We have some exciting news to share! 
After a rigorous renewal process, Moodle has officially been re-certified as a B Corporation (B Corp)™ — and this time, our certification includes the US and India.
Learn more on our blog:
https://moodle.com/news/moodles-b-corp-recertification-is-here/
Behind every great Moodle project is a person—or a team—transforming learning in their corner of the world. 
Tell us about your Moodle project for a chance to be featured to the Moodle community: https://services.moodle.com/made-with-moodle
#Moodle #MoodleLMS #OpenEdTech
#MoodleBox 4.10.0 is out with #Moodle 5.0+ and USB tethering! Install it via #RaspberryPi Imager tool. Thanks @nmartignoni 
https://moodlebox.net/en/news/version-4.10.0/ #openedtech #OER
#MoodleBox 4.9.0 is out with #Moodle 4.5.3+ LTS! Install it via #RaspberryPi Imager tool. Thanks @nmartignoni https://moodlebox.net/en/news/version-4.9.0/ #openedtech #OER
Absolutely. If education is about training brains to get stronger (and I think it is) then it makes no sense to use AI to do any of the exercises we know brains NEED to actually do. Education is not just about completing processes, anymore than you can get a friend to go to the gym for you.
By all means let’s use AI to remove boring admin work and free up more time for learning and collaboration. #openedtech #AI https://mastodon.social/@DrPen/113796971143042318
"Linux distros are ideal operating systems for #education environments for multiple reasons. A big one is that they're 100% free to download."
"I would go so far as to say it's even better suited than either #MacOS or #Windows because of cost, reliability, security, and flexibility. There's just so much you can do with #Linux that you can't do with the competition."
- @jlwallen, ZDNET
Johns Hopkins' Open Source Programs Office (#OSPO) shared its Open Source Project Catalog! The catalog is a continuously growing collection of #opensource software projects developed or contributed to by faculty, staff, and students on campus.
#EdTech #OpenScience #OpenResearch #HigherEducation #OpenEdTech #OpenEd
https://ospo.library.jhu.edu/services/open-source-project-catalog/
#MoodleBox 4.8.0 is out with #Moodle 4.5+ and remote access via Raspberry Pi Connect. Install it via #RaspberryPi Imager tool! Thanks @nmartignoni https://moodlebox.net/en/news/version-4.8.0/ #openedtech #OER
That's a wrap on MoodleMoot Global 2024!
This year’s event has been a celebration of learning, collaboration, and the shared passion for shaping the future of education. Whether we’re educators, instructional designers, or technology enthusiasts, we all leave inspired by the possibilities that lie ahead.
https://moodle.com/news/moodlemoot-global-day-3/
#Moodle #MootGlobal24 #OpenEdTech
“Learning is a way of hacking yourself to become a mechanism to enjoy the world and become bigger and brighter. You are like a tree growing towards the light. We all are.” - Martin Dougiamas at #MootGlobal24 @martin #Moodle #OpenEdTech
We are thrilled to announce the release of Moodle LMS 4.5 
With over 250 new features and improvements, this latest version of Moodle LMS transforms learning experiences by unlocking the power of AI.
Learn more: https://moodle.com/news/moodle-lms-45-unlock-the-power-of-ai-for-your-courses/
Who else is thinking about a strong #AI for the #Mastodon #Fediverse?
Something that is #learning primarily from all our opinions and discussions and shared data/observations from people and sensors, sorting through it using widely-acceptable and open transparent logical algorithms and helping us get towards some sense of #Truth, as well as actual solutions to ALL those scary #SDGs by 2030
All the data hosted in a safe and especially #sustainable way as we can possibly devise (that AI will get to improving itself eventually)
Something we can also trust as our own #OpenEdtech
Then we might be ready to face a much longer future together as a species
If that doesn't motivate you enough, ... looking at the science it seems likely a huge number of us on this #planet might have the choice to live for hundreds of years, it all concerns your own sustainability too ;-)
#Talk to me
#OpenSource with #SLU, a pioneering software engineering lab at Saint Louis University, has received a $654,610 grant from the Alfred P. #Sloan Foundation to continue advancing open scholarship and developing open source software.
Have you seen Gov.uk's "Call for views on the Code of Practice for Software Vendors"?
Please feel free to share any references, insights, and questions you might have.
I don’t like anyone who gets into positions of “I can run the world for huge numbers of people” or, frankly, people who idolise them
I love people who are thinking “how can I help build the right tools and frameworks so that we can ALL run the world forever”
Something for colleges and universities to thing about...
Switzerland has taken a major step forward with its "Federal Law on the Use of Electronic Means for the Fulfillment of Government Tasks." This groundbreaking legislation mandates using OpenSource software (OSS) in the public sector.
How about a "Federal Law on the Use of Electronic Means for the Fulfillment of *Educational* Tasks?"
#HIgherEd #EdTech #OpenEdTech #HigherEducation
https://www.zdnet.com/article/switzerland-now-requires-all-government-software-to-be-open-source/
We are excited to announce that the early bird registration deadline for MoodleMoot Global 2024 in Mexico has been extended until Tuesday 13th August!
This means you now have more time to take advantage of our special 20% discount on tickets. Don’t miss this opportunity to secure your spot at a reduced rate.
Register now: https://moodlemoot.org/2024/
#MootGlobal24 #EdTech #Moodle #OpenEdTech
Lately we've ben actively engaged in the process of helping to create the Open Source AI Definition at opensource.org to help stop the open-washing that has been happening in this space.
If this interests you, read about it here and join in!
I hope we've been learning from the record of #bigtech in recent years, and the many downsides that centralised profit-first platforms have brought. Cultural imperialism., data security, content control, etc
You don't need ChatGPT Edu deciding what you can and can't do, and you don't need Microsoft Copilot recording your screens.
Freely available language models are plentiful and powerful. Try OpenWebUI and Ollama, for example, on your own servers or even on your own personal computer.
