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MILOUsing Moodle at LSE to provide
information skills to users
Maria Bell Rowena Macrae-Gibson
Library, London School of Economics
Overview
• Background• Branding & What’s in a name? • Moodle vs WebCT• Staff training & input• Review• MILO Live
Background
• LSE chooses Moodle as its VLE in 2007• Course migration• IL course already in WebCT• Working group of 4 Library staff• Moodle training by LSE Centre for Learning
Technology staff• Different group members contribute to their
strengths
Branding
• LSE colours & template• No separate Library template• Library Sticky block• User testing & ‘Friendly’ academic• Why MILO?• Does it stand for anything?
Moodle vs WebCT
• Courses transferred from WebCT to Moodle• Different approach required• No long index of separate webpages• More user friendly-for Librarians & students• Students see course as just part of Moodle• Don’t need to register• Easier to direct users to• Use material you already have
Initial review
• Some sections getting very long• Decide to move the Top tips database
section into a block
The Future?
• Review• Advanced pages: SuperMilo!• Subject pages• More interactive• Staff manuals moving from
WebCT to Moodle
MILO
• Guest access available• Username: miloguest• Password: infolit• Valid until the end of April• http://moodle.lse.ac.uk/• Choose Library
Contact us
• Maria Bell
• Rowena Macrae-Gibson