moodling with moodle
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Moodling with Moodle. Agenda. About us Why start a pilot? About Moodle The challenges getting started Up and running The results Lessons learned. About York. 50,000 students 7,000 faculty & staff 11 faculties 21 research centres 2 campuses. Presenters. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
CANHEIT | Power Through Collaboration | May 27-30, 2007 | Moodling with Moodle
Agenda
About us
Why start a pilot?
About Moodle
The challenges getting started
Up and running
The results
Lessons learned
CANHEIT | Power Through Collaboration | May 27-30, 2007 | Moodling with Moodle
About York
50,000 students
7,000 faculty & staff
11 faculties
21 research centres
2 campuses
CANHEIT | Power Through Collaboration | May 27-30, 2007 | Moodling with Moodle
Presenters
Meron Hrycusko – Academic Technology Services
Lisa Caines Ogini – Faculty Support Centre
Rob Finlayson - Faculty Support Centre
CANHEIT | Power Through Collaboration | May 27-30, 2007 | Moodling with Moodle
Presenters
Meron Hrycusko – Academic Technology Services
Lisa Caines Ogini – Faculty Support Centre
Rob Finlayson - Faculty Support Centre
CANHEIT | Power Through Collaboration | May 27-30, 2007 | Moodling with Moodle
ATS - Beyond WebCT 4.1
Research Initiatives in Language Learning
Mentoring of secondary school students by post-secondary students
Faculty looking to utilize new tools such as wikis and blogs.
Faculty who dislike WebCT.
CANHEIT | Power Through Collaboration | May 27-30, 2007 | Moodling with Moodle
FSC - Beyond WebCT 4.1
WebCT end of life
Faculty asking for more innovative tools
CANHEIT | Power Through Collaboration | May 27-30, 2007 | Moodling with Moodle
Why Moodle
ATS– Open source– Easy install– Had all tools required
CANHEIT | Power Through Collaboration | May 27-30, 2007 | Moodling with Moodle
Why Moodle
FSC– One of several solutions investigated– Had an existing install for research project– Had all tools required– Extensible & Scaleable
CANHEIT | Power Through Collaboration | May 27-30, 2007 | Moodling with Moodle
Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment
Verb that describes the process of lazily meandering through something, doing things as it occurs to you to do them, an enjoyable tinkering that often leads to insight and creativity.
CANHEIT | Power Through Collaboration | May 27-30, 2007 | Moodling with Moodle
Martin Dougiamas
Started out as a hobby for Martin and evolved into the topic of his Ph.D. thesis:
“The use of Open Source software to support a social constructionist epistemology of teaching and learning within Internet-based communities of reflective inquiry.”
Version 1.0 released on August 20, 2002Version 1.9 scheduled for released Summer 2007
Over 200,000 users registered at Moodle.org
75 Languages in 175 Countries
CANHEIT | Power Through Collaboration | May 27-30, 2007 | Moodling with Moodle
ATS Pilot
Faculty of Arts– started piloting Moodle, Summer 2004
version. 1.5.3
– Fall 2006 Winter 2007 version. 1.7.1 version 1.7.1
CANHEIT | Power Through Collaboration | May 27-30, 2007 | Moodling with Moodle
ATS Pilot
Specific range of users
Language support
Specific tools
Open system
CANHEIT | Power Through Collaboration | May 27-30, 2007 | Moodling with Moodle
FSC Pilot
FSC– started using Moodle for Research project,
Fall 2005version. 1.5
– Started using Moodle for Pilot, Fall 2006 version. 1.6.1
CANHEIT | Power Through Collaboration | May 27-30, 2007 | Moodling with Moodle
FSC Pilot
Wide range of user skills with LMS/technology
Wide range of content
Variation of course disciplines & class sizes
Migration issues
Scalability & integration with existing systems– SIS, LDAP, Turnitin
Were looking for maximum of 12 participants
CANHEIT | Power Through Collaboration | May 27-30, 2007 | Moodling with Moodle
The challenges getting started
Buy-in– What if we don’t continue with Moodle?– Learning curve
Pedagogical– Why not just stay with WebCT
Technological
Training & Support
CANHEIT | Power Through Collaboration | May 27-30, 2007 | Moodling with Moodle
The good, not so good, and ugly
The Good
Participation
Course development
Logging & tracking
Student experience
Support & traning
Tools
CANHEIT | Power Through Collaboration | May 27-30, 2007 | Moodling with Moodle
The good, not so good, and ugly
The Not So Good
Tools
Version upgrade
Bugs
CANHEIT | Power Through Collaboration | May 27-30, 2007 | Moodling with Moodle
The good, not so good, and ugly
The Ugly
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Faculty Response
For me the big difference with Web CT was the ease with which this virtual Luddite could manage the site. I recall constant frustration uploading materials to Web CT, by contrast with which Moodle was simplicity itself. Moreover, the more I learned, the more I realized was possible with the software. – Ross Rudolph, Political Science
My experience with Moodle has been pure pleasure (of course with somefrustration added in when it didn't do absolutely everything I wanted,immediately). Moodle's a breeze to use, and I was up and running ina matter of minuets (not days or weeks like other LCMSs that I've used(or helped design!). Its versatile, adaptable, comes with a myriad offunctions from which to choose, and is easily understood by studentusers. I'm a very happy user.– Karen Anderson, Sociology
CANHEIT | Power Through Collaboration | May 27-30, 2007 | Moodling with Moodle
At the end of the day…
Buy-in
Technological
Training & Support
CANHEIT | Power Through Collaboration | May 27-30, 2007 | Moodling with Moodle
Next Steps
Add Moodle as option for Fall 2007– Version selection– Training and migration– Infrastructure
CANHEIT | Power Through Collaboration | May 27-30, 2007 | Moodling with Moodle
Future Plans
SCORM support
Portal integration
Document repositories
Addition tools– ePortfolio