I recently registered for the MoodleMoot in San Francisco, which coincides with the Sloan-C conference June 17-19.  I'll be attending many exciting presentations, but the one I am most eagerly awaiting to hear is from Martin Dougiamas, Moodle's creator.  He recently spoke on the developments being made in Moodle 2.0 as part of a presentation on Using open source to support education at the Educause conference in Australia, and published his slides. 

Moodle 2.0 details start around slide 20 of the presentation. They are a tanatalizing sneak peek into what promises to be the most exciting, impactful developments made in Moodle core in....well, since Moodle's inception, in my opinion.  But they are only slides, and I can tell the real treasure of details lay in Martin's speech - the one I'm so eager to hear : )

Highlights include a mock-up of new sticky block menu-based navigation, improved messaging controls, and a greatest-hits list of new features - with much-needed make-overs of the old (hello new Wiki, Blog, and HTML editor! I can't wait to meet you).  New features in Moodle 2.0 include a central content management repository, outcomes & course project tracking, tagging of content, activities & courses, and more.

So, when can we expect Moodle 2.0?  My personal estimation is early 2010.  You can keep a close eye on the progress by taking a peek at the Moodle 2.0 Planning Document, a frequently-updated Google Spreadsheet.

Find out more about the details of Moodle 2.0 features in the Moodle Roadmap, and stay tuned for more information here.

UPDATE: Martin is not speaking at the SF Moot.  Bummer!