Tiffany HarrellWalden University

EDUC 7101-2

The following presentation will analyze the diffusion of Moodle as a new technology innovation.

An environment for learner-focused education

Close the gap in teacher-student relationships

An evolution in the innovations of learning management systems (LMS)

How Moodle meets those needs:• Varying national options

and portal contents• Custom installation

features through visibility policies and interaction functionalities

Designed by an educator and computer scientist

Social constructionist principles

Solves issues in collaborative learning

Martin DougiamasCreator & Lead Developer

http://youtu.be/DyHep6CXV7s

Workflow of Moodle Tracker to fix problems and establish new features

Moodle Docs

281 Moodle Developers found at

http://moodle.org/mod/cvsadmin/view.php

Free and available online

Open-source software

Developers and users play the role of producing and distributing the creation of their courses to learners.

Moodle believes in using the social constructivist theory for spreading knowledge.

Mass media channels have helped to inform educators and businesses of the advantages of adopting Moodle.

Moodle depends on social interactions

Interpersonal channels assist individuals in spreading and forming opinions

Targets individuals, groups, and systems

To speed up the rate of adoption, Rogers (2003) suggests communicating ideas more rapidly in order for knowledge to be developed sooner.

Moodle’s privileges:• Anyone can be a course

creator• Use of existing resources• Active support community

Putting an adoption to use

Features of using Moodle:• Blogs• Grading Scales• Gradebook• Participation Logs• File Sharing

Reinforcement of an innovation

Over 37,000 organization users in 204 countries

Community of learners for users and developers

Invented in 1999 by Martin Dougiamas

September 2011- •Over 57,000 registered sites

•Over 5 million courses and 48 million users

•214 countries

•75 different languages

2009- Moodle is ranked the number one learning management system (LMS)

Began adoption in 2003

Innovators and Early Adopters: People in the field of

education and technology, particularly new teachers.

Digital natives

Trialability would assist K-12 educators in their adoption of Moodle.

Laggards: Educators with

many years of experience

Educators who are not interested in adopting technology

Observability would expose Moodle and influence its adoption.

Relative Advantage•FREE = Rapid adoption

Compatibility•Users create their own courses•Meets multiple learning styles

Trialability•Courses and uses can be experimented with

Davis, B., Carmean, C., & Wagner, E. (2009). Moodle moves to the front of the LMS adoption pack. Retrieved from http://www.learningsolutionsmag.com/articles/111/

Dodero, G., Ratcheva, D., Stefanova, E., Miranowicz, M., Vertan, C., & Musankoviene, V. (2007) .The virtual training center: a support tool for teachers community. Retrieved from http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/19/00/62/PDF/349-362.pdf

Moodle (2011a). Philosophy. Retrieved from http://docs.moodle.org/20/en/Philosophy#Social_constructivism

Moodle (2011b). Powerpoint moodle 1.9 presentation. Retrieved from http://download.moodle.org/download.php/docs/en/presentation_1.9_en.ppt

Moodle (2001c). Moodle statistics. Retrieved from http://moodle.org/stats/

Rogers, E. M. (2003). Diffusion of innovations (5th ed.). New York, NY: Free Press.