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Moodling at WCT

Peter Kilcoyne

Director of ILT

Worcester College of Technology

Moodling at Worcester College of Technology

• A regional perspective• History of Moodle at WCT• The WCT approach to Moodle• Moodle in Sharepoint• An exemplar course• Podcasting from Moodle• Video Resourses in Moodle• The Virtual Language Lab• MR CUTE

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The Moodlification of the West Midlands

History of Moodle at WCT

• 2000 – 2006 WebCT – limited success but….

• Moodle pilot, 29 out of 30 preferred• Sharepoint• Launch of Moodle integrated with

Sharepoint Sept 2006• Over 100% increase in VLE usage after 3

months

The Worcester Approach to Moodle

• The Team, Director of ILT, Content Developer and Technical Support

• Moodle in Sharepoint• Single sign on• Study Centres• Open courses (policy not to use enrolment keys

unless there is a good reason)• Lots of pedagogically based training• Encourage use of Forums, Glossaries, Podcasting

and Video

The Worcester Approach to MoodleBuilding a great Moodle course

• A place to do things not just a place to get things. (quizzes, forums, wikis, glossaries, journals, webquests etc)

• A place that appeals to different learning styles. (video, podcasting, images, drag and drop as well as text based resources)

• A place that supports differentiation. (differentiated resources, weblinks, extension activities)

Customisation

• How far do you go? The Gloscat lesson

• Moodle webparts in sharepoint

• Gong, Feedback, Media Wiki

Moodle in Sharepoint

• Access from inside and outside College

• A Portal for Moodle, email, resources and college information

• Moodle Webparts• My site (the start of a

PLE?)• Video on demand

An exemplar courseAS Psychology

• Moodle and AS Psych• The Course• Wiki

Podcasting

Promoting – a little bribery goes a long way

Cool Jazz and Physics

Drunk Mandarin

A Murder Story

Video Resources

• Beef Carbonnade • Video on demand

system• Building Moodle

activities around a video

• Teacher tube, youtube, video jug etc

The Virtual Language Lab

• Background• Building, moodle,

audacity and gong• Mandarin• Gong 1

Gong 2• Screenshot

MR CUTE

• Moodle Repository Create Upload Tag Embed

• JISC Repository Project

• Add functionality to Moodle Repository

MRCUTE

EMBED

“Some conclusions”or “Why Moodle is THE e-learning killer

app”• Management, teachers, techies, support

staff and students all like it

• It’s “Free”

• Easy to use

• Customising

• Pedagogically sound

Any Questions?

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