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Moodling at WCT
Peter Kilcoyne
Director of ILT
Worcester College of Technology
Moodling at Worcester College of Technology
• A regional perspective• History of Moodle at WCT• The WCT approach to Moodle• Moodle in Sharepoint• An exemplar course• Podcasting from Moodle• Video Resourses in Moodle• The Virtual Language Lab• MR CUTE
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The Moodlification of the West Midlands
History of Moodle at WCT
• 2000 – 2006 WebCT – limited success but….
• Moodle pilot, 29 out of 30 preferred• Sharepoint• Launch of Moodle integrated with
Sharepoint Sept 2006• Over 100% increase in VLE usage after 3
months
The Worcester Approach to Moodle
• The Team, Director of ILT, Content Developer and Technical Support
• Moodle in Sharepoint• Single sign on• Study Centres• Open courses (policy not to use enrolment keys
unless there is a good reason)• Lots of pedagogically based training• Encourage use of Forums, Glossaries, Podcasting
and Video
The Worcester Approach to MoodleBuilding a great Moodle course
• A place to do things not just a place to get things. (quizzes, forums, wikis, glossaries, journals, webquests etc)
• A place that appeals to different learning styles. (video, podcasting, images, drag and drop as well as text based resources)
• A place that supports differentiation. (differentiated resources, weblinks, extension activities)
Customisation
• How far do you go? The Gloscat lesson
• Moodle webparts in sharepoint
• Gong, Feedback, Media Wiki
Moodle in Sharepoint
• Access from inside and outside College
• A Portal for Moodle, email, resources and college information
• Moodle Webparts• My site (the start of a
PLE?)• Video on demand
An exemplar courseAS Psychology
• Moodle and AS Psych• The Course• Wiki
Podcasting
Promoting – a little bribery goes a long way
Cool Jazz and Physics
Drunk Mandarin
A Murder Story
Video Resources
• Beef Carbonnade • Video on demand
system• Building Moodle
activities around a video
• Teacher tube, youtube, video jug etc
The Virtual Language Lab
• Background• Building, moodle,
audacity and gong• Mandarin• Gong 1
Gong 2• Screenshot
MR CUTE
• Moodle Repository Create Upload Tag Embed
• JISC Repository Project
• Add functionality to Moodle Repository
MRCUTE
EMBED
“Some conclusions”or “Why Moodle is THE e-learning killer
app”• Management, teachers, techies, support
staff and students all like it
• It’s “Free”
• Easy to use
• Customising
• Pedagogically sound
Any Questions?
Study Centres