Community-driven Moodle DevelopmentA new model for Moodle development

How's development happen?● Individuals devs contracted by organizations

or individuals● Firms (partners or LMS shops) contracted by

organizations or individuals● Tracker issues● Individual impetus

The promise of crowdfunding

Connecting funds with personnel.

An important caveat:

The goal is only attained if there is demand for a project.

What exactly is it?Usually Fixed or Dynamic fundraising for a very specific cause over a defined duration (e.g. developing code for Moodle, making jeans, creating a new bike helmet)

Across all marketscrowdfunding sites abound and more and more are launched to address more and more niche opportunities.

In the US you can even use crowdfunding to raise money for a business launch (a limited IPO)

A few crowdfunding stats● The entire crowdfunding market grew by 81

percent last year

● Over a million crowdfunding campaigns raised $2.7 billion in 2012

● 308 active crowdfunding platforms (CFPs) worldwide

source: http://www.crowdsourcing.org

Thanks WIRED Magazinehttp://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2013/02/beyond-kickstarter/

"But Kickstarter’s one-size-fits-all approach doesn’t fit every dream, or every

group of dreamers. For starters, the site requires every project to create some

sort of final product, whether it be a physical object or a piece of media or a

performance. This leaves many types of undertakings out in the cold. And even

for projects with deliverables, this one tool can’t possibly foresee all the

different updates and perks, all the different modes of collaboration and reward,

that these communities might want or need.

The essential promise of crowdfunding is that the things we’ve always wished

for—anything we’ve wished for—can become real. So to fulfill that, the market

needs to splinter as it grows. It needs to go niche. In fact, a few of those niches

have already figured that out."

The Main EventBlackboard's coursesites was the inspiration. It's well designed and functions almost exactly the same.http://ondemand.blackboard.com/r91/documents/getting_started_with_video_everywhere.pdf

What made is successful?

● Well known developer

● Solid specs● Publicized● Low-hanging

fruit● Free solution to

an expensive problem

● 10+ funders● Too small to fail

For the communityThe addon is now available: (205 downloads to date)

From Poodll.com: http://poodll.com/youtube-anywhere/

From Moodle.org: https://moodle.org/plugins/view.php?plugin=tinymce_youtube

Since● LtR Toggle to Collapsed Topics● Crot Plugin (successful-ish)● Crowdsource.moodlerooms.com● Moodlegarage.com● Crowdfunding @ Moodle.org● Courseshop for Moodle 2● InsightLMS Marketplace

DIY FundingEstablish a process/guidelines

Stack the deck for success

Make it legit

Future ProjectsCurrently screening a few projects:● Autopilot for Moodle● Google Checkout Enrollment Plugin● Horizontal Collapsed Topics● Activities and Events User Page/Dashboard● Comprehensive Activities Report Page● Weka integration (data mining)