MOODLE MASTERCLASS: NETWORKED CAPACITY

BUILDING

#MOOTAU13 JOYCE SEITZINGER

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INTRODUCTIONS AT YOUR TABLE

•  Your  name  •  Your  ins@tu@on  and  role  •  Describe  yourself  in  one  tweet  (140  chars  -­‐  tweet  it  with  tag  #mootau13)  

•  Your  favourite  sci-­‐fi  or  fantasy  book/movie/tv  series  

•  ALer  introduc@ons,  pick  a  sci-­‐fi  or  fantasy  name  for  your  table.    

MOODLE & BEYOND

MOODLE & BEYOND

A “KNITWORKED” PRACTITIONER

•  On  Twi)er  since  Nov  2007  -­‐  followers  6154    

•  Organiser  PLE  Conference  2012  •  Blogger  –  16K  downloads  •  Instagram  –  1043  pics  •  Linkedin  –  500+  connec@ons  •  Pinterest  -­‐    •  Facebook  –  500+  friends  •  Flickr  -­‐    •  Klout  –  70  •  Scoopit  –  5  boards  •  Yammer    •  Dropbox  &  Google  Drive/Docs  

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MY ROLES

Moodle  Admin  

Course  Builder  

Learning  Designer   Teacher  

eLearning  policy  &  strategy  

Trainer  

Moodle  Helpdesk  

Graphic  Designer  

Wiring  a  place  for  technology  is  easy,    Wiring  people  for  technology  is  hard.    -­‐ Tania  Major  at  #converge10  

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Challenge

ANECDOTES

Anecdotes  •  Empty  workshops  •  Never  a  good  @me  •  Priori@es  •  Rush  jobs  •  Unprepared  •  Unrewarded  

@beckyharcombe  men@oned  that  some  do  not  want  or  refuse  to  use  it.  and  this  needs  examina@on.  ques@on  asked;  is  it  twi)er?  or  is  it  because  it's  part  of  a  professional  community?  

HEGARTY & KELLY

 

Four  main  findings:    1  The  staff  development  models  in  use  across  six  ter6ary  ins6tu6ons  in  New  Zealand  were  very  similar  –  training  workshops  for  technology  and  learning  management  systems,  qualifica6ons,  just-­‐in-­‐6me,  peer  support,  mentoring.    2  Par6cipants  engaged  in  a  wide-­‐ranging  amount  of  informal  staff  development  ac6vi6es  because  of  a  number  of  factors,  for  example,  (i)  par6cipants’  interests  were  wider  than  what  formal  staff  development  had  to  offer,  and  (ii)  6me  and  workload  constraints.    3  Exis6ng  formal  staff  development  models  in  the  six  ins6tu6ons  sampled  were  not  always  adequate  to  assist  staff  to  fully  develop  their  capability  and  poten6al  for  eLearning.    4  The  findings  of  this  project  were  consistent  with  research  elsewhere  in  the  New  Zealand  ter6ary  sector,  for  example,  in  rela6on  to  factors  impac6ng  on  staff  who  engage  with  eLearning  (Mitchell,  Clayton,  Gower,  Barr  &  Bright,  2005)  and  some  of  the  impediments  which  may  affect  adop6on  of  eLearning,  e.g.  6me  and  adequate  support.  

HEGARTY & KELLY

Some  key  comments  about  informal  ways  of  learning  included  the  following:  

“Having  a  sound  knowledge  of  technology  and  pedagogy  assisted  as  one  could  focus  on  learning  the  eTeaching  tools  and  eTeaching  methodology”;      “Many  years  of  par6cipa6on  in  e-­‐lists,  discussion  forums  and  chat  has  shaped  my  understanding  of  on-­‐line  communi6es”;      “I  have  learned  a  lot  from  working  informally  with  an  on-­‐line  group  at  a  …  university  as  a  'visitor'  to  the  site”;      “Helped  to  develop  rela6onships  which  may  not  have  been  forged  so  easily”  

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the  community  we  support:  

different  loca6ons  different  6mes  different  tools  

different  technology  skills  different  backgrounds  

different  fields  different  priori6es  &  incen6ves  

different  interests  different  digital  literacy  levels  

 

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We  need  digital  literacies,  but  which  ones??!!  

