Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
... some elements of what we do are of interest to the wider
community. For instance at the Moodle conference in Jan this year, I
chatted with Martin Dougiamas, creator of Moodle. The thing he was
most interested in, was OOoAuthors and how it went about generating
such good documentation.
Something they struggle a little with .
In fact he may read this and chime in, I seem to remember him saying
he was subscribed to this list.
Hmmm... are you suggesting then that a session on something to do with
OOo or even OOoAuthors would be a good topic to propose to the main LCA
conference? That's an idea that hadn't occurred to me, but the more I
think about it the better I like it. :-)
Cool. This is the second time I hear about Moodle and OOoAuthors in the
same context. The first time was in FLOSSIE.
Moodle is a "course management system". It's vaguely similar to Plone,
but intended specifically for schools. For example, it kids can get a
homework problem when they come in and they type-in their answer. It has
a chatroom which allows kids to discuss a class topic in anonimity,
while at the same time only letting the kids (ie. no outsiders) join in.
So, Moodle and OOoAuthors both have relevance to the education sector.
What I mean is, people interested in Moodle are also likely to be
interested in OOoAuthors in particular.
Incidentally, this is why, when I was asked to give a talk at FLOSSIE,
the request was specifically for a talk on OOoAuthors. Not only because
the work OOoAuthors produces is relevant to schools, but also because
the way we work lends itself to school activities. For example,
reviewing a chapter can be part of an English project.
Cheers,
Daniel.
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