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Moodling with Moodle

Moodling with Moodle. Agenda. About us Why start a pilot? About Moodle The challenges getting started Up and running The results Lessons learned. About York. 50,000 students 7,000 faculty & staff 11 faculties 21 research centres 2 campuses. Presenters.

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Moodling with Moodle

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  1. Moodling with Moodle

  2. Agenda • About us • Why start a pilot? • About Moodle • The challenges getting started • Up and running • The results • Lessons learned

  3. About York • 50,000 students • 7,000 faculty & staff • 11 faculties • 21 research centres • 2 campuses

  4. Presenters • Meron Hrycusko – Academic Technology Services • Lisa Caines Ogini – Faculty Support Centre • Rob Finlayson - Faculty Support Centre

  5. Presenters • Meron Hrycusko – Academic Technology Services • Lisa Caines Ogini – Faculty Support Centre • Rob Finlayson - Faculty Support Centre

  6. 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.

  7. FSC - Beyond WebCT 4.1 • WebCT end of life • Faculty asking for more innovative tools

  8. Why Moodle • ATS • Open source • Easy install • Had all tools required

  9. Why Moodle • FSC • One of several solutions investigated • Had an existing install for research project • Had all tools required • Extensible & Scaleable

  10. 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.

  11. 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, 2002 Version 1.9 scheduled for released Summer 2007 Over 200,000 users registered at Moodle.org 75 Languages in 175 Countries Martin Dougiamas

  12. ATS Pilot • Faculty of Arts • started piloting Moodle, Summer 2004version. 1.5.3 • Fall 2006 Winter 2007 version. 1.7.1 version 1.7.1

  13. ATS Pilot • Specific range of users • Language support • Specific tools • Open system

  14. FSC Pilot • FSC • started using Moodle for Research project, Fall 2005version. 1.5 • Started using Moodle for Pilot, Fall 2006 version. 1.6.1

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. The good, not so good, and ugly The Good • Participation • Course development • Logging & tracking • Student experience • Support & traning • Tools

  18. The good, not so good, and ugly The Not So Good • Tools • Version upgrade • Bugs

  19. The good, not so good, and ugly The Ugly

  20. 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

  21. At the end of the day… • Buy-in • Technological • Training & Support

  22. Next Steps • Add Moodle as option for Fall 2007 • Version selection • Training and migration • Infrastructure

  23. Future Plans • SCORM support • Portal integration • Document repositories • Addition tools • ePortfolio

  24. Questions?

  25. Moodling with Moodle

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