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Moodle at PWSDCollaboration, Online Education
and Classroom Extension.
Outline What is Moodle How Moodle came to PWSD Needs Moodle can fill Who is using Moodle now? What is it Jon Does? What’s coming up next?
How Moodle came to PWSD
The Need
The Promise
AISI projects needed a way to share and work when they were not together.
PREP was on schedule to deliver document sharing and other collaboration tools.
The FailureAfter many attempts, PREP under IBM was laid to rest.
The Solution December 2006 Jon was approached to
build a place for AISI to work using Moodle With Jon building and Joan Coy training
and promoting collaboration finally got off the ground. By
Needs Moodle can fill
Collaboration
Deliver full courses online for credit.
Classroom extensionSupport brick and mortar schools with learning objects, online testing, extra help, discussion groups and more.
Online education
Bring professional learning communities together•Share documents•Discuss ideas•Co-author materials•ePortfolios
What Moodle is not …. An Asian noodle dish A Portal A “good” file repository Dreamweaver replacement A for-print exam bank An ePortfolio solution,
but more on that later.
Who is using Moodle now
collaboration.pwsd76.ab.ca 282 real users, who have accessed the site
since September 2007.
19 Active professional learning committees
Site visits are nearly doubling each month since July 2007 and we are currently receiving an average of 126 visits and almost 5000 hits per day!
collaboration.pwsd76.ab.ca Stats
eCommunity.pwsd76.ab.ca 3 full-time core science courses (BCP) 4 course supplements (blended learning) 2 school websites 6 trial courses (just playing in the sand)
This site just got started and has not been promoted yet around the district. It was build to host the BCP courses.
Teacher comments “Collaboration such as we have done is great! In
small schools, we often work in isolation. The Moodle site overcomes this problem to some extent”
“Meeting, working and sharing ideas with a large number of math teachers is beneficial in test development. Moodle is an excellent tool for communication. The shared resources allow options within the classroom.”
These are teacher comments from the qualitative questionaire completed in June 2007. The population is the16 teachers from Numeracy Division 4
What exactly does Jon do?
What it takes to keep Moodle running.
Technical Install and support
Machine setup – virtualization Server OS Moodle packages Database backend: mysql Add-ons: scripting languages, feature extensions
Security Anti-virus Backup Access rights
Troubleshoot Network bandwidth / or speed of access
Communications Help desk
Email and call support for users Support AISI coordinators as they build their
areas. Create starting areas or templates for schools
or PLCs Presentations or in-service work
Present at AISI meetings Visit schools Meet with any group wishing to start a PLC
Author Site Design
Create constant navigation across all areas Create and update front page Maintain site-wide theme
Course and Content Author Create training materials Publishing BCP courses (with help from Joan and Wanda) Create science professional learning
communities Create science course extensions
Other Predict and prepare for future needs Research how others are using Moodle Test out new add-ons or extensions
Trial installs of new additions of moodle Gather data for presentations
Did not work for today Promote online collaboration
Moving Forward The current Moodle role should be divided.
For me, I’d like to decrease in technical.
Increase in authorship, seminars, in-services, and team building.
What’s coming up next
Short Term Collaboration
Complete the in-servicing of all AISI Establish science learning communities
Online Education Complete the hosting of BCP courses Establish several new offerings with PAVE
Classroom Extension Complete the hosting of online assessments for Science
10, 14, 24, and Biology 30 Find and work with one or two teachers who would like
their students to blog or discuss online.
Technical: oodle meets mahara
The time has come for ePortfoliosAthabasca is using ELGGWe’re looking at mahara.org
Long Term Collaboration
All groups comfortable and active Online Education
Full course offerings available Classroom Enhancement
All schools with a presence Classes that want have robust online activites
Technical Separate file repository Bring online several physical servers Tie into new Portal