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      Marie Achour

      Global Head of Product
      Moodle HQ

      Delivering the Moodle Product Vision

      Join us for an exclusive glimpse into recent advancements in the delivery of Moodle’s product vision!
      Our unwavering focus on unlocking creativity, fostering collaboration, and optimising outcomes is driving significant progress and transforming the future of our platform.
      The presentation will include previews of what lies ahead and ways you can get involved in shaping Moodle’s future.
      Don’t miss this opportunity to witness firsthand the driving forces behind the evolution of Moodle!

      Biography

      Marie is a product strategy professional with more than 20 years of experience, the last three at Moodle.
      As Global Head of Product, Marie leads the 85 people at Moodle HQ who design, build and maintain Moodle’s product portfolio which includes Moodle LMS - the world’s most popular open-source learning platform used by over 400 million learners and educators globally to improve our world.
      She is most passionate about shaping product teams that love what they do: creating products that people love.
      Marie is also a Non-Executive Director for Ruah Community Services, a not-for-profit organisation supporting people experiencing homelessness, family & domestic violence and mental health issues in Western Australia.

      Brett Dalton – MoodleMoot Global 2023

      Brett Dalton

      Head of Educational Solutions
      Moodle HQ

      Moodle and the Future of the AI Subsystem

      With the release of Moodle 4.5 the new Moodle AI subsystem is live and available for the community to use. But this was just the first step on a much longer journey that is the AI subsystem project. With the education sector’s great interest in applying AI to teaching and the potential benefits for students this may bring there is a huge interest in how this may apply to the LMS. Brett Dalton, Head of Educational Solutions, will be presenting the existing functionality, future roadmap, and the why behind Moodle HQ's approach to the AI in Moodle.

      Biography

      Brett's role at Moodle as Head of Educational Solutions oversees the product management of the student and academic experience within Moodle. Brett has worked in the educational technology sector for almost 2 decades starting his career at La Trobe University implementing and running EdTech systems at scale, and then moving on to work for several EdTech vendors in the lecture capture, LMS, and SMS/SIS spaces.
      He brings a great breadth and depth of knowledge to the community and is looking forward to learning more from the global community at this year's MoodleMoot Japan.

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      Gordon Bateson

      Professor
      Kochi University of Technology

      AI and Moodle: why, how and what

      In this presentation, we explore the idea of combining AI and Moodle. We consider why we might want to combine these two technologies, learn about how it could be done, look at what has been achieved so far, and glimpse the developments we can look forward to in the future. After defining the terms "AI" and "Generative AI", and identifying some general uses for these technologies in education, we focus on how they could benefit Moodle in particular. We then examine the AI-based tools that are included in Moodle 4.5, which is the latest stable release of our beloved LMS. Outside of Moodle core, there are several plugins which already incorporate some element of AI-based functionality, and some examples of these are demonstrated. Finally, we look to the future and consider what possibilities are emerging in this area and how we can prepare for what is to come.