's got PHP, MySQL, python, and lots of other goodies built in. --Dethe On 27-Jan-06, at 8:12 PM, kirby urner wrote: > Here's an idea. Given a lot of us teach Python, plan to, or have > ideas for > doing so, if we had shared access to a Python Moodle someplace, we > could > develop open source courseware, either as individuals or in teams. > > The Algebra with Python stuff I'm doing could be cloned to the new > site. > I'm pretty sure the backup zip I'm able to create through the > interface, > will restore to another Moodle. I could easily transfer the > content in that > case. Others could roll their own. > > Seems like a good idea (didn't someone already propose this?). I'm > sure > there are plenty of alternatives to Moodle, but so far it seems like a > pretty workable solution to a problem. It's more vertical market than > Plone, i.e. is built from the ground up with distance education > courseware > in mind. > > I don't have the server or the time to get a Moodle up and > running. But if > someone in the Python community does, and wants to use edu-sig as a > staging > ground and talent pool, I bet we could go places with it. Lots of new > tutorials, useless python and vaults of parnassus type stuff could > be recast > in a more distance education friendly format. > > Kirby > 4D/OCN > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig "Isn't 'A guy tried to smuggle plutonium from Tajikistan into Afganistan or Pakistan' just a fancy way of saying 'Live for the moment?'" --Get Your War On _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
