Google Collaborates on Moodle Integration http://campustechnology.com/articles/2009/02/20/google-collaborates-on-m...
By David Nagel 02/20/09
This article interested me because I find that Google tools have changed and will continue to change the way we interact with the Internet. Google Apps Education Edition has collaborated with Moodle to create access to Google’s Education Apps through Moodlerooms (http://development.moodlerooms.com/login/index.php). Google Education Apps includes Gmail, Google Calendar, GTalk, GDocs, Google Sites and Google Labs, as well as numerous administrative tools.
Moodle users can log into their Moodle sites and have automatic access to all their Google Apps with that one login. This partnership gives Moodleroom participants immediate access to presentation tools, spreadsheets and editable documents. This access to these tools simplifies the collaboration process. Teachers don’t have to worry about students’ access to software or incompatible operating systems. IT departments know that the Google Apps are built on industry standards for login and security protocols.
At the time of the article, 2/09, two institutions were piloting the program, Project KNOTtT (http://education.unlv.edu/projects/knottt/about.html) (which is a consortium of colleges and universities working on training and transitioning teachers into high-need areas, including an Ohio Appalachian school district where I student taught ) and a Spanish language, adult-education program, Centro Lantino (http://www.centrolatinoliteracy.org/.) Further references to explore are ATutor http://www.atutor.ca/ An open Source LMS which has already implemented Google Apps. The Google Enterprise Blog contains similar information and more detail about the integration.
Out of curiosity as to how this integration was working out, I am researching evidence of success or just the results of this partnership. It seems logical and practical, but I have not located information supporting the results. Undoubtedly, the future will see more system partnerships as users want “it all” at their fingertips, with the fewest logins. More to come…
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