Last week, my wife mentioned preparations at her medical workplace for a bird flu pandemic. Here is an interesting post by a school district that is using Moodle for a similar contingency plan.<br><br>Regards Roland<br><br>
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<tbody><tr><td><div>Moodle bird flu preparedness plan</div><div>by <a href="http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=5666&course=5" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Vince Alkire</a> - Sunday, 25 June 2006, 03:57 AM
</div></td></tr><tr><td><p>Archbishop Murphy High School, Everett WA. USA <br>
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approx. 500 Students<br>
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We have been using Moodle here on a limited basis since version 1.0.<br>
We run a typical LAMP installation on Debian linux.<br>
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Our school follows emergency response plans for a large county to the south of us. That plan now calls for closing any school that confirms a case of h5n1 bird flu for a 4 week period. While I have had a hard time getting our faculty to take a serious look at Moodle, the administration decided to require faculty members be prepared to take classes on-line if the doors close. Moodle to the rescue
<img alt="somriure" src="http://moodle.org/pix/s/smiley.gif" height="15" width="15">. I did a 90 minute introduction and created a Moodle <a title="Workshop" href="http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=13&rid=333" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
workshop</a> "course" with resources, links and a few examples. It will be interesting to see the responses and I look forward to a very busy computer lab this fall !. Big thanks to Martin and all of the developers.
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Our requirements for faculty preparedness:<br>
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* Built and ready in Moodle: 5 days worth of activities and assignments for each class. ( as a head start)<br>
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* Current assignments maintained for one class of <a title="Choice" href="http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=13&rid=315" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">choice</a> throughout the academic year to keep active with Moodle.
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* Course praparedness will be evaluated by a group of faculty members <br></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
</p></div></div>-- <br>Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br><a href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</a><br><br>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead