The document discusses the integration of Moodle and Web 2.0 tools to create affordable and sustainable instructional units, addressing demands such as accessibility, collaboration, and assessment. It outlines the benefits of using self-contained instructional units and various applications like ExeLearning, SoftChalk, and Udutu for creating content that is compliant with SCORM standards. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of adapting instructional content for mobile delivery across different platforms.

1. Moodle + Self-Contained
Instructional Units + Web 2.0 Tools =
Affordable, Sustainable Instruction
Rhonda Ficek, Ph.D.
Director of Instructional Technology
Services
Minnesota State University Moorhead

2. Designing Instruction:
Increasing Demands My
Instructional
Unit
Standards-Compliant
d
Objectives
Accessibility (Section 508) Communication
Collaboration
Differentiation
Assessment
Meet Program Standards

3. My
Instructional
Unit
Objectives
Communication
How Can Collaboration
I Do All Assessment
of This?

4. Web
2.0
Portable,
Instructional Interactive,
Units Self-Contained
Instruction
Moodle

5. Web 2.0 Applications
My
Radio James
Objectives Builder Instructional
Unit
VoiceThread Objectives
Voki, Gabcast
Communication
WetPaint wiki, Collaboration
SlideShare, Social
Networking
Assessment
Hot Potatoes Quizzes,
RubiStar Rubrics

6. Web 2.0 Applications
Supporting Online Communication
Supporting Collaboration
Supporting Assessment

7. Web 2.0:
Supporting Online Communication
Voice-Based Discussion
• VoiceThread
(http://www.voicethread.com)
Podcasts
• Download iTunes, Subscribe & Listen
• Make your own with your cellphone:
GabCast (http:/www.gabcast.com)

8. VoiceThread: Example

9. Subscribing to Podcasts using iTunes

10. Looking at your Podcasts in iTunes

11. Web 2.0:
Supporting Online Communication
Scheduling Meetings
• Doodle(free web-based scheduling
at http://www.doodle.com)
Online Meetings
• Web Conferencing with VYEW
http://vyew.com

12. Web 2.0: Supporting Collaboration
Wikis – WetPaint
http://www.wetpaint.com
Mind-Mapping Applications
http://www.mindomo.com/

13. Supporting Collaboration with Wikis

14. Supporting Collaboration
with Mind Mapping

15. Supporting Assessment
Rubistar for Creating Rubrics

16. Deploy my content anywhere
IMS (CMS)
Moodle, eCollege, Blackboard
My
WebSite
Instructional
Unit
CD_Rom

17. Self-Contained Instructional Units:
Rationale
Prepare Yourself for Changing Environments
Mobile content – deploy anywhere
Authoring in easy-to-learn and use
Standards (SCORM)

18. SCORM
What is it?
Sharable Content Set of standards and
Object Reference specifications
Model
1. Defines 2. Defines how to
What does it communication package the content
do? between your into a ZIP file that is
content and an LMS transferable

19. Versions of SCORM
• SCORM 1.1 (first one – not used long)
• SCORM 1.2 (still used; most LMS support this)
• SCORM 2004 (current version)
– Provides for adaptive sequencing so that rules can
be defined that control a learner’s access to areas
of the content

20. Self-Contained Instructional Units:
3 applications
1. EXELearning
2. SoftChalk
3. uDuTu

21. EXELearning.org
XHTML editor
Open Source authoring application
Publish web-based content easily
Export your content

22. EXELearning.org
Authoring • Easily create
web-based content
Application
Export your • Self-contained web pages
• SCORM 1.2
Content • IMS Content Package
• Free download
Open Source • Windows, Mac OS X, Linux

23. EXELearning

24. Examples: EXELearning

25. SoftChalk LessonBuilder
www.softchalk.com
Create interactive web-based lessons
Free 30-day trial of full version;
$500 per license
Publish web-based content easily
Export your content

26. SoftChalk
LessonBuilder
Authoring • Easily create web-based content
• Standards: SCORM, Accessibility
Application
Export your • Self-contained web pages
• SCORM
Content • IMS Content Package
•Windows Vista/ 98 SE, ME, 2000, XP
Variety of Platforms • Mac OS X 10.3.4 or higher
• Images (gif,jpg,png)
Supported Media • Audio (wav, au, mp3, aiff, ram),
Formats Video (avi, mov, mpg)
• Other (PwrPt, Excel, Word, Flash

27. SoftChalk Example

28. SoftChalk

29. Why Moodle? ? Implicit Design:
Learning is a Social Activity
Content-Driven
Approach
Social
Constructionist
Approach

30. Why Moodle? ?
Meaning of the Word Moodle
• Meandering Insight
• Doing things as
they occur to
you
Enjoyable
Tinkering Creativity
Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic
Learning Environment

31. Participants List with Pictures

32. Discussions with Pictures

33. Moodle’s Choice Tool (Polling)

34. Database Activity
View
List

35. Database Activity
View
Single

36. Database Activity: Search
Searching:
Knowledge-Centered Wikis

37. Database Activity: Search Results
Search
Results:
Knowledge-
Centered
Wikis

38. Database Activity: Sharing
Export
all
Results

39. Database Activity: Sharing
Exported to Excel

40. Moodle: Display a Directory

41. Display a Directory to Students

42. Why Moodle ? ?
Opportunities for Innovation
Personalized
Learning
Environments
Collaborative Tools
Interoperability
Open Source

43. Why??
Active Secure Enrollment
Affordable User-Support & Learner
Community Authentication
Learner Teacher
Re-Usable
Management Management
Content
Features Features

44. Open Source Principles
from the Open Source Initiative Website
1 • Free Redistribution
2 • Source Code Available
3 • Derived Works Allowed
4 • Source Code Integrity
5 • License Cannot Restrict Other Software
6 • Technology Neutral

45. Interoperability
LAMS
Wimba
Assessment
Vendors

46. Moodle: Collaboration
Wikis
Forums Blogs
Display Instant
Directory Messaging

47. Conclusion
Prepare for change :
Create content that is mobile
between various delivery
options
(Web, CMS, CD, Mobile Devices)
Contact: Rhonda Ficek 701 866-3937
ficek@mnstate.edu