Learn how to save your organisation time and money, meanwhile innovate to meet the complex and diverse needs of today's learners. This session will be of particular value to those considering the merits of adopting a learning management system.
A comparative analysis of commercial versus open-source learning management systems will be conducted. Our focus shifts to the freely available Moodle learning management system (LMS) as an educational software solution.
Through its social constructivist design, Moodle promotes flexible learning, quality teaching and 21st century education. The benefits of the Moodle LMS will be demonstrated by one of Australia's most qualified Moodle users. Features include blogs, forums, assignments, quizzes, wikis, gradebook and more.
5. Technology ®evolution
- 98% households own a computer
- 90% internet connection
- More mobile phones than people 1
- More time surfing net than watching tv 2
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6. Spare time...
8-17yo spend 50% of discretionary time
engaging with electronic media &
communication activities 3
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7. Online Activity
150
120
90
Minutes per day
60
30
8-11yo 0
15-17yo
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8. Online Communication
10%
Messaging
22% 37% Gaming
Social Networking
Email
31%
- 49 minutes per day
- Same time per gender
- Activity variations by gender
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9. Web Authoring
- 39% MySpace or Facebook
- 13% Website
- 7% Blog
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17. Food for thought
Tell me & I forget.
Show me & I remember.
Let me do & I understand. 4
; ;
(pinyin: wǒ tīng jiàn wǒ wàng jì. wǒ kàn jiàn wǒ jì zhù. wǒ zuò wǒ liǎo jiě)
-Confucius
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18. Learning management system
“A course-based system that enables participants to
communicate & collaborate, access activities
& resources, meanwhile being tracked,
assessed & reported on via the web”.
-Chad Outten
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19. Computer Browser Internet
GSOH LMS Software
Web Server Database PHP
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21. Commercial vs Open source
End user license agreement General Public License
Expen$ive Freely available
US-centric International community
Rigid design Flexible & customisable
.com .org
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25. Recent LMS Report
- e-Learning Guild Research Moodle ranked first for:
Report 5
- 95.5% - allows better
- Cost
learning distribution
- Ease of installation,
customisation & use
- 18.6% - Moodle most
popular choice - Implementation time
- Business impact
- Assessment
capabilities
- Support for Web 2.0
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26. Assignment Chat
Certificate
Blog Calendar
Forum
www
Glossary
Wiki Multimedia
Messaging Gradebook
Quiz
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28. Social constructionism
1. All of us are potential teachers as well as learners
2. We learn well from expressing something for others
3. We learn through observing peer activity
4. By understanding learner context, we can teach more effectively
5. A learning environment needs to be flexible & adaptable 6
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29. Web Services Moodle Social Tools
Blog
Youtube block
Flickr block
RSS block
Tags page
My Moodle
Wiki activity
Chat activity
Messaging
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30. Vragen
!"ا%سء !"न
Kysymykset
Pytania
Въпроси
Fragen Perguntas
Questions?.. Întrebări
Spørgsmål
Domande Frågor
Вопросы
Cuestiones
Pitanja
Otázky Ερωτήσεις
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Spørsmål
32. References
1. Australian Communications and Media Authority, Media and Society Report 2007
http://acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_310893
2. Nielsen Online March 2008
http://www.nielsen-online.com/pr/pr_080318_AU.pdf
3. Australian Communications and Media Authority ACMA Communications Report 2007-8
http://acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_311541
4. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Chinese_proverbs
5. e-Learning Guild Research Report May 2008, Learning Management Systems
http://www.elearningguild.com/research/archives/index.cfm?id=130&action=viewonly
6. http://docs.moodle.org/en/Pedagogy
Moodle community site
http://moodle.org
Moodle demo site
http://moodle.mylearningspace.com.au
Blackboard demo site
http://www.staffs.ac.uk/schools/humanities_and_soc_sciences/irp/ipd_demo/index.htm
Images sourced under Creative Commons from http://commons.wikimedia.org/
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33. Consultancy
Hosting
Training
Support
info@mylearningspace.com.au
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