Educational Technologist at Zuyd University of Applied Sciences, supporting teaching teams using Moodle LMS and Mahara ePortfolio as part of their tools for teaching and learning.

1. The official translator for Mahara in Japanese since Jan. 19, 2008
2. Mahara Business Partner
3. The official translator for Moodle in Japanese since Nov. 21, 2002
4. Aikido 3rd Dan Black Belt
   
   

I like "Haiku" and my recent Haiku is ...

Japanese: Cafe no door wa hiraki haru wo miokuri
English: Cafe door open see off Springtime

Japanese: Usugurano ame ni torinaku banka kana
English: Darkish rain Twittering birds the end of summer

Japanese: Shunshou ya tokotoko tokotoko beagle ken
English: Spring vesper toddle along beagle dog

Japanese: Haru no yuu usumomoiro mo futebuteshi
English: Spring vesper faint pink audacious too

The theme of my life is "Being Open".
And my personal motto is "Is there any learning going on there?".

Mits

Hello

creative concept in learning and teaching for adults and mainly in corporate environments are my profession. As owner of eLeDia we support educational institutions and HR departmenst in implementing learning solutioons mainly based on Moodle. You know Moodle? ... the phantastic learning management system. After eight years of working with Moodle every week I find new opportunities to work with the tool.

Since some time I'm investigating how to use Mahara. My main interest is to see how Mahara can be part of a lifelong learning scenario that supports users in different situation: informal and mor formal learning.

I'm just thinking that Moodle is more a learning communication tool with personal portfolio. The term 'portfolio' is alittle bit bulky (German: sperrig). While primary schools and Kindergardens are working with portfolios here in Germany secondary schools, HE and universities use portfolios seldom and mostly on project base.

Projects trying to introduce eportfolios sometimes seem to fail. Lets Mahara introduce not as a problematic intention from teachers but as a solution for real needs. What will happen if we introduce mainly the communicational aspect and not the pages and collections?