SEVEN YEARS ON: LEARNING

TECHNOLOGIES IN A SEA OF ISLANDS

Dhiraj Bhartu Theresa Koroivulaono

Overview

• Introduction & LMS Background • Statistics & Architecture • Early Warning System • LMS Application Suite • Future Plans • Questions

Introduction

• USP Organization • USP’s Network infrastructure

• AARNet • USPNet

USPNet Hawaii

Federated States!of Micronesia

Palau

Guam

Papua New Guinea

Australia

New Zealand

Ku-band Communication Satellite (IS-18)

USPNet: Binding the Pacific Together

C-band Communication Satellite (NSS-9)

Solomon Islands

Vanuatu FijiTonga Niue Cook

Islands

Samoa

Tokelau

Nauru

Kiribati

Tuvalu

Marshall Islands

AARNet

Background of USP on LMS

• WebCT (2001 – mid 2007) • 2005 Centre for Flexible Learning (CFL) given

the task of exploring free open source software • Software selected for testing: Moodle, Sakai,

Atutor and Edison (plone-based used by the School of Law)

• Moodle officially adopted as USP’s LMS at the end of 2007 version 1.5

• Moodle now in 2014 has version 2.6

Statistics

Moodle courses

Staff using Moodle

Student using Moodle

0% 25% 50% 75% 100%

2007 2014

ARCHITECTURE

Early Warning System

LMS Application Suites

FUTURE PLANS

• Leaning analytics • Disaster management strategies • Deeper focus in mobile learning • Early Warning System (EWS) enhancement