Moodle is an open-source learning management system that originated in Australia, and has now internationalised in more than 200 countries and 80 languages. It is designed using sound e-learning principles to help educators create effective education for the web. It can be used to deliver courseware in face to face, blended or distance mode. The aim of this presentation is to demonstrate the benefits of Moodle's social constructivist approach to education using blogs, chat, forums, tags, wikis and the integration of web 2.0 services such as flickr, twitter and youtube. We ARE the web, so lets get social with our learning! Cost-effective solution to deliver web-based training for clients and staff. Learn how to make learning engaging, fun and media rich. Promote learner collaboration and user-generated content creation.

1. Social Learning Tools
From: <Chad.Outten@My Learning Space>
To: <Esteemed.Educators@LearnX-2010.net>
Date: <9 June 2010>
Subject: <Learning Management Systems>
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2. Clients
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3. Road Map
Trends
Tools
Demo
Q&A
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4. Technology ®evolution
- 98% households own a computer 1
- 90% internet connection 1
- More mobile phones than people 1
- More time surfing net than watching tv 2
- More global users & usage of social
networks than email 3
- Global mobile internet use to outstrip
desktop within 5 years 3
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5. 4

6. We ARE the web, so let’s
get social with learning
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7. Rationale
Popular
Collaborative
Engaging
Fun
Effective

8. 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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9. Computer Browser Internet
GSOH LMS Software
Web Server Database PHP
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10. Moodle LMS 5
Open-source
Freely available
200 countries
80 languages
35 million users
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12. Recent LMS Report
- e-Learning Guild Research Moodle ranked first for:
Report 6
- 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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13. 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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14. Social Tools
Blog
-A web log. A public journal, reflection or self-evaluation
Chat
-Public space to discuss text-based ideas in real-time
Forum
-A public space to discuss & exchange ideas
Messaging
-Private instant text communication for two people
Wiki
-Interlinked web pages that anyone can quickly edit
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15. Demo...
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16. Vragen
!"‫ا%سء‬ !"न
Kysymykset
Pytania
Въпроси
Fragen Perguntas
Questions?.. Întrebări
Spørgsmål
Domande Frågor
Вопросы
Cuestiones
Pitanja
Otázky Ερωτήσεις
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Spørsmål

17. Social constructionism
School of thought states...
1. All of us are potential educators 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 7
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18. Food for thought
Tell me & I forget.
Show me & I remember.
Let me do & I understand. 8
; ;
(pinyin: wǒ tīng jiàn wǒ wàng jì. wǒ kàn jiàn wǒ jì zhù. wǒ zuò wǒ liǎo jiě)
-Confucius
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19. Resources
Moodle Community Site
http://moodle.org
Moodle Documentation Wiki
http://docs.moodle.org
Moodle Discussion Forum
http://moodle.org/course/view.php?id=5
Moodle Book
http://issuu.com/iusher/docs/usingmoodle2
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20. 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. Morgan Stanley, Internet Trends Report April 2010
4. http://royal.pingdom.com/2009/03/13/battle-of-the-sizes-social-network-users-vs-country-
populations/
5. Moodle Community Site
http://moodle.org
6. e-Learning Guild Research Report May 2008, Learning Management Systems
http://www.elearningguild.com/research/archives/index.cfm?id=130&action=viewonly
7. http://docs.moodle.org/en/Pedagogy
8. http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Chinese_proverbs
Images sourced under Creative Commons from http://commons.wikimedia.org/
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21. Consultancy
Hosting
Training
Support
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