drupal for education

Drupal Education

Robert Castelo & Dominik Lukeš

Dominik LukešOpen Source Education

Suitability

• Brochure website

• eCommerce

Outward Facing Websites

Suitability

• Research Projects

• Events

• VLE (Virtual Learning Environments)

• LCMS (Learning Content Management System)

Internal Projects

Research Projects

• Sharing Information

• Communication

Biblio Module

Manage and display lists of scholarly publications.

• Import formats: BibTex, RIS, MARC, EndNote tagged and XML.

• Export formats: BibTex, EndNote tagged and XML.

• Output styles: AMA, APA, Chicago, CSE, IEEE, MLA, Vancouver.

• In-line citing of references

http://drupal.org/project/biblio

eJournal ModuleJournal and article publishing system

• Journals• Volumes• Issues• Articles and sections• Authors, editors, and proof-readers• Archives• Access controlhttp://drupal.org/project/ejournal

eJournal ModuleJournal

Volume

Issue

Journal

Volume

Issue

Webform Module

Create forms to gather data from users

• Questionnaires• Surveys• Polls• Table view of results• E-mail results option • Download results as a csv file option

http://drupal.org/project/webform

Events

• Conferences

• Workshop

• Meetings

Conference ModuleWorkflow for managing conference papers

• Post papers

• Assign reviewers to papers

• Manage reviews

• Access permissions to papers and reviews

• Email notifications

http://drupal.org/project/conference

Create papers

Email notification

Paper added as attachment

List of user’s papers

List of user’s papers

Status Review

Assign reviewer

Acceptance of paper

Acceptance management

VLE

Provides a collection of tools such as those for assessment, communication, uploading of content, return of students' work, peer assessment, administration of student groups, collecting and organising student grades, questionnaires, tracking tools, etc.

While originally created for distance education, VLEs are now most often used to supplement traditional face to face classroom activities, commonly known as Blended

Learning.

Virtual Learning Environments

Quiz Series of questions - one question per page

Suitable for:

• Online courses

• Self-learning programs

• Training programs

• Supplementary classroom activities

http://drupal.org/project/quiz

Quiz Module

XML-based standard data interchange format for test questions.

• In development for Quiz module

Question and Test Interoperability (QTI)

Grade Book ModuleAssignments grouped as Grade Books

• Teachers create Grade Books

• Teachers create assignments

• Teachers enter grades and leave a note

• Students view grades and notes

http://drupal.org/project/gradebook

The Future

LCMS

• Deliver training

• Tracking training

• Managing training

Learning Content Management Systems

SCORM

• Standards for sharing educational content

• Defines how content is packaged as a ZIP file.

• Sets rules specifying the order in which a learner may experience the content

• In development for Drupal:

http://drupal.org/project/scorm

Sharable Content Object Reference Model

Moodle Integration

• Display course information on the Drupal site with links to the appropriate places on the Moodle site.

• Single Sign On using OpenID or LDAP

http://drupal.org/project/moodle