Moodle Pedagogy, at Online Educa 2009

Martin Dougiamas Moodle Founder and Lead Developer Executive Director, Moodle Pty Ltd

Seeking quality in pedagogy via community-driven open source development Martin Dougiamas Moodle Founder and Lead Developer Executive Director, Moodle Pty Ltd

Pedagogical Referent 1. All of us are potential teachers as well as learners - in a true collaborative environment we are both 2. We learn particularly well from the act of creating or expressing something for others to see 3. We learn a lot by just observing the activity of our peers 4. By understanding the contexts of others, we can teach in a more transformational way (constructivism) 5. A learning environment needs to be ﬂexible and adaptable, so that it can quickly respond to the needs of the participants within it Copyright 2009 © Martin Dougiamas

Open Source Software Basic rights for everyone Free to download Free to use Free to explore, modify and extend Free to distribute (under GPL) And you are also... Free to help with development Free to choose your service supplier Free to run a business using it Free to use something else! Copyright 2009 © Martin Dougiamas

Learning Platform Repositories SIS User contributions Portfolios Authentication Course design Mods Modules Payment Conferencing Moodle Core Reports Plagiarism Open Source Other Systems Course Management System (Open Source or Proprietary) Copyright 2009 © Martin Dougiamas

Statistics 45,000 registered veriﬁed sites in 210 countries Registered sites contain 30 million users, 3 million courses and 1.2 million teachers At least 500 sites have more than 10,000 users Interface translated into 75 languages 54 specialised Moodle Partners Copyright 2009 © Martin Dougiamas

Moodle Economics Software Moodle.org Development, Discussion, Free Documentation etc Support etc moodle.com Funded by Royalties Developer Active User Community Community (250) (50,000+) 54 Support Companies Worldwide Institutions, companies and individuals needing commercial services Copyright 2009 © Martin Dougiamas

Pedagogy 5. Facilitate discussions in the Forum. Questions! 4. Wikis, Glossaries, Databases (collaboration) 3. Use interactive Quizzes and Assignments 2. Provide a passive Forum 1. Publishing content (Resource, SCORM) Copyright 2009 © Martin Dougiamas

Pedagogy 6. Combine the activities into sequences 5. Facilitate discussions in the Forum. Questions! 4. Wikis, Glossaries, Databases (collaboration) 3. Use interactive Quizzes and Assignments 2. Provide a passive Forum 1. Publishing content (Resource, SCORM) Copyright 2009 © Martin Dougiamas

Pedagogy 7. Introduce external activities and games 6. Combine the activities into sequences 5. Facilitate discussions in the Forum. Questions! 4. Wikis, Glossaries, Databases (collaboration) 3. Use interactive Quizzes and Assignments 2. Provide a passive Forum 1. Publishing content (Resource, SCORM) Copyright 2009 © Martin Dougiamas

Pedagogy 8. Use Survey tools and logs to study / reﬂect 7. Introduce external activities and games 6. Combine the activities into sequences 5. Facilitate discussions in the Forum. Questions! 4. Wikis, Glossaries, Databases (collaboration) 3. Use interactive Quizzes and Assignments 2. Provide a passive Forum 1. Publishing content (Resource, SCORM) Copyright 2009 © Martin Dougiamas

Pedagogy 9. Give students more power (structure/grades) 8. Use Survey tools and logs to study / reﬂect 7. Introduce external activities and games 6. Combine the activities into sequences 5. Facilitate discussions in the Forum. Questions! 4. Wikis, Glossaries, Databases (collaboration) 3. Use interactive Quizzes and Assignments 2. Provide a passive Forum 1. Publishing content (Resource, SCORM) Copyright 2009 © Martin Dougiamas

Pedagogy 10. Active research, communities of practice! 9. Give students more power (structure/grades) 8. Use Survey tools and logs to study / reﬂect 7. Introduce external activities and games 6. Combine the activities into sequences 5. Facilitate discussions in the Forum. Questions! 4. Wikis, Glossaries, Databases (collaboration) 3. Use interactive Quizzes and Assignments 2. Provide a passive Forum 1. Publishing content (Resource, SCORM) Copyright 2009 © Martin Dougiamas

“Corporate” users Source: eLearning Guild What they like about Moodle 360° LMS Report, 2008 Easy to use for learners, teachers and admins Ability to support different modes of learning Support for content standards (SCORM, AICC) Open source allows customisation Support for “Web 2.0” features (wikis, blogs, etc) Copyright 2009 © Martin Dougiamas

