"Japan Moodle Moot", an international research presentation competition centered on "Moodle", an open source learning management system used all over the world, will be held from February 2019th (Wednesday) to March 2st, 27. It was held at Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology until Friday.
Moodle is an e-learning system that has a significant impact on the substantive transformations found in modern education.Nowadays, the spread and enhancement of active learning has become a hot topic, and moodle is widely used in the world for creating an environment for active learning, independent learning, flipped classroom, etc. by e-learning system. It is said.The Japan Moodle Association, which supports the spread of the moodle, holds the Japan Moodle Moot every year.Japan Moodle Moot has been certified as an official Moodle Moot by the Moodle Headquarters in Australia.
Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology has customized and utilized the moodle since 2011.The system is called iLearn @ SIST and is mainly used for student education.
XNUMX participants from many countries including Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Sudan, Somalia, Malaysia, and Spain visited Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology.Dr. Martin Dougiamas, the founder of Moodle, gave a keynote speech at the meeting.
In addition, among the faculty members of Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology, Professor Yuji Murakami of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering made a presentation on "Lecture on Flipped Classroom Using Flipped Classroom with Quiz and Video Distribution Function", and iLearn belongs to the Education Development Center. Lecturer Adam Jenkins, the system administrator of @SIST, made a presentation on two themes, "Server security" and "Dissemination of e-Learning throughout the university".
This tournament was a meaningful event, with related parties presenting research and exchanging opinions on cutting-edge technologies and research related to moodles that are being used all over the world.
The 2020 Japan Moodle Moot will be held at Sojo University (Kumamoto Prefecture) from February 2020th to 2th, 26.
