OrangeUniversity

One rainy day, Tabitha, a clever and kind Moodle Admin at Orange University, wanted to publish and share Moodle courses created by other educational organisations in Orange City.

“Community Hubs in Moodle 2.0”

A story

OrangeHub

OrangeUniversity

She got Moodle 2.0, created the Orange City Hub and registered Orange University to it.

People at Orange University started publishing, sharing and enrolling in each other's courses.

It was a good start but people wanted to go beyond the walls of Orange University.

Orange CityHub

OrangeUniversity

OrangePrimary

OrangeHigh

OrangeAdult Learning

Institute

The word got around and soon, many other local Moodle sites registered to the Orange City Hub.

People on these sites could publish courses on the Orange City Hub for others to enrol in or download.

They could also search for, enrol or download other courses published on the Orange City Hub.

They soon found they have a lot in common - sharing and joint projects blossomed!

Orange CityHub

OrangeUniversity

OrangePrimary

OrangeHigh

OrangeAdult Learning

Institute

Blue CityHub

BlueUniversity

BlueCityEducation

Department

Blue CityHigh

At a Moodlemoot, Tabitha met Tomaz, a tall moodler from Blue City University.

He invited her to register Orange University's Moodle site with the Blue City Hub ...

Several weeks passed …

Other member sites of Orange City Hub connected to Blue City Hub too.

Learning opportunities and possibilities exploded !exploded !(in a good way...)

Orange CityHub

OrangeOrangeUniversityUniversity

OrangePrimary

OrangeHigh

OrangeAdult Learning

Institute

Blue CityHub

BlueBlueUniversityUniversity

BlueCityEducation

Department

Blue CityHigh

After registering on the same hub, Orange Uni and Blue Uni members started sharing and offering specialist courses the other could not offer ...

Orange CityHub

OrangeUniversity

OrangePrimary

OrangeHigh

OrangeOrangeAdult LearningAdult Learning

InstituteInstitute

Blue CityHub

BlueUniversity

Blue CityBlue CityEducationEducation

DepartmentDepartment

Blue CityHigh

By registering with Orange City Hub, Blue City Education Department manager found, downloaded and adjusted a fabulous digital literacy course offered by the Orange Adult Learning Institute ...

Orange CityHub

OrangeUniversity

OrangePrimary

OrangeOrangeHighHigh

OrangeAdult Learning

Institute

Blue CityHub

BlueUniversity

Blue CityEducation

Department

Blue CityBlue CityHighHigh

Orange High, Blue City High and Green Bay Secondary even created their OWN hub called 'Hub High', dedicated for sharing of specific high school courses … and more !

Hub High

Green Bay Green Bay SecondarySecondary

With all this sharing and exchanging working well,

people wondered:

“Is there more beyond our local hubs?

What if there is a large, worldwide hub somewhere?”

…

Orange CityHub

OrangePrimary

OrangeHigh

OrangeAdult Learning

Institute

Blue CityHub

BlueCityEducation

Department

Blue CityHigh

BlueUniversity

OrangeUniversity

They found MOOCH - a global, public space to search, enrol in and download shared courses from around the world !

To publish and share their own courses, they registered their sites (NOT hubs!) to MOOCH.

Sharing (with a choice of licence of use!) became very easy.

As people contributed courses entire communities of practice grew around areas of interest around the world of Moodle users.

Insert picture of messy, tasty spaghetti meatballs or similar ...

The End !?

Or just the start !?