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Did I Ever Tell You the One About the Faculty Development, the LMS Migration and the iPod?

Clark Shah-NelsonCoordinator of Online Education, SUNY Delhi

SLOAN-C ALN Conference, November 7, 2008nelsoncs@delhi.edu

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The Setup: LMS MigrationProblem:Migrating from WebCT to Moodle: lots of need for training & support difficult to schedule synchronous training LMS training is more effective when learners can work

self-paced (pause/rewind/review, etc.) 2900 students, 200 faculty : 1 Coordinator

/ LMS Admin / Instructional Designer / LMS Helpdesk More and more remote faculty

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The Setup: Fac. Development

Idea: Provide training via iPod -

subscribed to podcast feed, coupled with Moodle orientation course(s)

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The Setup: Hardware iPod Classic (80 gig), case, USB, earplugs Desktop charger (as stand) Remote control AppleCare extended support

Cost per each full set: $341.23Can be re-distributed and reused infinite times

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The Setup: Software

iTunes Camtasia Studio - narrated screencast videos Feedburner.com - RSS feed Wordpress - blog -

http://tinyurl.com/doecast/ Confluence wiki (text/image documentation)

http://tinyurl.com/moodle/

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The Setup: Confluence Wiki

QuickTime™ and a decompressor

are needed to see this picture.

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The Setup: Why Wiki?

Text/Images - printable/PDF (as opposed to paper manual)

Skitch.com/Jingproject.com - image capture Embedded video (users have all options) Users can easily edit, comment and update

text/images according to changes and needs

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The Setup: Production Process Identify common training needs Produce short videos with Camtasia - save as

MPEG-4 for iPod Upload to blip.tv for auto-Flash conversion for

accessibility to all browsers/OS’s Post to blog (blip.tv automates) RSS feeds to iPods

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The Setup: Orientation

Users install iTunes on laptop/desktop Orientation to using iPod/iTunes Demonstration of working with iPod Subscribe to podcast and set up iPod Assign users to Moodle course(s) for

discussion/support

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The Setup: Orientation

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The Setup: Orientation

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The Setup: Entrance Survey stats:

100% own or owned a portable media player prior to participating

100% had never used a portable media player for viewing videos nor for faculty development

100% had f2f training for an LMS previously, along with paper and elec. handouts

0% had LMS training actually take place from within the LMS

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The Process Users work on own time/space Work on orientation courses as students, then

on their own course as designer/instructors Coordinator creates more videos as user

requests, questions and issues come in (just in time)

Discussion, questions, etc. in LMS courses Get the iPods back(!) and pass them on

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The Punchline

Does it work?

Do they learn?

Are they happy and satisfied?

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The Punchline

User Comments:Likes: “convenience and ability to replay videos

while using my computer” “Being able to watch the video, pause it,

and work on the course concurrently.”

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The Punchline: Satisfaction Learned Moodle skills? 100% Yes. Enjoyed convenience? 100% Yes. Used pause/rewind? 100% Yes. Reviewed entire videos? 100% Yes. Prefer to view video on computer? 33%

(screen size too small)

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More Faculty Comments: Likes “Ability to learn the material without having to be

on campus for a face-to-face training session.” “Ability to learn at my own pace.” “If something was unclear, I could review it as

many times as necessary.” “Having access to the material is a great refresher

if necessary from one semester to another.” “Each of the videos was short and succinct which

made it easier to grasp the concepts, review them, and consequently retain the material more effectively.”

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The End of the Joke… Guffaw, snicker, chuckle, kneeslap…

Questions? Comments?Clark Shah-Nelsonnelsoncs@delhi.edu