Mahara and Moodle sitting in a tree

Sam Taylor(@samwisefox)

Southampton Solent Universityhttp://mycourse.solent.ac.uk/mootde

Southampton Solent University

We became a university in 2005 and have 2 campuses:• East Park Terrace (3 city centre locations)• Warsash Maritime Academy (1 coastal

location)

Southampton Solent UniversityDemographic: Large percentage of adult & local students ‘Vocational learners’ – merge of theory &

practice

Drivers: Student Employability Business Engagement Real-world experiences

3 Faculties: Faculty of Creative Industries Faculty of Business, Sport & Enterprise Faculty of Maritime & Technology

Our Learning Technology• Learnwise VLE (2000)

• 1st Moodle (2006)– Every course has a page (2010)– Every unit has a page (2010)– Minimum Content Requirements (2013)

• 2nd Moodle (2009)– Professional Learner platform– SOL Standard

• Mahara (2009)

• Turnitin (2010)– Compulsory for ALL text-based assignments

• Adobe Connect Pro (2011)

• Lynda.Com (2014)

Our Mahara Journey

2008 Project 1: Fostering Student PDP

2009 Project 2: Implementing Mahara

2010 Institution-wide roll-out

2012 Mobile App for Android (Catalyst)See more: http://mycourse.solent.ac.uk/mootde

2013 Assessment Process deployedRe-theme of siteCord cut between Mahara & Moodle

2014 Work-flow overhaul

ASSESSMENTSIssues, examples and advice!

What does my lecturer actually want me to do?

2013 Lessons learned…1. Lecturers must communicate with LT prior to start

of term to discuss assignment briefs & support

2. Lecturers must be encouraged to explore the many uses and tools in Mahara – it’s not just a CV!

3. More video tutorials the better!

4. Activities to be drip-fed to students – ‘inductions’ are pointless!

5. Students if left to their own devices will leave everything to the last minute.

Assessments@Solent

What do you want your students to do?

Sample of courses:• Business Foundation Year• BA (Hons) PR & Communications• BA (Hons) Mag Journalism & Feature Writing• BA (Hons) Business Management• BA (Hons) Fashion Management & Marketing• BSc (Hons) Architectural Technology• BSc (Hons) Shipping & Port Management• BA (Hons) Social Work (2015)• PGCert Teaching & Learning in HE• MSc Shipping Operations

That’s about 500 students that we know of!

Case studies:• Introduction to Marketing (MKT431)

– myCourse– Example portfolio 1

• Fashion Recruitment and Development (FFM505)– myCourse– Example portfolio 1

• Management in the Built Environment (ARC405)– myCourse– Example portfolio 1

• Employability & Work Placement Skills (CCA507)– myCourse– Example portfolio 1 Please note:

Our myCourse Moodle links will not work as they are links to live Moodle pages

Sharing storiesI am looking for case studies on Employability-focussed

assessments using Mahara:

Mahara for the recording of personal development

Mahara for career development planning

‘Shop window’ websites using Mahara

I’m appealing to you to send me a Mahara page with your college/uni/WBL provider’s case study(s)

Please email secret URL to sam.taylor@solent.ac.uk

Example: http://bit.ly/pr-comms See more: http://bit.ly/maharacall

Community projects

We’d love to get involved with you on any Moodle/Mahara project!

Contact me!• Tweet me:

@samwisefox

• Browse me:http://about.me/samwise

• Mahara me:http://bit.ly/samtaylor

• Research me:http://solent.academia.edu/SamTaylor

• Facebook me:https://www.facebook.com/SamTaylorEdutech

Lots more to see!(Template for Maritime students) http://mahara.solent.ac.uk/view/view.php?id=72504

(PGCert LTHE) http://mahara.solent.ac.uk/view/view.php?t=P8K2Spr4ageXjncfqxVl (AT Student) http://bit.ly/mjmcgrane

(Adam) http://bit.ly/adam_kelly (Domi) http://mahara.solent.ac.uk/user/view.php?id=7684

(Fashion research) http://mahara.solent.ac.uk/view/view.php?t=qfLA4dyC3B9bTxFN2Ju5 (Jack) http://mahara.solent.ac.uk/user/view.php?id=1718

(Laura CV) http://mahara.solent.ac.uk/user/view.php?id=296(Radio CV) http://mahara.solent.ac.uk/view/view.php?id=37775