Moodling along with libraries

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Moodling along with libraries

/ Libraries supporting particular course requirements

/ Libraries embedded in the ‘online teaching world’

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How are teachers delivering flexible training?

ENTER LCMS....(Moodle, Blackboard, Sakai, SharePoint etc)

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2010 Sydney Institute Moodle Statistics

/ Number of courses: 1,400/ Number of Teachers: 1,300/ Number of Students: 17,000

/ 600-800 teachers access Moodle per week/ 7000-8000 students access Moodle per weekMoodle is used to support delivery of content online and in the workplace.

Moodle is used as a one stop shop for teaching and learning

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The project...../ Students start with their Moodle

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Moodles1. Diploma of Occupational Health and Safety2. Finding Information - Mechanical Engineering3. BSBADM502B Manage Meetings (Business administration)4. Sustainability in the Office (Business administration)5. SITHFAB021A Careers and Job seeking in the Hospitality Industry (Hospitality)6. SITXADM0023A/005A/306A Business Electives - Stage 3 (Hospitality)7. Tourism & Hospitality Computing 1(Hospitality)8. SIRRMER013A Design & Produce Store Plans and Floor Layouts (Visual merchandising)9. BSBWRK509A Manage Industrial Relations (Industrial Relations)10. BSBWRK410A Implement Industrial Relations Procedures (Industrial Relations)11. Advanced Diploma of Occupational Health and Safety

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Customised Subject Guides

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Added Value/ Customisation/ Providing relevant and quality information for the

course / Assisting with the teaching and learning process/ Range of resources - RSS feeds, databases etc / Teachers are time poor/ More control over library content

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Feedback

/ “Awesome program”

/ “It’s really helpful, thank you so much”

/ “I guess not everything can be found on Google”

/ “It’s great to know that students can still access the library’s resources from the workplace” – teacher

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Step 1 – what do I need?

Do you have:

/ a) Online subject guides?

/ b) Learning content management system (Moodle, Sakai, Blackboard, SharePoint etc)

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Step 2 – where do I start?

/ Have an example ready?

/ Create a template

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Step 3

PROMOTION!!!Email teachers, handouts, liaison librarians, attend staff meetings,

staff newsletters, staff Intranet

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The project begins...Set Up a Meeting!

Understand their Course contents/needs

All teacher needs are Different

All teaching Styles are Different – Need to customise content

Student abilities/capacities – skill, language level, TVET

Course Level... Degree? Cert II? Diploma?

Teacher Expectations?

What are your limitations? (time, staffing, skill..)

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Resources/ Access to student Learning Content Management System

/ Have assignments, quizzes, assessments

/ Course content – ppt, reading lists, websites

/ http://training.gov.au

What are the Units of Competency?

Training Packages

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Hints and Tips

/ Request editorial rights to their Learning Content Management System

/ Seek student and staff feedback

/ Ask teachers for ‘keywords’

/ Initially, have regular liaison meetings

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Exercise: Case Study : TVET Animal Studies

/ Content – resources

/ Look up the units of competency on http://training.gov.au

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Exercise: Case Study : TVET Animal Studies

1. How could the library ‘add value’ to the Moodle content and teacher delivery

2. What questions would you ask the teacher

3. Outline a plan to execute this projectEg. Steps for promotion, cost etc

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How could the library ‘add value’ to the Moodle content and teacher delivery

A) Moodle Content:/ Customised content: add library link under each weekly topic, relevant

to topic/ Type of content: websites, links, e-books, databases,

prescribed/recommended reading list, articles, videos, podcasts, vodcasts, RSS feeds

/ QR codes: allowing students to access via smartphones

B) Teacher Delivery/ Customised content so teachers use to teach class/ Educate teachers of relevant and library resources

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What questions would you ask the teacher

/ What is the balance between practical and theory/ Student capabilities and capacities (literacy and numeracy level)/ Demographic – age?/ Course delivery: face to face or online/ Content: keyword, terminology/ Are they using case studies?/ What are the assessment tasks?/ What resources are they currently using?/ Expectations of the library, what do you like about the library?/ Any additional skills the library can provide?/ Who uploads the content? Who is the e-learning person

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Outline a plan to execute this project/ Purpose / concept/ Permissions – access, content (parameters)/ P.R. : face to face meetings, emails, launch/ Maintenance – time management / Validation: staff, students (monkey survey)