kirby urner wrote:
> Hi Dethe --
>
> livingcode.org <http://livingcode.org> seems a logical and appropriate
> place for a Python Courseware Moodle.
>
> If you feel led, have the time, I think you should set it up and keep
> tight control of security. Mete out accounts as you see fit, with the
> right to revoke. It's your server and you should treat it as such, not
> as community property. Then the moodles themselves will belong to their
> authors, internal to the infrastructure you provide, as Dungeon Master
> (DM).
>
> Anyway, that's one model for a Moodle. Just a proposal, obviously,
> since it involves you doing the work.
>
> My first step, if given a teacher account, would be to move a copy of my
> Algebra with Python course to it.
>
> Kirby
>
> PS: I'm curious about the specs regarding this host. Do you want to
> handle the bandwidth that might be needed if word gets out that
> livingcode has some of the latest and greatest learning materials in the
> "programming to learn" genre? Of course if transferring content proves
> as easy as I hope, then other Python Moodles could pop up to help
> distribute the work load. I might even bring one on-line someday, if I
> ever get a bigger crew together locally.
>
> On 1/27/06, *Dethe Elza* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>
> 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 <http://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
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