Basic functions of a social media tool

Create  profile  

Find  friends  &  conversa@ons  

Connect  with  friends  

Communicate  Form  groups  or  hubs  

Share  artefacts  

Label  artefacts  

Self  efficacy  

There  will  never  be  enough  of  us  to  help  all  of  them…                …so  we  need  a  network.      

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MOODLE SUPPORT SITES ARE A START BUT…

A  walled  garden  Not  dynamic  Not  an  intranet  Too  many  clicks  Not  easily  searchable  Not  enough  people  with  rights  to  post  Content  hidden  in  containers  (fora,  glossaries)    But  most  importantly…  It’s  not  where  people  live.  

“Social  media  is  like  Pandora’s  Box”  –  Prof.  Grainne  Conole  

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Not just information, technology too… The two feed on each other…

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MY PERSONAL LEARNING NETWORK (PLN) WAS MY FILTER AND MY LIFELINE

ABOUT THE TOOLS

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ABOUT THE PEOPLE

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ABOUT THE PEOPLE

You have the building blocks…

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…how will you arrange them?

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• Low  Profile  • Low  Communica@on  

•  In  your  own  @me  

• High  Profile  • Low  Communica@on  

•  In  your  own  @me  

• Low  Profile  • Low  Communica@on  

•  In  your  own  @me  

• High  Profile  • High  Communica@on  

• Streamed  

Staff  Room  

Filing  Cabinet  

Magazine  Porholio  

Design your PLN. Build your filter.

You  

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TEACHERS/ACADEMICS AS NETWORKED PRACTITIONERS

IS THIS AN ORGANISATION?

SHOULD UNIVERSITIES BE MORE LIKE SPACE STATIONS?

DOCK YOUR PLN WITH US

DEAKIN’S CLOUD STRATEGY

DEAKIN NEEDS CLOUD ACADEMICS…

MY JOB: GROWING CLOUD ACADEMICS

Staff  development  through  a  connected  community  of  prac@ce  

HAROLD JARCHE WWW.JARCHE.COM

“Organiza@ons  need  to  extend  the  no@on  of  work  beyond  collabora@on,  beyond  teams,  and  beyond  the  corporate  fire  wall.  They  need  to  make  social  networks,  communi@es  of  prac@ce,  and  narra@ve  part  of  the  work.”  

COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE

High  touch   Low  touch  

Personal   Personal  coaching/conversa@ons  Aid  in  growing  PLN  

Provide  resources/self  help  guides  

Team   Assist  them  with  projects,  provide  team  wide  training  

Design  templates  to  support  processes,  design  &  development.    Create  checklists  and  other  support  materials.  

Community  of  Prac@ce   Facilitate  mee@ngs,  webinars,  etc  Community  management  

Curate  and  inform  Run  short  courses/miniMOOCs  Provide  the  community  habitat  

Network   Broker  rela@onships  with  experts  

Iden@fy  MOOCs,  external  resources,  OERs,    

HABITAT TECHNOLOGIES?

DIGITAL HABITATS: STEWARDING TECHNOLOGY FOR COMMUNITIES

Email  

Telephony  

Videoconference  

Teleconference  

Member  directory  Newsle)er  

Site  Index  

CHECK!

Email  lists  

Discussion  Boards  

Community  Public  Page  

Individual  Profile    Page  

Document  Management  

Version  Control  

SORTA…

Content  repository  

Whiteboard  

Commen@ng  

Applica@on  Sharing  

Individual  Profile    Page  

Tagging  

Blogs  

MIA…

Wikis  

Shared  Filtering  

Content  ra@ng  

Presence  Indicator  

Instant  Messaging  Networking  Tools/  Sites  

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COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE

Connected  Principals  with  George  Couros  

NETPRAX

Deakin  University,  Faculty  of  Health.  March  2013  -­‐  Jun  2014    Ins6lling  networked  prac6ce  for  personal  learning,  teaching  prac6ce  and  research  prac6ce  iPad  based  Yammer/Facebook/Blog  Twiner.com/netprax  Open  Badges  

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WELCOME TO YOUR NEW JOB!

