Use MAHARA m

essen

ger to

share

docum

ents/p

resen

tation

s links

from GOOGLE

DRIVE + DROPBOX.

Share

your

refere

nce/b

ibliog

raphy

list w

ith ot

her in

teres

ted pa

rties a

nd as

k the

m to co

ntribu

te.

Share

your

mind

maps

and b

rains

torm

ideas

with

othe

rs an

d ask

them

to co

ntribu

te.

Set u

p a pr

oject

and m

anag

e the

chan

ges w

ith ot

hers

who s

hare

the sa

me vi

sion.

Use M

AHAR

A’s m

essa

ging s

ystem

to co

nnec

t with

othe

r use

rs on

line a

s you

work

.

Wor

k with

your

subje

ct lib

raria

ns to

prov

ide ta

ilore

d res

ource

s for

your

stud

ents.

Set u

p a sh

ared

grou

p and

co-cr

eate

page

s and

colle

ction

s for

a pr

oject.

Make

publi

c coll

ectio

ns us

ing gr

oup a

nd in

dividu

al jou

rnals

.

Embe

d Wiki

Page

s into

Mah

ara f

orum

s and

Pag

es.

Crea

te ac

tion l

earn

ing se

ts ar

ound

grou

p Mah

ara p

ages

.Cr

eate

and e

dit P

ages

and C

ollec

tions

toge

ther.

Join

togeth

er by

crea

ting g

roup

s/disc

ussio

n for

ums.

Uploa

d and

share

files

and r

esou

rces f

or rem

ote gr

oup w

ork.

Use M

ahara

Droid

to sh

are co

ntent

from

your

andro

id ph

one o

r table

t.

Share

imag

es an

d vide

os fro

m yo

ur iPh

one o

r iPad

using

Portfo

lioUp

.

Crea

te tem

plates

to en

coura

ge br

inging

toge

ther a

varie

ty of

expe

rtise k

nowle

dge,

and e

xperi

ence

s.

Collabo

rative

resou

rce: w

ith lan

ding "

conten

ts" pa

ge th

en lin

k to ot

her u

sers s

hared

page

s usin

g secr

et URLs.

Create MAHARA page with images to introduce yourself to a new students... ‘My Life’ or ‘My work’.

Explore MAHARA for learner employability... create CVs to communicate 'about themselves'

Use MAHARA as gateway from teachers' academic resume to their courses on LMS's.

Students curate learning resources for their peers shared openly using secret URL.

Use a MAHARA page to provide info + resources required for a group project.

Ask learners to create videos of their practice + upload for critical reflection.

Use GOOGLE forms to create a survey - what I need from the course.

Use MAHARA User Manual at http://manual.mahara.org.

Create a ‘Collection’ of Pages for a course.Summarise a topic and collate related materials in a Page.Upload how to videos and guides with step by step instructions.

Learn more from MAHARA 1.4 Cookbook by Ellen Marie Murphy.

Get MAHARA Portfolios: Beginner’s Guide by Derrin Kent + Richard Hand.

Be creative when choosing resources - use it to showcase MAHARA’s potential.

Get students to help build/refresh the content based on clear objectives + rubrics.

Use MAHARA as a PDP tool for yourself as a professio

nal using the resume + journal tool.

Create MAHARA groups to cre

ate initial material + let st

udents enhance it a

longside their learning.Send info page on URL link to students who attended Summer School around study skills support.

Create a user community eg G+/Facebook to share pages/collections + network.

Enable ‘tag clouds’ to identify the most important aspects of your work.

Create a 'newsletter' in a MAHARA page to keep audience up-to-date.

Connect and communicate with other social media networks.

Present your best work and CV to potential employers.

Share Pages/Collections of your work with peers/tutors.Create a discussion forum to host FAQ’s.Create common interest groups.

Embed a course Twitter feed into MAHARA pages.

Create help and FAQ pages using MAHARA pages.

Engage with others by messaging individuals/groups.

Share collections on a PADLET board to disseminate project outcomes.

Embed GOOGLE Hangouts within MAHARA for practical discussions.

Add RSS feeds to your Profile Page to instantly share your interests with others.

MAHARA to document/advertise finishing stu

dents about employment + employability.

Foster fin

al year st

udents use of M

ahara to create their re

sume + communicate about th

emselves.

Use PA

GES for re

search

and d

issert

ation p

roposa

ls and

easily

share

with tut

or for

refer

ence

& commen

ts.

Subm

it port

folios

throu

gh M

OODLE v

ia the

MAH

ARA a

ssign

ment s

ubmiss

ion pl

ugin

for M

oodle

.

Journ

alism

stud

ents

create

news

stori

es (te

xt, vi

deo,

imag

e) for

peer

review

& su

b-edit

ing.

Crea

te tem

plates

(pag

es/co

lectio

ns) fo

r the s

tuden

ts to

copy

to th

eir ow

n port

folios

.

Crea

te mo

re str

uctur

ed M

AHAR

A tem

plates

with

more

emph

asis

on re

flecti

on.

Colla

te co

urse

work

outpu

ts int

o a PA

GE fo

r con

tinuo

us as

sess

ment.

Crea

te PA

GES

to illu

strate

achie

veme

nt of

learn

ing ou

tcome

s.Po

st pe

er/tu

tor fe

edba

ck to

a Pa

ge (f

orma

tive o

r sum

mativ

e).

Use M

AHAR

A to

create

Lear

ning j

ourn

als.

Crea

te a P

AGE

as an

onlin

e Pos

ter pr

esen

tation

.

Use M

AHAR

A pa

gKee

p it m

anag

eable

and p

rovid

e exe

mplar

s for

lear

ners.

Use M

AHAR

A Pa

ges t

o disp

lay O

pen B

adge

s acq

uired

elsw

here

.

Crea

te a d

igital

anno

tated

bibli

ograp

hy of

rese

arch r

esou

rces u

sed f

or pro

jects.

Build

a se

lf ass

essm

ent te

mplat

e for

the le

arners

to co

py an

d fill

in - r

etain

acce

ss to

it.

Use M

AHAR

A PAG

ES to

show

case

files

/pres

entat

ions e

mbed

ed fro

m oth

er we

b serv

ices.

Build

a tem

plate

of lea

rning

outco

mes fo

r stud

ents

to do

cumen

t prog

ress a

nd de

velop

ment.

Submit r

eflectiv

e e-po

rtfolio

in seco

nd lan

guag

e dem

onstr

ating t

he sk

ills ac

quire

d in yo

ur cou

rse.

How do you use MAHARAto engage your students in learning?

@LearningWheel by @DebKellsey

#LearningWheel

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earnin

gWhee

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tion co

urtesy

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al thin

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enius.

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nMMath

ers.

RESOURCELEARNINGWHEEL @MaharaNursing

CAPTAINJAYE RYAN

Birmingham CityUniversity UK.

The MAHARA Resource LearningWheel specialist collaborators/organisations include... @MaharaNursing - Birmingham City University. @lahamilton32 - University of the West of Scotland. @karenmcgrath13 - Birmingham City University. @bex83 - Swindon College.

@donpresant, Learning Agents, Winnipeg, Canada. @samwisefox - Cranfield University, Defence & Security. @eddbolton - Southampton Solent University.@SolentRoger - Southampton Solent University. @anzeljg - POVSOD, Ljubljana, Slovenia. @lesley.mccannell - Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Canada.

@dajan, University of Lausanne for Teachers Education, Switzerland. @HadlowCollege, Kent UK. @JimJUK - Warwick University. @warwicklanguage - Warwick University. @d.bell - kiwiconnexion.nz.

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