A Framework for Moodle System Management; Presentation at Moodlemoot Dublin, Ireland
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A Framework
for Moodle
System
Management
Presentation at Moodlemoot
Dublin, Ireland, February 2013
Pieter van der Hijden msc
(pvdh@sofos.nl)
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Background
Pieter
van der Moodle
Hijden Community
Ict for Ned-Moove –
development Dutch Moodle
Ict in government Association
Ict in learning Ecois Suriname
Gaming/simulation Workshops and
Moodle training
Fab lab Consulting
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Strategical
Functional Content / Data Technical
decide on educational innovation (many decide on curricula decide on norms for technical operations
aspects a.o. instructional design, policy for (acceptable risks, required performance,
synchronous / asynchronous activities, norms for acceptable course size, maximum upload size,
course development and course delivery, class etc.)
size, student / teacher ratio)
decide on use of VLE decide on standards and recommendations for decide on supporting software (which
development of online courses webserver, which database, which operating
system?)
decide on VLE functions (course components decide on development of online courses (which decide on technical infrastructure (server,
needed plus generic supportive functions like courses? completely online or partially?, make or network, and clients, a.o. availability of
chat, e-mail, e-groups) buy?) computer + Internet connection for students)
decide on ICT needs (functions, user interface) decide on standards and recommendations for decide on enterprise application integration
online course delivery (a.o. adaptation of exams
regulations)
select and acquire/build VLE, decide on decide on remuneration for course development
updates, functional changes, functional tuning and course delivery
decide on implementation strategy (big bang, decide on copy right policy for incoming and decide on accounting model
shadow processing, function y function, faculty outgoing course materials (a.o. intellectual
by faculty, pilots, volunteers first) property of course developers)
decide on name and adress of the VLE site decide on updates, technical changes,
technical tuning
decide on user registration policy (a.o. guest
access allowed? Google access allowed?)
decide on fair use policy decide on outsourcing or not
evaluate the effects of above mentioned evaluate the effects of above mentioned evaluate the effects of above mentioned
decisions, make projections, decide on changes decisions, make projections, decide on changes decisions, make projections, decide on changes
or updates or updates or updates
decide on allocation of responsabilities and decide on allocation of responsabilities and decide on allocation of responsabilities and
autorisations, auditing, evaluation autorisations, auditing, evaluation autorisations, auditing, evaluation
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Tactical
Functional Content / Data Technical
planning, organising and planning, organising and planning, organising and
evaluating support (see below), evaluating course development, evaluating technical operations
advise on future strategic decisions storage, maintenance and delivery (security, faults, accounting,
(see below), advise on future configuration, performance),
strategic decisions advise on future strategic decisions
organising user role allocation organise user registration (link to
(course creator, teacher, tutor, student administration system, e-
administrative staff, enrolled mail authentication, etc.)
student)
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Operational
Functional Content / Data Technical
support course developers (trai- develop course materials and support users (training, manuals,
ning, manuals, helpdesk, advise) courses help desk, advise)
support course deliverers (tutors, deliver courses (tutor, apply security measures, monitor
administrative staff) (training, administrative staff) security, backup / restore system
manuals, help desk, advise)
support students (training, follow course, learn install software/ updates, tune
manuals, help desk, advise) system, keep up and running,
monitor performance, apply
quota, collect use statistics
backup/restore course data, monitor error signals and
student data, import / export / messages, analyse errors,
convert course data and student execute preventive and curative
data maintenance, integrity checks
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System management matrix; Caribbean
Universities Project for Integrated Distance
Education; Pieter van der Hijden, 2006;
http://slidesha.re/1369KHR
Online Educa Berlin 2008: Presentation “How
to implement an e-learning system; the
Moodle example”; Pieter van der Hijden
Part 1: Bottom-Up; http://bit.ly/RCS1Fa
Part 2: Top-Down; http://bit.ly/RCS8jX
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Thank you for your attention!
Pieter van der Hijden msc (pvdh@sofos.nl)
2013 –Pieter van der Hijden (pvdh@sofos.nl) - This work is
licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported
License.
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