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COMMUNITY MANAGER

BUILD A BRAND

GO WHERE PEOPLE ARE

BRING EXPERTS IN

VISUAL COMMUNICATOR

“The  rise  of  plaxorms  like  Pinterest  and  Instagram,  and  Facebook's  mul@million-­‐dollar  acquisi@on  of  the  la)er,  shows  how  visual  content  is  becoming  an  increasingly  important  force  for  communica@on  online.”  

"Pictures  have  also  become  a  short  form  way  of  communica@ng  lots  of  informa@on  quickly  and  succinctly,"  says  Samuals.  

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NMC HORIZON REPORT AUSTRALIA

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ORGANISE EVENTS (WORKSHOPS/TRAINING/CONFS)

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HAVE FOOD

ISSUE BADGES

CREATE A MAKER CULTURE

•  Here  Comes  Everybody  •  Making  is  Connec@ng  

ACTIVITY 1A

Map  out  your  community  (or  project)  •  Decide  on  a  name  •  Decided  which  networks/plaxorms  you  will  use  •  Check  if  the  name  and  #hashtag  are  free  •  Create  a  logo  (or  find  a  logo  you  like)  •  Map  out  some  regular  and  special  events,  guest  speakers,  

etc  

Get  peer  feedback  at  your  table.    Post  your  ideas  in  the  Ac@vity  1  forum  when  you  are  done.    

ACTIVITY 1B

Take  a  typical  Moodle  training  interven@on  you  usually  run,  and  redesign  it  using  the  networked  template  provided.  •  Think  of  ac@vi@es  and  ideas  at  all  4  levels.    •  Think  of  ac@vi@es  that  are  both  low  touch  and  high  touch  •  Be  as  specific  as  possible  

Get  peer  feedback  at  your  table.    Post  your  ideas  in  the  Ac@vity  1  forum  when  you  are  done.    

High  touch   Low  touch  

Personal   Personal  coaching/conversa@ons  Aid  in  growing  PLN  

Provide  resources/self  help  guides  

Team   Assist  them  with  projects,  provide  team  wide  training  

Design  templates  to  support  processes,  design  &  development.    Create  checklists  and  other  support  materials.  

Community  of  Prac@ce   Facilitate  mee@ngs,  webinars,  etc  Community  management  

Curate  and  inform  Run  short  courses/miniMOOCs  Provide  the  community  habitat  

Network   Broker  rela@onships  with  experts  

Iden@fy  MOOCs,  external  resources,  OERs,    

ACTIVITY 2

Create  a  Moodle  Tool  Guide  for  your  community    •  Add  a  logo  •  Adapt  tools  •  Adapt  important  informa@on  •  Include  links  to  important  contacts/Facebook/Twi)er  •  Etc  etc  

Get  peer  feedback  at  your  table.    Post  your  Moodle  Tool  Guide  in  the  Ac@vity  2  forum.  

14 Translations  Basque  Hebrew  Spanish  German  Portuguese  Brazilian  French  Norwegian  Catalan  Slovene  Dutch  Croa@an  …  …            

BE A DIGITAL PRESENCE COACH

• Low  Profile  • Low  Communica@on  

•  In  your  own  @me  

• High  Profile  • Low  Communica@on  

•  In  your  own  @me  

• Low  Profile  • Low  Communica@on  

•  In  your  own  @me  

• High  Profile  • High  Communica@on  

• Streamed  

Staff  Room  

Filing  Cabinet  

Magazine  Porholio  

Design your PLN. Build your filter.

