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<font face="Calibri">Agreed Suzanne, not only that but in 3 Ultranet
presentations I have been to, when discussing how to prepare your
school for the ultranet they have all said "Get your staff and students
using moodle"<br>
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Go figure?????<br>
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Cheers<br>
Ros Meadows<br>
Bentleigh SC<br>
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Suzanne Arnott wrote:
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cite="mid:12076B7AEEB846CBA15ED120A0C55237@emc.edu.vic.gov.au"
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<pre wrap="">Curious that the one we see as the logical choice, already in place in so
many schools, colleges and universities around the world doesn't even get a
look in... ohhh that's right... someone wants to profit from it...
So we are governed yet again .. not by what is best for us and our students,
but by the almighty dollar..... sorry does that sound too cynical?
-----Original Message-----
From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au">moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au</a> [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au">mailto:moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>]
On Behalf Of victor rajewski
Sent: Tuesday, 18 November 2008 10:56 PM
To: The Moodle Users' in Schools Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Moodle] Release of the Ultranet Request for Tender
It's a selective tender between "Blackboard Australia Pty Ltd,
Desire2Learn Incorporated, Microsoft Australia, Oracle, and RM
Asia-Pacific". Good god I hope it isn't Microsoft (for obvious
reasons) or Blackboard (who have made the worst e-learning software
I've ever come across, and even tried to patent the concept of an
LMS). Oracle is respectable expect for having no noticeable background
in education. And I haven't heard of the other two.
Blah.
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 9:39 PM, Walker, Kristian L
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:walker.kristian.l@edumail.vic.gov.au"><walker.kristian.l@edumail.vic.gov.au></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">The tender document is not a public document. We can't find it.
From: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au">moodle-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>
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<pre wrap="">On Behalf Of Stephen Digby
Sent: Tuesday, 18 November 2008 9:03 PM
To: The Moodle Users' in Schools Mailing List
Subject: [Moodle] Release of the Ultranet Request for Tender
Not sure where to find the documents that describe the tender !???
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From: DEECD Mail
Sent: Tuesday, 18 November 2008
To: DL All School Principals; DL All Assistant and
Campus Principals; DL All Schools; DL All Corporate (new); DL All School
Council Presidents; DL School Services Officer A-H; DL School Services
Officer I-P; DL School Services Officer Q-Z; DL All Business Managers; DL
TSP All Technicians; DL School Technicians; DL All HRMS Users; SDL OHS
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<pre wrap=""><!---->Reps;
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<pre wrap="">DL Learning Technology Co-ordinators; DL Allied Health Officers
Subject: B042-2008 DEECD MAIL Bulletin for week ending
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<pre wrap=""><!---->November
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<pre wrap="">21, 2008
Department of Education and Early Childhood Development - Victoria
For all school, central and regional staff
S427-2008 Release of the Ultranet Request for Tender
Main Points
. The Department has released a selective Request for Tender (RFT)
for the Ultranet today.
. The RFT includes revised Specifications focused on the key
Government priorities of teaching and learning management and a parent
portal.
Actions Required
. If you receive an enquiry about the Ultranet project please
redirect the query to the Ultranet Project Team:
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<pre wrap="">or Anthea Hastie on 9651 0263
Additional Information
. The Ultranet was announced in Labor's Financial Statement 2006
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<pre wrap=""><!---->as
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<pre wrap="">a
$60.5 million TEI project for Victorian government schools.
. The Ultranet is a student centred electronic learning
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<pre wrap=""><!---->environment
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<pre wrap="">that supports high quality learning and teaching, connects students,
teachers and parents and enables efficient knowledge transfer.
. The Ultranet will:
o Improve responsiveness to individual learning needs;
o Provide better information to parents, the school system and
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<pre wrap="">o Improve efficiency of the learning environment and school
administration;
o Adopt an enterprise approach to intranet development; and
o Exploit previous ICT investments.
. The Department is confident that there is sufficient expertise
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<pre wrap=""><!---->and
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<pre wrap="">interest in the market to deliver the project within the original budget
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<pre wrap=""><!---->of
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<pre wrap="">$60.5 million TEI and by
Quarter 3, 2010.
. An independent market sounding exercise has informed the
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<pre wrap=""><!---->decision
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<pre wrap="">to release the RFT to five software vendors through a selective tender
process. The five vendors are Blackboard Australia Pty Ltd, Desire2Learn
Incorporated, Microsoft Australia, Oracle, and RM Asia-Pacific.
. The market sounding exercise and selective tender process meet
Victorian government probity requirements.
Jeff Rosewarne
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<pre wrap=""><!---->Darrell
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<pre wrap="">Fraser
Deputy Secretary
Deputy Secretary
Office for Resources and Infrastructure Office for
Government School Education
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