Marrying Moodle with Professional Development Opportunities for Teaching Staff - Ann Wilson & Christina Del Medico

1. MARRYING MOODLE WITH
PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
OPPORTUNITIES FOR
TEACHING STAFF
The Seven-Year Hitch
Ann Wilson & Christina Del Medico
June 2014

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Introductions - Face to Face or
Online Dating?

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Session aims
 2007 – where
we were
 2011 - where we
have been
 2014 – where
we are
 Current PD
opportunities
 2015 – strategic
direction
Past Present Future

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Section title
to go here

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Ice Breaker
The proposal …

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How did the marriage occur?

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Marry Principles of Moodle & What we do
 Potential for learning by all, we have an open door policy for PD opps
 Collaborative environment, we use lots of opportunity for discussion
and collaboration
 The opportunity for expression and creativity provided by the learner
centered environment we use stuff that makes this happen
 Centrality of constructivism we have cross disciplinary groups of
learners who share their perspective of their own discipline which
makes for a richer learning environment

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Does your organisation provide PD for online
teachers?
A.
Yes, for new online
teachers only
C.
Yes, but it could be
improved
D.
There is no PD for
online teachers
B.
Yes, for new and
experienced online
teachers

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If you answered yes, is any of your PD
offered in Moodle?
A.
Yes, all of our PD is
offered in Moodle
C.
No none of our PD
is offered in
Moodle
B.
Yes, some of our
PD is offered in
Moodle

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Past - 2007

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Jump Forward to 2011
 Foundations of Learning and Teaching
Online – FoLTO
 Tech Talks
 Teaching with Technology Sandbox

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Present – Taking Stock

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TPACK Model
Reproduced by permission of the publisher, © 2012 by tpack.org”

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2014 – FoLTO Suite of Offerings
 FoLTO – Essential Concepts
 FoLTO – Assessment, Marking & Feedback

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Timeline
2014+
Strategic Direction
Blended Learning
FoLTO Student
Engagement
Seminar Series
2014
FoLTO Suite of Courses
FoLTO Essential
Concepts
Assessment, Marking
& Feedback
2013
Capability
Development
Framework
2011
FoLTO
Tech Talks
Teaching with
Technology
Sandbox
2007
No PD

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Questions to Consider
What could you do to address any gaps?
Where are the gaps in your provision?
What is working well with your PD provision
for online teachers?

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Conclusion
We hope you enjoyed our presentation and
we thank you for attending!