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There was a time when seeing the phrase ‘remote working available’ seemed exotic. The kind of avant-garde thinking that might fly around the beanbag-filled offices of somewhere like Innocent Smoothies.

Now however it has become the norm for many, however grim or refreshing that may be, and the transition to remote working, which is likely to become permanent for many, has brought with it challenges for employers and employees alike.

Here at Hubken one of the many things we love about Moodle is the huge number of plug-ins available, in fact there are over 1600 out there and they are being improved all the time.

So where to start if you’re looking for a quick way to improve your Moodle LMS for both learners and system administrators alike?

If there is one thing that 2020 has taught us it’s that online learning is no longer just an add-on function for more enlightened organisations.

E-learning is an absolute essential in a world where the shift towards remote working is likely to be permanent.

If you’re responsible for managing e-learning programmes you’ll know what a Learning Management System (LMS) is.

And if you’ve attended any learning and development fairs or events in recent years you may have seen the term LXP popping up.

For anyone managing e-learning programmes learner engagement is surely a key measure of success. You may have hundreds of people in different departments or teams but all of them are likely to appreciate recognition for their efforts. That’s where Open Badges come in.

Open Badges enable your learners to get verifiable proof for the knowledge, skills and achievements they have developed through your e-learning programme.

The term gamification has been around for years, but what is it? Simply, it’s about bringing elements from game design into a non-game context and there are good reasons to do so.

Many people who’ve been in the workforce for years will have got into gaming as children but even for the non-gamers amongst us introducing gamification into your Moodle LMS can make a big difference (and implementing it can be much easier than you think!).

Hubken are delighted to announce that we have secured a place in the new G-Cloud 12 framework to deliver our Totara Learn and Moodle LMS solutions to more public sector organisations in the UK.

G-Cloud 12 is the UK Government’s digital marketplace that provides all organisations in the public sector with a more transparent and easy purchasing process for digital and cloud-based services (including cloud-based hosting, software, and support).

Here at Hubken we love all things open-source and for good reason. However, we realise that the term open-source isn’t that well understood.

In fact, some of our own clients using our open-source Learning Management System (LMS) solutions may not be totally clear on what open-source software really is and the advantages that come with it.

Take a few minutes to get clued up with this article! 

Moodle 3.9 has landed! This is a community focused release with improvements requested by users. In this blog we’ll introduce the new activity chooser and H5P integration.

It’s about giving you the ideas and know-how to give your learners their best ever experience of Hubken’s Moodle solution.