The virtual learning environment is also a key point of differentiation in a highly competitive market. Therefore, should be central to any transformation strategy. This has given rise to a number of trends amongst higher education institutions. The most notable is migrating Moodle instances to the cloud. Although running Moodle through on-premise servers is viable, it can nevertheless bring a number of operational challenges which have become increasingly visible as demand patterns have changed during the pandemic.
On-premise systems often lack the scalability to efficiently deal with spikes in demand, meaning remote users may suffer from poor responsiveness, or lack of availability. Migrating to the cloud holds several advantages.
Scalability and speed of responsiveness are the most obvious, but in addition it can reduce the cost of infrastructure for an institution as the number of servers processing data and requests can be scaled up and down in line with demand.
It also enables more responsive off-site development, support and maintenance. Cloud brings the possibility of greater levels of automation through established providers such as AWS and Azure. Security best practices are built in too, offering robust user data privacy and content protection controls.
In addition to the environment itself, the content management system CMS is also an important element to consider. Changes to CMS, and even versions of CMS, must also be carefully considered for both optimising content delivery, or avoiding deprecated software issues. Whereas a traditional CMS typically controls both the front and back end of a website, a headless CMS only covers back-end components, with the front end decoupled and connected via an API layer. This significantly increases options for the display of content including third party integrations and custom-developed platforms.
By separating the frontend, the backend is able to focus more on the content type and data, as well as increase tracking and reporting capabilities. There is potential through headless CMS, to better serve multiple types of learners, including those with disabilities, and furthermore adapt the service to better fit different environments, such as mobile applications.
There is huge potential to apply artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve the learning experience, by providing more personalised content and teaching approaches. Students can be profiled based on their results, previous work and a range of other factors, to predict progress and identify students who would benefit from additional attention or are even at risk of disengaging.
Recommendations suggesting courses, content and information based on what is currently trending or on individual learning history and similarities with other student profiles is also possible. Content authors can be supplied which a range of additional tools to save time and help with the content creation process. Have you ever wondered how many students are learning on Moodle platforms worldwide?
Or how many forum posts exist on learning environments built on Moodle? Take a look at our Moodle Statistics which gives you the latest numbers from registered Moodle sites. Every registered Moodle site gives us a better picture of how Moodle is used worldwide. We use this information to make data-driven decisions about new features and plugins which will improve how our users teach and learn using our platform. Registering your Moodle site is optional. However, the more registered sites there are, the better we can understand the interactions, needs and expectations of users with our software.
Your data always remains undisclosed when you register your Moodle site: we never go into your site and we never share your information with anyone. All published stats are made of aggregated anonymous data from the hundreds of thousands of registered Moodle sites.
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