its a jog, not a sprint

“It’s a jog, not a sprint” Moodle 2 Staff Development

Nitin Parmar

Moodlemoot Ireland & UK 2012

[ Wednesday 4 April 2012 ]

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e-Learning team

Learning & Teaching Enhancement Office

• Implemented in 2006, contains over 6,000 courses and services 15,000 unique users.

• Hosts vital integrations with the institutional student records system, SITS, as well as the Panopto and Turnitin.

• Moving to 2.2 represents our first major upgrade in four years.

Moodle at Bath

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e-Learning team

Learning & Teaching Enhancement Office

• Institutional change project, within a PRINCE2-esque methodology

• Stakeholder focused

• Engaged with Departmental e-Learning Officers

Staff Development approach

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e-Learning team

Learning & Teaching Enhancement Office

• Why?

• When?

• How is it going to happen?

• “How does it affect me?”

Planning for the upgrade

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e-Learning team

Learning & Teaching Enhancement Office

Mapping Exercise

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e-Learning team

Learning & Teaching Enhancement Office

Levels of training available • L0: Introductory presentation and delivered to promote new features or functionality • L1: Easiest and suitable for beginners • L2: Intermediate levels suitable for those who already have the basic skills • L3: Advanced level courses

Schedule

• Why Moodle 2.2?

• How will the upgrade happen?

• What stays the same?

• What’s different?

• What’s next?

First Look: Moodle 2

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e-Learning team

Learning & Teaching Enhancement Office

• Delivered to Department and Faculty staff

• A brief introduction highlighting new features

• Recorded using Panopto to achieve widest reach possible

• 1 hour seminar style

• “Choose Your Own Adventure”

• Using a Moodle course to deliver training

Moodle 2 Familiarisation seminar

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e-Learning team

Learning & Teaching Enhancement Office

• Inspired by Moodle.org

• Gives examples and use cases for a wide range of Moodle activities and resources

• Will develop as good practice comes to the fore

Moodle Features Demo

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e-Learning team

Learning & Teaching Enhancement Office

• Focus for all Moodle 2.x support materials, replacing existing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) database.

Moodle Support Hub

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e-Learning team

Learning & Teaching Enhancement Office

Moodle FAQs | http://moodle.bath.ac.uk/faq

• Focus for all Moodle 2.x support materials, replacing existing Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) database.

• Revisited approaches to writing and keen to go beyond “just” FAQs

• Greater emphasis on complementing existing community resources.

Moodle Support Hub

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Learning & Teaching Enhancement Office

• Step by Step

• Printed A5 size

• Available in multiple electronic formats

How To Guides

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e-Learning team

Learning & Teaching Enhancement Office

• Moodle Induction for Students (MIST) project

• Aim to replace departmental user guides

• Focus on eight key aspects within Moodle

• Multiple delivery formats

What about students?

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e-Learning team

Learning & Teaching Enhancement Office

• Managing institutional change isn’t a science!

• Multiple iterations of (possibly) the same material

• “It’s Gonna Take Time…” – Gabrielle, Rise

So, why the jog?

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e-Learning team

Learning & Teaching Enhancement Office

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Learning & Teaching Enhancement Office