You  

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84  CRICOS  Provider  Code:  00113B  

Steve  Wheeler  

Alec  Couros  

Mar@n  Weller  

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Inger  Mewburn  aka  Thesiswhisperer  www.thesiswhisperer.com  

CONNECTOR

Julian  Ridden  Aka  @moodleman  

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FAMILIAR FACES

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ACTIVITY 3A

Be  a  digital  presence  coach    •  Play  with  one  or  more  of  the  digital  presence  op@ons  discussed  

•  Discuss  the  pro’s  and  cons  at  your  table.    Post  a  review  of  the  tool,  as  well  as  a  link  or  a  screenshot  of  the  result,  to  the  Ac@vity  3  forum.  

ACTIVITY 3B

Be  a  digital  presence  coach  by  mapping  your  own  PLN    •  Map  your  PLN,  using  the  template  provided  or  any  other  tool  

•  Design  a  training  session  for  your  colleagues  to  visualize  their  own  PLN.  

 Post  your  PLN  map  as  well  as  your  training  idea  to  the  Ac@vity  3  forum.  

BE A CURATOR (AND ENCOURAGE CURATION)

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STEP  1:  SET  UP  YOUR  STREAMS  

Set  up  streams  

STEP  2:  REGULARLY  ACCESS  YR  STREAMS  

Access  Set  up  streams  

IPAD IS MAGIC FOR THIS

STEP 3: SELECT WHAT TO CURATE

This  is  all  value  you  add….  

•  Why?  •  Who  for?  •  What  value  to  me?  •  What  value  to  students?  •  What  value  to  others?  

Access   Select  Set  up  streams  

Collect  

STEP  4:  “TAG  IT  AND  BAG  IT”  

Access   Select  Set  up  streams  

Access   Select  

Collect  

Share  

OTHER  PART  OF  STEP  4:  SHARE  

Set  up  streams  

WHY SHOULD I USE OTHER CURATION TOOLS WHEN I HAVE MOODLE?�REASON 1: EASE

WHY SHOULD I USE OTHER CURATION TOOLS WHEN I HAVE MOODLE?�REASON 2: PUBLIC

WHY SHOULD I USE OTHER CURATION TOOLS WHEN I HAVE MOODLE?�REASON 3: OWNERSHIP & CONTINUED ACCESS

WHY SHOULD I USE OTHER CURATION TOOLS WHEN I HAVE MOODLE?�REASON 4: YOUR DIGITAL PROFILE/PLN

Core  resources  

Live  curated  resources  

Ambient  resources  

INTEGRATION WITH MOODLE

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ACTIVITY 4

Be  a  curator  (and  encourage  a  cura@on  culture)    •  Play  with  one  or  more  of  the  cura@on  op@ons  discussed  

•  Think  of  a  cura@on  strategy  that  would  work  for  your  goals  or  interests  

•  Discuss  the  pro’s  and  cons  at  your  table.    Post  your  strategy,  a  review  of  the  tool  as  well  as  a  link  or  a  screenshot  of  the  result,  to  the  Ac@vity  4  forum.  

BE A MOBILE COACH

ACTIVITY 5

Be  a  mobile  coach.  Encourage  the  sharing  and  talking  about  digital  and  mobile  prac@ces.      •  At  your  table,  talk  about  your  favourite  apps  •  Par@cipate  in  the  App  Fiesta.  •  Go  to  the  Google  slide  deck  and  create  1  slide  with  your  favourite  app  

 

FROM GUTENBERG TO ZUCKERBERG

John  Naughton:  “One  thing  we’ve  learned  from  the  history  of  communica@ons  technology  is  that  people  tend  to  over-­‐es@mate  the  short  term  impact  of  new  technologies  –  and  to  underes@mate  their  long  term  implica@ons”  

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   Website:  www.deakin.edu.au    Email:  joyces@deakin.edu.au    Blog:  www.cats-­‐pyjamas.net    Twi)er:  @catspyjamasnz      

May  the  network  be  with  you!