“Corporate” users Some things they still need: Competency tracking Continuous Professional Development Easily customisable reports Site-wide groups All of these are useful for more than just corporate users All of these have been solved outside of Moodle core All of these have been solved by other LMS systems Copyright 2009 © Martin Dougiamas

Moodle Roadmap The likelihood some feature will get included in Moodle is a function of : How much it supports our pedagogical focus Number of votes from existing users Copyright 2009 © Martin Dougiamas

Moodle Roadmap The likelihood some feature will get included in Moodle is a function of : How much it supports our pedagogical focus Number of votes from existing users Can it be developed in a generic way to help many Copyright 2009 © Martin Dougiamas

Moodle Roadmap The likelihood some feature will get included in Moodle is a function of : How much it supports our pedagogical focus Number of votes from existing users Can it be developed in a generic way to help many How long it will take to develop Copyright 2009 © Martin Dougiamas

Moodle Roadmap The likelihood some feature will get included in Moodle is a function of : How much it supports our pedagogical focus Number of votes from existing users Can it be developed in a generic way to help many How long it will take to develop Is it easier just to integrate with something existing Copyright 2009 © Martin Dougiamas

Moodle Roadmap The likelihood some feature will get included in Moodle is a function of : How much it supports our pedagogical focus Number of votes from existing users Can it be developed in a generic way to help many How long it will take to develop Is it easier just to integrate with something existing How much developer time is available Copyright 2009 © Martin Dougiamas

Moodle Roadmap The likelihood some feature will get included in Moodle is a function of : How much it supports our pedagogical focus Number of votes from existing users Can it be developed in a generic way to help many How long it will take to develop Is it easier just to integrate with something existing How much developer time is available Does it blend? Copyright 2009 © Martin Dougiamas

Community Hubs Ordinary Moodle site Building a course Taking a course Template User Community User Restore In Search Search Download E D 2 Publishing site Course Community site List C 3 Enrol cache zip Backup B A 1 Enrollable course Downloadable course Register as Register as enrollable downloadable Moodle Hub Server eg hub.moodle.org Copyright 2009 © Martin Dougiamas

Summary With internet-based learning, educators tend to replicate techniques from their experience, which may not lead to the best possible outcomes in this medium. All of us are responsible for improving the quality of internet-based education, and bravely promoting the best of what we know from educational research. Copyright 2009 © Martin Dougiamas

http://www.online-didaktik.at	959
http://coolcourses.moodle.org	194
http://www.mguhlin.org	169
http://www.slideshare.net	77
http://blogs.sch.gr	65
http://www.ead.cmm.ensino.eb.br	56
http://cuba.coventry.ac.uk	53
http://estvirtual.com.br	47
http://www.scoop.it	28
http://otl.side.wa.edu.au	24
http://vitual.iestpcsr-contabilidad.com	23
http://learning20gr.wikispaces.com	22
http://moodle.act.edu	20
http://www.moodlebrasil.net	19
http://moodle.learnbydoingit.org	18
http://moodle.otan.us	17
http://www.campusribera.com	16
http://localhost	16
http://moodleshare.org	14
http://www.michaelditsch.de	13
http://www.anitel.org	13
http://dev.fabrico.com.br	10
http://werelearning.com	8
http://moodle.greshamhs.org	6
http://moodle2.greshamhs.org	5
http://mudle.mondragon.edu	5
http://openlms.learningdesign.jp	5
http://hg.fabrico.com.br	5
http://127.0.0.1	5
http://aula.mmendiola.net	4
http://adultedcourses.org	3
http://pinterest.com	3
http://learn.yale-wrexham.net	3
http://moodle.wkc.ac.uk	3
http://www.learning-today.net	3
http://atende.fabrico.com.br	3
https://www.e-formation.uha.fr	3
http://elisdoc.remote-learner.net	2
http://froebelbilingualschool.org	2
http://odissea.xtec.cat	2
http://10.1.1.1	2
http://www.olarex.eu	2
http://nvelearn.nv.gov	2
http://atende2.fabrico.com.br	2
http://www.sexedforadults.org	2
http://moodle.asu.lt	2
http://peliikt.blogspot.com	2
http://moodle.microdigital.es	2
http://lt.elearningschool.net	2
http://moodle.huntsville-isd.org	2
http://newmediatest2.ccn.ac.uk	2

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