Mahara for Beginners

Thomas W Bell - @thomaswbell88 + Implementation Manager @ TDM OSS + IT Professional Trainer & Assessor @ TDM Wyre Academy + Co-Author of “Mahara for Beginners”(~August 2012 publication)

@thomaswbell88

Reflection!

..to thinkthought

thinking..

"You don't learn from experiences alone......most of the learning comes when you reflect on those experiences"

Who's it for?

It's for learners..

Trainer

Assessor

Student

Professional

ArtistTechnologist

Technologist

RehabilitationJob-seeker

Life-long learners

Manager

Creating your own learning journey

Goal settingPersonal goals

Agreed goalsSMART plans

Profile

Who are you?!Introduce yourself..

How do I contact you?Phone, email, Skype?

Resume / CV

Experiences

Achievements

Education

Goals

Interests

Reflection in Mahara

Mahara Journal

Discussions with peers

Pages / Collections

Show off!Profile Info

Resume / CV

Documents

Photos

Videos

Your goals / plans

Achievements

ReflectionsNotes

External InfoExternal Media

CPD log

Pages / Collections

Share with others

Access Control

Friends / Groups

Creating learning communities..

Connect with Peers

Message them!

Discuss in forums

Groups

Collaborate on Pages

Share Pages

Socialise!

A few other things..

Assessment in Mahara

Mobile Uploads – Android & iOS

Integration with other platforms

Plugins to extend Mahara's fucntionality

Let's go have a play.. :)

An Assessor in training portfolio..

(ok.. it's my portfolio)

Some examples..

http://wyreacademy.net/collection/

http://wyreacademy.net/view/view.php?id=1036

Some examples..

QCF (NVQ) Apprentices proving their competence by providing evidence..

http://wyreacademy.net/view/view.php?id=1766

http://wyreacademy.net/view/view.php?id=1355

Examples

http://wyreacademy.net/view/view.php?id=1496

Mahara training available!

Medium – large scale managed

implementations

Change Mahara to suit your organisation!

Thanks for listening!

Come and chat for more info