moodlemoot 2009 plenary
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THE STARS CENTRE TM
...commitment to learning
Transition to Moodle
Jaci Lyndon
Manager, THE STARS CENTRE TM
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...commitment to learning
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The STARS MISSION
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Service Radius
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...commitment to learning
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MOBILE SIMULATOR
PROGRAMPROGRAM
RESEARCHRESEARCH
STARSSTARS INNOVATIONSINNOVATIONS
OUTREACHOUTREACH
STARSSTARSACADEMYACADEMY
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The Challenge
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What did we need?
• Flexibility easy to use
• Easy to use and maintain with 0.5 time educators
• Able to present information uploading PPTs, documents and video
• Need to track and evaluate learners
• Must be cost effective
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The Online MissionTo provide the education and training to enable the STARS team to safely and effectively execute its mission and meet all regulatory requirements
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The Blackboard Experiment
• Working with a Blackboard course site since 2003
• Primarily used by AMC, some Aviation use
• Provided effective platform for posting monthly articles & presentations
• Initially run by only one staff member
• No specific content designed for on-line use
• Did serve the initial needs
• One course site
• Limited support
• Unresponsive to calls
THE STARS CENTRE TM
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Why Moodle?
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Integration Challenges
“We are not in the business of education.”
“It costs so much less. Is it really any good?”
“Do you really need me to fix it today?”
“Can I do this from home? I flew my whole shift.”
“It didn’t cost anything so why do you still budget for curriculum development?”
THE STARS CENTRE TM
...commitment to learning
The Present
“That was fun, I’d have liked it to go further.”
“Can this be done on Moodle?”
“Remote access is so helpful, can we get it more stable?”
“I think Moodle should be able to do this.”
“This is fun, can I learn to do this?”
THE STARS CENTRE TM
...commitment to learning
Successes
• Champions developing in various departments
• Sharing curriculum development and uploading to encourage use across Education team
• Formalized Moodle training has been available
• Participating in conferences
• Staying on top of upgrades - factored in the workload for IT
THE STARS CENTRE TM
...commitment to learning
The FutureMoodle has joined the STARS family.
We are, in fact, a fully operational education department providing a variety of blended and online learning programs.
More Community Learning - internally & externally
Moodle will be given more attention for support and utilization.
THE STARS CENTRE TM
...commitment to learning
Keep Moodling,Have Fun!!