Guest author - Lauren Anders Brown, GAMOTECA

The Role of AI and Human Connection in E-Learning

As education changes and moves from regular classrooms to online platforms, the importance of human connection becomes even more crucial in creating valuable learning...

Jasmin Davies-Hodge

eLearning Africa Conference 2023

Empowering Education Through Innovative Moodle Solutions

eLearning Africa Conference 2023 (hosted in Dakar, Senegal), was an exceptional event for educators, researchers,...

Sam Taylor

Learning Design and Moodle

Recently I was invited by Moodle HQ to talk about the ways in which Moodle supports good learning design. This was a huge honour for me as I have been using Moodle since 2006,...

Marcus Green

MoodleMoot DACH 2023

MoodleDACH23 in Zurich was my first face-to-face conference since the pandemic. Online is OK, but it was a delight to be in the same room as the attendees. There is no cost to...

Sam Taylor

Catalyst Community Spring Conference 2023

In April over 75 attendees joined us for our recent community conference, hosted online using BigBlueButton. The day was a way to bring our diverse community together and to...

Leanne Hughes

Why accessibility matters for online learning!

In recent years, the demand for online learning has revolutionised the education landscape, making education more accessible and flexible than ever before. Learning Management...

Marcus Green

The two plugins that can help your quizzes!

People like quizzing. Arguably the most common use of the word quiz in the English language is when it has the word Pub before it! So why don’t teachers make more use of them?...

Mark Johnson

How does open-source software stay secure?

At Catalyst, when pitching our open-source offerings against proprietary options, we often encounter the well-trodden myth that "Open source software (OSS) is less secure." I...

Leanne Hughes

Welcome to Catalyst!

It’s been a busy few months here at Catalyst EU, we have grown and welcomed lots of new faces to the team. Building and growing our teams is an integral part of how we can...

Lya Gobetti

Can open source technology help to bridge the gender gap for women in tech?

This year’s International Women's Day invites us to #EmbraceEquity, and to join in on this very important day we want to celebrate and highlight some of the achievements of...

Sam Taylor

Moodle 4 - Features for Teachers

Moodle 4.1 is currently being rolled out to all our Moodle Managed Service clients this year and I can’t wait for them to reap the benefits the new features. There are a...

Sam Taylor

Addressing Moodle’s ‘Image problem’

I have been a Moodle practitioner since I first used it for teaching in 2007. It did the job I needed it to do:

Present information in a structured way,...