The document discusses open technology and its benefits for training and education. It introduces TDM Ltd, an open source software consultancy and training provider. It then summarizes the Moodle learning management system and Totara learner management system, and how they can be used with Mahara e-portfolios to provide structured online courses, track learner progress, and allow learners to gather and showcase evidence of competencies. Future plans include tighter integration between Mahara and Totara to streamline the assessment process.

1. Open Technology for Efficiency Thomas Bell - @thomaswbell88 + Author of '10 Business Critical Areas' - Open Educational Courses + LSIS Sector Reference Group for Sustainability Member + LMS Programme Coordinator + ICT Professional Trainer + Other guises

2. Overview Intro to TDM Ltd.

3. Business Critical Area OER

4. Why Open Source Matters

5. Moodle & Open Source projects

6. Totara LMS – Competency based learning - LMS

7. Mahara e-Portfolios – Personal Reflective e-Portfolios

8. Quick intro ... TDM The Development Manager Ltd:

9. T raining.. In Open Source Software

10. Consultancies

11. Business & Education focus D evelopment.. Of Open Source Software

12. Bespoke Software development M anagement.. Of Open Source Software

13. 'Implementation Management' for organisations

14. Successful software deployment

15. First UK Totara Partner Managed Hosting

16. Custom Development Moodle Services company Implementations

17. Training Mahara Partner Authors of the Mahara book: Mahara 1.2: A beginner's guide

18. Mahara Certified Training Courses

19. Newly established, but with decades of training provision: Online Training Academy IT / ICT Apprenticeships Delivery Mentor Training Tutor Training Management Training High-stakes Industry Qualifications

20. Proud to be partnered/certified with:

21. TDM Linux Professional Institute Next LPI Master Affiliate for the UK September 2011

22. Why Open Source Matters Community

23. Control

24. Cost-effective

25. Freedom

26. Often free, not always Open Source ≠ Free Software Collaborative resource utilisation

27. Customisable

28. Naturally sustainable

29. Sensible

30. Extensible / Pluggable

31. The Moodle project – Quick video http://vimeo.com/2405525

32. What are these Business Critical Areas!? LSC-WM + AWM RDA Two phase research amongst employers in the region; Phase I: Skills requirements in WM businesses. Phase II: Skills gaps in the West Midlands

33. Guess the 10 Business Critical Areas?

34. 1. Business Improvement Techniques 2. Business Systems / Processes 3. Teamworking / Communication 4. Customer Service 5. Sales & Marketing 6. IT User 7. New Product Design 8. Finance & Credit 9. Cashflow & Profit Management 10. Risk Management

35. The Aims!

36. Start with the long one: Improving social constructivist approaches to digitally-blended WBL delivery amongst the FE sector

37. Design Moodle Courses

38. Xerte Learning Objects

39. Subject Matter Experts ...design, delivery and planning process

40. Distribute for free, to reuse remix, adapt etc

41. We delivered: Over 40 short videos of interviews with SME's

42. Over 24 Xerte Learning Objects – SCORM compatible

43. 10 Moodle courses to take away and chop and change

44. Social activities a plenty!

45. Interactive, engaging content delivered to nvq/qcf level 2 standards

46. Distributed to several online repositories, numerous regional moodle hubs and continue to give them out to providers today.

48. Downloads at: http://wbl-online.org.uk/moodle

49. What is ? Corporate 'Distro' of Moodle Packaged up for quick and effective corporate learning delivery – work-based learning delivery

50. Based on the most stable Moodle code

51. Support Services – 24/7 Support, guaranteed response times

52. Added functionality – and the constant development of new features

53. Open Source Enterprise – following the same model as the most successful Open Source business – RedHat

54. Learner Management System

55. in contrast to...

56. Virtual Learning Environment / Course Management System What is ?

57. Competency Based Learning

58. Team/Cohort Management

59. Staff / Hierarchy Management What is ?

60. Organisation/Department Management

61. Booking Management

62. Excellent Reporting & Progress tracking

63. Pathway specific training programmes Programme Management What is ?

64. Competency Based Learning Competency Hierarchy Import e.g. IT User & ICT Professional Qualifications = 6000+ standards/competencies Import from Register Ofqual Database

65. Learners evidence competence against given standards

66. Team / Cohort Management Manager – Manages team of staff

67. =

68. Trainer / Assessor – Manages cohort of learners

70. Classroom Booking Management Face-to-Face Session booking.

71. Calendared events tailored to learner's individual plans

73. Pathway Programmes = Totara Positions Assign learners to a pathway

74. Automatically retrieve relevant competencies to Individual Development Plan

75. Set 'aspirational' position/pathway – Learner Engaging

77. Individual Learning Plans (ILP) If assigned a Position, the learner receives the relevant competencies in their ILP

78. Competencies – Gathered from: Learner Pathway (Position)

79. Organisation Courses – linked to competencies Automatically drawn in with the competencies

81. Totara Reporting & Progress Tracking Totara Report Builder We built a set of reports for specific roles Learners see the stats they need to see

82. Trainers see the stats they want to see

83. Assessors...

84. IV & EV etc

86. How do Mahara and Totara mix? Wyre Academy Totara = Structured Learning Delivery: Online Courses

87. Tracking + Reporting

88. Workshop Booking

89. Webinar Booking

90. How do Mahara and Totara mix? Wyre Academy Mahara = Personalised Learning Professional Learning Community

91. Reflective Journals

92. Evidence gathering

93. Evidence showcasing

94. Assessment submission to Totara

95. Learner Journey In Totara/Mahara Learner Registration & Interview

96. Diagnostics Assessments

97. Successful employment placement

98. Induction training: Totara & Mahara

99. Totara Position setting

100. Learner Journey In Totara/Mahara Individual Learning Plan creation Auto assigned relevant competencies

101. Auto enrolled on relevant courses

102. Objectives setup with Assessor

103. Timescales and due dates added to competencies

104. Learner Journey In Totara/Mahara Learner gathers evidence in Mahara

105. Learners constructs their views/pages in Mahara: Screencasting

106. Videos

107. Audio

108. Product evidence

109. Witness testimonies

110. Learner Journey In Totara/Mahara Formative Assessment: Assessor Feedback attached to views Video/audio feedback Final submission & competency completion

111. Plans for the future.. “ Mahara Evidence – Totara Competency ” Mapping

112. “ Mahara Assessor Overlay ”: Point and click on Mahara blocks to grade/assess in Totara/Moodle Get involved! If these sound interesting, contact us about joining resources to fast-track its development

114. References http://www.flickr.com/photos/salim/

115. http://www.flickr.com/photos/nostri-imago/

116. http://www.flickr.com/photos/alancleaver/

117. http://wyreacademy.com

118. http://tdm.info

119. Mahara 1.2: A Beginner's Guide book

120. www.lpi.org.uk