sharing your moodle - moodle (mini) moot

Sharing your Moodle

Moodle (mini) Moot

Wellington, 2010

David Sturrock, NMIT

Two models

Single shared site – Learning on the Loop hosting 3+ schools (http://learningon.theloop.school.nz)

Moodle Networking (Mnet) – NMIT Online networked with multiple Moodle/Mahara sites (http://ecampus.nmit.ac.nz)

Learning on the Loop

• Established 2007 to support The Loop• Taster/collaboration site, relationships,

potential bridging to NMIT• Cheap LMS solution (share hosting costs)• 3 schools using as LMS, 2 more

considering• Approx 400 courses, 600+ active users

How it works

• Established usage policies• Implementation, admin & support• Create categories for each school• Single contact & category manager role• Account creation (manual, Loop SQL export),

MoE MLE project sponsoring SSO pilot• Theming, home page & myMoodle• Course enrolments – enrolments keys

Issues

• Navigation expectations• User management• Enrolment process• Lack of collaborative initiatives• Differing expectations for site wide settings• Costs of adding 3rd party modules and

major version upgrades

Future

• More schools & increase collaboration, exchange and inter-school PD/support

• Add other features (SMS linking, bulk enrolments)

• Link with other services (ePortfolio, repositories, Individual learning plans)

• Become a regional hub for independent Moodle sites

NMIT Online

• Small polytechnic, using since 2005• Approx 350 active courses;

– 210 web supported– 48 web enhanced– 38 fully online

• 1700 active users in 2010• Restructuring for 2011, including shedding

qualifications

TANZ

The TANZ MyLearn Network Pilot 2008

Creating a Flexible eLearning Network

Mnet overview• Allows sites to share authenticated users• Controls who can roam between sites and

what theme they see, share logs• Publish selected courses for enrolment• Local site enrols users on remote courses

as students, one by one*• Local site cannot assign users to other

roles on remote courses*

TANZ Network Pilot 2008

TANZ myLearn

Hub hosting 6 NZ Dip

Bus Papers

TeachingNZDB 130

Org & Management.

TeachingNZDB 541Marketing

TeachingNZDB 630Leadership

TeachingNZDB 400

Accounting PrinciplesTeachingNZDB 550

Business Computing

TeachingNZDB 510

Commercial Law

MNet models now in use

• Linking to common service sites – Mahara, Loop• Distributed model – NMIT students study NZ Dip Bus courses with EIT & CPIT• Hub – TANZ FLM courses on myLearn, TANZ project & staff development courses on Network Support

NMIT NZ Dip Bus options

TeachingNZDB 630Leadership

TeachingNZDB 510

Commercial Law

Students

First Line Management

TANZ myLearnFirst Line

Mgmt courses

Students & Teacher

Students & Teacher

Students & Teacher

Students & Teacher

Students & Teacher

Students & Teacher

TANZ Network Support Site

TANZ Network Support

site - projects &

PD

Improvements

• Documenting processes• Net admin role• Developments (1.9 & hopefully core 2.1)

– Role mapping– Role assignment via “shell” courses– Support for multiple MNet versions

• Possible future developments– Groups and grades

Acknowledgements

• Keith Tyler-Smith - TANZ project 2008• TANZ & University of Waikato jointly

funding latest developments• Peter Bulmer (Catalyst)• Teresa Gibbison (U of W), Rachel Pringle

(TANZ), David Sturrock (NMIT)