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Virtual Valleys: A Report on the
Approach Taken by a South Wales Local
Authority to Adopt Moodle as a Virtual
Learning Environment

         Catherine Naamani
        cnaamani@glam.ac.uk
             @cnaamani
Background
• National Drivers

• The Role of Virtual Learning Environments
  (VLEs)

• The Picture in Wales
The Start of the Journey
• VLEs in Rhondda-Cynon-Taff
   – Blackboard
   – SimplyClick
   – Microsoft Learning Gateway
   – Moodle
• Choosing Moodle
   – Cost
   – Flexibility
   – Ease of Use
   – Collaboration
About the Project
•   Pilot Phase – A Local Authority Solution?
•   Rollout – an HE/LA Partnership Solution?
•   Funding
•   Sustainability
    – Senior Management ‘buy-in’
    – Staff Development
    – Moving away from grant funding
Findings & Discussion

•   Primaries vs Secondaries!
•   The Role of Senior Management
•   Staff Development
•   A Whole-School Approach
•   Where next with Moodle?

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IICE 2012

  • 1. Virtual Valleys: A Report on the Approach Taken by a South Wales Local Authority to Adopt Moodle as a Virtual Learning Environment Catherine Naamani cnaamani@glam.ac.uk @cnaamani
  • 2. Background • National Drivers • The Role of Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) • The Picture in Wales
  • 3. The Start of the Journey • VLEs in Rhondda-Cynon-Taff – Blackboard – SimplyClick – Microsoft Learning Gateway – Moodle • Choosing Moodle – Cost – Flexibility – Ease of Use – Collaboration
  • 4. About the Project • Pilot Phase – A Local Authority Solution? • Rollout – an HE/LA Partnership Solution? • Funding • Sustainability – Senior Management ‘buy-in’ – Staff Development – Moving away from grant funding
  • 5.
  • 6.
  • 7. Findings & Discussion • Primaries vs Secondaries! • The Role of Senior Management • Staff Development • A Whole-School Approach • Where next with Moodle?