Finding a happy medium in the delivery of core and bespoke support

University of Glasgow Learning Technology Unit

Introduction

» Who we are:

› 3 x Learning technologists

› 3 x Developers

» What we support:

› Core services

› Bespoke technologies

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Moodle

» First used in 2004

» 54 instances

» Moved to 2.x in 2012

» 44,521 users active in the last year

» 7,135 live courses

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Mahara

» 24,866 registered users

» 341 active users

» 66,356 pages

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Customising Moodle

» Moodle reports

» Moodle-MyCampus-CORE Integration

» Inspector

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Going beyond Moodle: LTI

» QTI Works

› Provides more complex questions than Moodle Quiz– Self-paced maths– Sequencing questions

» ACJ

› An alternative approach to peer reviewing

› A quick solution, but easy to integrate

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Bespoke solutions

» YACRS

› Replacing existing clicker systems– Student use their own device (web browser)– Staff can use Windows or Mac, works with all presentation software

› Being home grown means it fits our needs– Class list import– Integrated with University identity system

› Collaboration between teacher and LTU – Teacher driven design

› Open source ☺

› Demo version at www.myquizzes.co.uk (data is cleared out weekly)

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Pilots and scoping exercises

» Urkund

» Open Badges

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Managing expectations

» Xerte

» BBB

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Discussion

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Niall Barr: Niall.Barr@Glasgow.ac.uk

Craig Brown: Craig.Brown@Glasgow.ac.uk

Sarah Honeychurch: Sarah.Honeychurch@Glasgow.ac.uk

John Maguire: John.Maguire@Glasgow.ac.uk

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