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Transforming the Instructional LandscapeScott Delinger
Scott DelingerIT Strategic Initiatives OfficerOffice of the AVP and Vice-Provost (Information Technology)Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic)
BLUF: moving to Moodle
Transition from Blackboard Vista to Moodle 2.0
LMS use at UAlberta
Process & Reasons for Choosing Moodle
Results of Our Moodle 2.0 Pilot (Winter Term 2011)
Migration Process from Vista to Moodle 2.0
Migration Process from ‘mini-Moodles’ to Moodle 2.0
Outcomes (Needs Arising, Next Steps)
Transition from Blackboard Vista to Moodle 2.0
WebCT centrally supported since 199815,000 course sections in Vista since 2007AB School of Business: Blackboard since 2004Moodles since 2005Moodles:
Campus St Jean, CS, English, History, Augustana, Humanities Computing, Physics, Philosophy, Psychology, Engineering, Education
Static WebsitesPublishers’ Websites
LMS at UAlberta
LMS Review in 2009Support for Bb Vista to end in January 2013VPIT: arm's-length research, reportResearch: LMSes available, in use. Features.Reasons:o Local experienceo Existing Moodleso Flexibilityo AB School Districtso Other PSE Institutionso Respect the Students (an aside)
Process & Reasons for Choosing Moodle
LMS @ University of
AlbertaFirst Year Student Experience
Victoria Smart
Biological Sciences - First Year
Fall 2010 Winter 2011
Course Online Content
Biology
Chemistry
Math
EAS
English
Course Online Content
Biology
Statistics
EAS
English
Systems Accessed
O EASO Department Site O eClass
O ChemistryO Department Site O eClass
O MathO Publisher SiteO eClass
O BiologyO Department Site
1st Term
A closer look…………….
Systems Accessed
O EASO eClass
O StatsO eClassO Department SiteO Publisher Site
O BiologyO Department Site
O EnglishO Moodle
2nd Term
Advantages DisadvantagesO Accessibility of
contentO Electronic copy of
contentO Examples of
correct work
O Multiple IDs and passwords
O Trying to remember where different content is located
O Many systems to learn
O Have to print most things
LMS @ U of A
Wish List
O More organized content
O Not so many places to login
O Clearer instructionsO Practice exams that
we can take onlineO No moving of
content during term
O More help for instructors who don’t understand the tools
Steps:o Choose a platform that instructors would embrace
o Easy to useo Pre-populate required materialo Grade book
o Maintain consistent yet not slavish design layouto Provide training materials and workshops for instructorso Encourage tool use
Addressing Student Concerns
Pilot parameters:o Must be positive experience allowing for transformationo Must represent wide variety of class typeso Must inform our design of production environmento Must help us develop training resourceso Must reveal Vista to Moodle translation needso Must offer all Vista tools and more
Project Team:o Ownershipo Project Managero CTL Tech team, AICT Managed Serviceso CSJ Moodle Devo Communicationso Trainingo Oversight cmte
Moodle 2.0 Pilot, Winter Term 2011
Very positive feedback*Concerns:
o Forumso File managemento ‘Linearity’ or scrollingo Elluminate (oops)
Next Steps: Spring Term 2011, project plano Plan includes work packages, comm plan, training plan
Results of Moodle 2.0 Pilot
Migration from Bb Vista to Moodle 2.0
Look at course complexityo How many are simple courses?o How many will be manual conversions?o How well do commercial migration tools work?o A number of instructors prefer starting from “scratch”.o How many Moodle instances will be used? Faculties may want admin
rights.o Will unit(s) move as programs or individual courses?
Migration from mini-Moodles (Moodle 1.x) to Moodle 2.0
Many Faculties have their own instances of Moodle ranging from 1.5 -> 1.9 that need to be migrated to Moodle 2.x o Any third-party plugins must be converted firsto How many use third-party plugins?o What Moodle version do Faculties run? May imply many steps.o Migration process document provided by CSJ.o New Moodle 1.9 -> Moodle 2.x conversion toolso Help from CTL/CSJ provided to all Faculties
Communicate, Communicate, Communicate
University communications challenges o Five campuses, other outlying siteso Decentralized structureo 18 faculties, 78 departments, many non-academic unitso Email not universally reado Google Apps projecto 8,400 faculty, librarians, grad assts, other academic staffo 6,500+ support staffo 37,600 undergrad, grad students; 14,300 extension students
Outcomes: Needs Arising
o Themes - Default and Faculty-specifico Forum managemento Grade book modifications - allowing 10ths*o E-portfolios - Maharao Google integration - groups, sites etc.o Peoplesofto IMS and SSOo Elluminate Live web conferencingo Lecture capture
Outcomes: Next Steps
o Spring Term and Summer Termo Set up production hardware environmento Automate data conversiono Invite instructors to transition courses for Fall Termo Continue to develop training materials, workshopso Celebrate stellar adoption and uses in Festival of
Teaching
Questions?
http://www.moodle.ualberta.ca/
Thanks to Victoria Smart, UAlberta student
