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https:\/\/moodlemootdach.org\/course\/section.php?id=235<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Disclaimer: I love MoodleMootDACH, It is the fourth time I have attended and I am a wildly biased commentator, read on to find out why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I attended with my collegue from Catalyst-EU Mark Johnson. The 2026 event\u00a0took place over 4 very hot days at ETH university in Zurich. There were a total of 309 attendees, with the majority from outside the German speaking countries. Moodle HQ also sent a large delegation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although organised by German-speaking countries the default language is English but announcements are translated in an ultra smooth manner. Moodle is a community movement as much as it is a software product. Although most Moodle code comes from Moodle HQ, every real world installation includes 3rd party plugins, most of which are freely downloadable. There are currently well over 500 million Moodle accounts globally (see stats.moodle.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The magic of Unconference<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is an \u201cunconference\u201d, which means the topics and running order are decided at the start of each two day block, which are DevCamp and BarCamp. The organisers create a framework and after that it is \u201cself organising\u201d. It is one of those things like Wikipedia, in theory it cannot work but in practice it works brilliantly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DevCamp<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first two days are DevCamp which aims to create new working code and ideally have plugins ready to use by close of play. If you are running Moodle you are very likely to have a plugin that started life at MoodleMootDACH. People queue up to \u201cpitch ideas\u201d, and people form into teams of around 5 and work furiously to plan and build their projects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a time when the answer to every question in EdTech seems to be \u201cmore AI\u201d there were only about 3 projects out of about 25 that were explicitly about using it, though I suspect most teams used AI to help generate code.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I find the atmosphere during development very special. To be in the room with smart people focussing, exchanging messages and occasionally chatting about what they are working on is a delight.. It is very common for the developers to have teaching qualifications and they bring a significant student focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DevCamp winners!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the end of DevCamp attendees get to vote on the following categories<\/p>\n\n\n\n