Enovation Solutions Ltd
The Friary, Bow Street, Dublin 7
www.enovation.ie
Evaluating e-Learning as a tool for
knowledge management
Gavin Henrick Solutions Consultant
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Agenda
 Moodle Overview
 Content Issues
 Reporting and Tracking
 Assessment
 Collaboration
 Communications
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Choosing an LMS
Top 5 LMS - E-Learning Guild survey (2009)
1. Moodle (18.1%)
2. TotalLMS (11.7%)
3. Blackboard (11.2%)
4. Inhouse Development(9%)
5. Plateau Learning Management System(6.9%)
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Some Stats
 Registered Sites 48,000+
 Number of countries 211
 Number of users in Moodle sites 34.8 Million
 Number of teacher accounts 1.2 Million
 Number of courses created 3.5 Million
 Number* of Downloads per month150,000+
 Active Community 40,000
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Growing Usage
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Moodle Locations
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Key Features
 Easy to use for learners, teachers and admins
 Ability to support different modes of learning
 Centralised Competencies
 Support for content standards (SCORM)
 Open source allows customisation
 Support for Web 2.0 features
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Content Types
 Word/Excel/Powerpoint Documents
 PDF Documents
 Audio
 Video
 Web Pages
 Web Links
 Learning Objects (Scorm/AICC)
 Web 2.0 – RSS, Blogs, Wikis, Forums
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Instructional Design
 Curriculum Analysis
 Schema Definition
 Lesson Plans
 Course Structures
 Resource Interpretation
 Activity Selection
 Workflow
 Review
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Administration
 Create / Remove courses
 Create / Remove users and roles
 Add / Remove people to courses
 Manage structure of site (Categories/Courses)
 Manage activities and resources within courses
 Manage layout of the page (blocks/Theme)
 Calendar
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Reporting
 Moodle tracks all user actions
 Comprehensive list reports covering all activity in
Moodle
• User Reports
• Course Reports
• Activity Reports
 Enhanced reporting through external JasperReports
• Parameterised custom reports
• Custom “Print-Perfect” reports
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Assessment
 Multiple assignment types
• File upload
• Online submission
 Graded Lessons
 Quizzes
• Exam mode
• Reflective tests
 Scorm learning objects
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Online Collaboration
 Multiple forum types
• Single topic
• Q&A
• Open forum
 Real-time chat for synchronous discussion
 Wiki – for single and group usage
 Databases for sharing files
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Communication
 Announcement forum for broadcast emails
 Built in surveys
 Customisable feedback questionnaires
 Txt/mail students, groups
 Private messaging system built into Moodle
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Ease of Customisation
 Open Source implies full rights to modify
 Written in PHP / MySQL
 640 third party plugins
 Easy to customise but must manage source and
maintain upgrade path
 Enovation have 6+ years experience
• Custom source version control (SVN) tailored for
moodle
• Have developed and contributed add-ons to Moodle
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Interoperability Experience
SAP
Web Site/External Turn It In (TII)
Authentication
SSO ePortfolio
Active Directory Elluminate
Infrastructure
HR Systems

Why Moodle?
 Scalable platform
 Security focused design
 Seamless integration with 3rd party systems
 Supports e-learning content standards
 Configurable for multiple learning approaches
 Fully customisable and brandable.

Questions?
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Contacts
Gavin Henrick
gavin.henrick@enovation.ie
Enovation Solutions
www.enovation.ie