Mobile Moodle and DataPlus
Anthony Forth
Learning and Teaching Solutions
Mobile Moodle
• 6000 iPhone users
• Several thousand users of other mobile devices
• High level recognition of importance of mobile devices
• Improved support through OU StudentHome, etc.
Mobile Moodle
• Two initiatives in progress to improve Moodle for mobile
devices
• Mobile interface
• Mobile application for Android and iPhone
• Course page
• Resource pages
• Forum
• News
Mobile Application
• Shell application for Open University
• Provide access to content packages produced via
Moodle integration with Structured Content
• Application manages content packages and can be used
offline or online
• Support for MP3 and MP4.
DataPlus
• Creation and collaborative contribution to database
• Based on SQLite3
• Creation of simple non-relational databases
• Potential to be expanded.
Database Module Issues
• Poor performance with larger datasets
• Problems with search
• Export
• Portability
• Lack of relational databases
Strategic Development
Learning and Teaching Solutions
The Open University
Walton Hall
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA
[email protected]
http://www.open.ac.uk/blogs/dataplus/