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In Open Source software ‘free’ stands for freedom, not price.

‘What does Open Source even mean?’ is a common question. Apart from the word ‘free’ associated with open source software, which comes with its own associations such as ‘lower quality’, not many people we speak to about this, can recap why OS may be a suitable choice for their company.
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Learning Catalogue in Moodle and Moodle Workplace: your team will love you for it.

Moodle and Moodle Workplace 4.4 versions come with many exciting features. One that many of our clients have been waiting for is the Learning (Course) Catalogue. It offers many benefits for both education provider and workplace learning settings. Let’s look at each of the stakeholder groups and how they will benefit from Learning Catalogue in Moodle.
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Reengagement plugin for Moodle – keep your students on track.

We have discussed the Moodle Reengagement plugin on numerous occasions and on our blog. Given how much interest it’s been generating more recently and with more of our clients asking about it, we decided to unpack it a little further and give it its own light.
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Maximise your L&D efforts with Moodle Workplace.

The planning and implementation of Learning and Development (L&D) in the workplace is a big task. The responsibilities of L&D Managers are many and varied. Can the right choice of workplace LMS help?
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Do you have all the right tools to deliver better student experience?

Recent survey results by QILT indicate that Learner Engagement and Student Support are still struggling areas when it comes to Student Experience ratings. Education technologies can help universities and colleges improve their teaching and learning experience. It does, however, take a handful of tools that can integrate seamlessly...
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Technological implications to organisational silos.

Does technology help break down organisational silos or can it make matters worse? There are plenty of arguments to both scenarios and specific examples to prove them. Here are some of the things we recommend based on our experiences working with various public and private companies over the years.
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Take your e-learning efforts to the next level: gather the right team.

In the complex hybrid world that we live in, where technological advancements continue to pick up pace, not many organisations can keep up with recruiting, upskilling and utilising internal talent in ways that will serve their digital needs efficiently. In most cases, you will have to have a partner, or a few. Here's what you need to look for...
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Cloud Hosting Providers: what you need to know.

This blog is not about selling any of the big cloud providers, as many of us only have a small number of options when considering the required feature set, locality (data sovereignty laws) and capability of an internal team or contracted provider. Rather, this blog aims to provide some pointers – things to consider - when making high level decisions such as moving to cloud and choosing (or changing) a cloud provider.

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