In this section of our web site you will find e-learning fun activities which I have created using eXe, designed for Learning Management Systems (LMS) but are adapted for inclusion in Lancasters Laughing Place.
The eXe project [1] was conceived to address the use of technology in the design and authoring of learning resources for the web. Initial research showed that while there are many web authoring tools available their usability and sophistication varied considerably.
The Tertiary Education Commission of New Zealand [2] identified the need for a tool to specifically assist teachers and academics to publish professional looking web pages according to the structure and form required for good teaching, and in such a way that this content could be integrated with existing Learning Management Systems (LMS) applications.
One LMS is Moodle. The word Moodle was originally an acronym for Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment, which is mostly useful to programmers and education theorists. It's also a verb that describes the process of lazily meandering through something, doing things as it occurs to you to do them, an enjoyable tinkering that often leads to insight and creativity.
As such it applies both to the way Moodle was developed, and to the way a student or teacher might approach studying or teaching an online course. Anyone who uses Moodle is a Moodler.
[1] eXe Project
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