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A short walk through the features of Mahara for imoot 2010 presentation. http://www.imoot.orgPresented by Gavin Henrick, Enovation Solutions, http://www.enovation.ie/
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Enovation Solutions Ltd
The Friary, Bow Street, Dublin 7
www.enovation.ie
Gavin Henrick, Solutions Consultant
Presented at imoot 2010www.imoot.org #imoot2010
Mahara Background
Began mid 2006 as collaborative project between 4 Universities in NZ.
Since July 2007, Flexible Learning & Catalyst guide its future development
Designed to be learner centred, a personal learning environment
Modular Design Can be for one institution or many.
E-Portfolio...
“In New Zealand, we regard the LMS as being just one component of the VLE which is broader in scope. Moodle is very widely used in NZ and Mahara is designed to work alongside Moodle.”
- Richard Wyles, Mahara Project Leader
E-Portfolio...
“The approach we have taken with Mahara is for it to be entirely user-driven, a type of personal learning environment.”
- Richard Wyles, Mahara Project Leader
Mahara Features
Mahara has 3 strands or pillars of useProfile Management
• CV, BackgroundEvidence management
• Project and Assignment workSocial Networking
• Collaboration, Discussion, Group Work
PROFILE
RESUME
GOALS
SKILLS
FILES
BLOGS
VIEWS
EDIT VIEWS
VIEWS PERMISSIONS
VIEWS SUBMIT
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Social Networking Features
GroupsDifferent Types
• Membership• Open• Request• Controlled
InvitePublic Viewable?
FriendsControls
• Nobody• Authorisation• Automatic
Request with Message
GROUPS
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FRIENDS
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Mahara Roadmap
Mahara 1.3 onwardsImprovements to
• Blogs• Groups• Usability• Views• Resume
Enovation Solutions Ltd
The Friary, Bow Street, Dublin 7
www.enovation.ie
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