moodle lms - unplugged

From: <Chad.Outten@My Learning Space>To: <Esteemed Educators@LearnTel.conf.09>Date: <19 November 2009>Subject: <Learning Management Systems>

Moodle LMS Unplugged

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Clients

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1. Aren’t we a trendy bunch?!

- 98% households own a computer

- 90% internet connection

- More mobile phones than people

- More time surfing net than watching tv

- Online education fastest growing industry

Nielsen Online March 2008http://www.nielsen-online.com/pr/pr_080318_AU.pdf

Technology ®evolution

Australian Communications and Media AuthorityMedia and Society Report 2007http://acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_310893

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2. Imagine if...

...Anyone from anywhere could

learn about anything at anytime

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3. Drumroll please...

Learning management system

“A course-based system that enables participants to communicate & collaborate, access activities & resources, meanwhile being tracked, assessed & reported on via the web”.

-Chad Outten

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LMSGSOH Software

PHPDatabaseWeb Server

Browser InternetComputer

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4. Moodle LMS punches above its weight

Moodle LMS

Freely available

750k+ moodle.org

80 languages

200 countries

Open-source

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• Recent LMS Report from e-Learning Guild Research

• Moodle ranked first for:

- Cost

- Ease of installation, customisation & use

- Implementation time

- Business impact

- Assessment capabilities

- Support for Web 2.0http://moodle.mylearningspace.com.au/mod/resource/view.php?id=79

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5. Case Study

- Private Brisbane Girls’ School

- 3000 users in 300 courses in 3 years

- Champions & advocates

- Professional learning investment

- Mentor program

- Make learning communal & fun

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6. Social constructionism states...

- All of us are potential teachers as well as learners

- We learn well from expressing something for others

- We learn through observing peer activity

- By understanding learner context, we teach more effectively

- A learning environment must be flexible & adaptablehttp://docs.moodle.org/en/Pedagogy

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7. We are the web, so lets get social

Web Services Moodle Social Tools

BlogYoutube blockFlickr blockRSS blockTags page

My MoodleWiki activityChat activityMessaging

Twitter block

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Food for thought

Tell me & I forget.

Show me & I remember.

Let me do & I understand.-Confucius

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ResourcesMoodle Demo

http://moodle.mylearningspace.com.au

Moodle Community Site

http://moodle.org

Moodle Documentation Wiki

http://docs.moodle.org

Moodle Discussion Forum

http://moodle.org/course/view.php?id=5

Moodle Book

http://issuu.com/iusher/docs/usingmoodle2

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