Weeknote 18/2019

As promised, I’m back on my weeknote game. So, this week I’ve been:

• Sending out an annual survey for Thought Shrapnel. People said nice things, which made me smile. I’m also happy that Thought Shrapnel Daily seems to be well-received. I’ll write up my workflow for that at some point!
• Working on the MoodleNet project:
  
  • Explaining our approach to categorisation – as opposed to, say, OER repositories.
  • Starting the hunt for a new backend developer. I’ve had a quick screening call with four candidates so far and disqualified about 20, for various reasons.
  • Getting things ready for releasing v0.9.2 alpha next week.
  • Helping Martin Dougiamas with a proposal for the Open Education Consortium conference.
  • Writing up our options for Moodle HQ running MoodleNet instances.
  • Helping the Education team with some thinking around the Moodle Educator Certification programme and Open Badges.
• Working with my We Are Open co-op colleagues on a new forum for the Open Badges community. More on that soon!
• Absolutely battering my legs at the gym on Monday by squatting too many weights. I’ve suffered all week 🙄

Next week, I’m doing some walking in the Lake District with my son on Monday (which should count towards my QMDs), and then heading to the Creative Commons Summit in Lisbon on Wednesday.