2-3-98 Presentation: Moodle Soup: Many Uses for Many Tastes
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Moodle Soup: Many Uses for Many Tastes
Clark Shah-Nelson,
Coordinator of Online EducationSUNY Delhi College of Technology
Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike: Clark Shah-Nelson, 2008.
Appetizer: Something Fried
First found Moodle:
Some accidental stumble upon After years of using a commercial LMS and
having NONE of my requested enhancements come to fruition…
Hey! An LMS that I can install on my own computer?
Hey! An LMS that I can install multiple instances of very easily on a $5.00 a month shared hosting site???
Hey! Second Appetizer:
Escargots An LMS user community that I can
share with, learn from, and grow and develop with?
I can report bugs, suggest changes, vote on enhancements, and even edit the code to suit my needs?
Salad: Tabouli
Design/Layout Customizable themes? Easy to follow chronological sequence
through learning events 3rd party blocks for added functionality
- browse, download and install from moodle.org
AJAX for moving and dragging items
Soup: Gaspacho Features
Types of resources and activities Number and type of blocks for
funtionality High level of customizability in
administration Easily embed media from other sites
and incorporate other sites into courses
Main Course
Uses: Test, demo site for prospective students,
committees, discussion groups, faculty exchange, replace email lists with courses that go beyond email lists
TCO or TAC - bottom line: least expensive, most feature-rich, easy-to-use LMS
Dessert: Mousse Open vs. Enterprise
Rich community of user forums, tutorials, resources, bug tracker
Less Cost - at all levels Luminis Message Broker Digester - $0 WebCTimport tool - $0 Just as stable and more feature-rich
More social networking capability, Web 2.0
Quicker to gain new features More customizable Did I mention cost?
Aperitif:Faculty Members
Concerned about training: Took much less time than WebCT to learn Easier to use More features Exciting new possibilities iPod training program
Concerned about converting courses: We do that for them Webctimport plugin from moodle.org
Turkish Coffee:Students
Love the new system:
Easier to navigate than WebCT Like having images of fellow students Easier to follow discussions
Nap Time:Coordinator
Faculty are more self-sufficient More fun to administer More focus on training Hosted in expert environment High level of customization More funds for faculty development
Rapid Eye Movement:Staff
More interested in using the LMS for training and staff development
See LMS as a way to reach students Involved with Moodle Orientation for
students No noticable difference for registration,
enrollments, etc.
Sweet Dreams:Administration
Left research and decision in our hands Appreciate “international-ness” Bottom line:
Furthering educational mission
$$$: The Pot of Gold
The End
Questions? Clark Shah-Nelson [email protected] www.delhi.edu/online