its a jog, not a sprint
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“It’s a jog, not a sprint” Moodle 2 Staff Development Nitin Parmar, e-Learning Team - University of BathTRANSCRIPT
“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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e-Learning team
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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e-Learning team
Learning & Teaching Enhancement Office