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Moodling with Moodle

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Moodling with Moodle

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

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About York

50,000 students

7,000 faculty & staff

11 faculties

21 research centres

2 campuses

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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

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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.

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FSC - Beyond WebCT 4.1

WebCT end of life

Faculty asking for more innovative tools

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Why Moodle

ATS– Open source– Easy install– Had all tools required

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Why Moodle

FSC– One of several solutions investigated– Had an existing install for research project– Had all tools required– Extensible & Scaleable

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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.

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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

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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

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ATS Pilot

Specific range of users

Language support

Specific tools

Open system

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FSC Pilot

FSC– started using Moodle for Research project,

Fall 2005version. 1.5

– Started using Moodle for Pilot, Fall 2006 version. 1.6.1

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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

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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

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The good, not so good, and ugly

The Good

Participation

Course development

Logging & tracking

Student experience

Support & traning

Tools

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The good, not so good, and ugly

The Not So Good

Tools

Version upgrade

Bugs

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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

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At the end of the day…

Buy-in

Technological

Training & Support

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Next Steps

Add Moodle as option for Fall 2007– Version selection– Training and migration– Infrastructure

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Future Plans

SCORM support

Portal integration

Document repositories

Addition tools– ePortfolio

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Questions?

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