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This presentation as part of iMoot2010 online conference provides an overview of the Moodle-related services offered through Education Network Australia (edna). It takes a tour through adult learning courses, and professional association communities in edna Groups, plus online projects for K-12 teachers and students in OzProjects. It shares what we have learned about Moodle and users in 5 years of supporting Moodle courses and communities.
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edna is partly funded by the Australian Government Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations. Managed and maintained by Education.au
edna’s use of
Pru Mitchellme.edu.au/p/pru
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Who uses Groups?
• sector based special interest groups
• project teams, consultative groups
• professional associations
• online support for certificate courses
• institution-based groups: school, technical education, tertiary, faculty based
• Australia-wide networks
Deliver courses
Events planning
Online events
Internal PDProfessional association website
Project management
Build community aroundshared interest
Learning projectsfor students
What can I do in Groups?
What do we do?Primary purpose of Group %community of practice/interestaround a curriculum area, topic, industry grouping, discipline or educational practice
68%
project teamdefined task or administrative orientation amongst education professionals
10%
course deliverywith adult students
4%
consultative groupeg feedback or survey
3%
support a conferenceface to face and/or online
2%
special student projectsubgroup of course, or teacher education students
2%
Othereg testing, sandpit, learning the technology
11%
Group characteristics
• 80% are private – using an invitation key
• Most common tools are:• Resources – file upload, directory display,
web page creation• Activities – forums, wikis, chat, glossary• Blocks – recent activity, news forum, RSS
feeds, HTML block
edna’s Training Space
groups.edna.edu.au/course/view.php?id=140
ImmersED
immersed.net.au
exploring education in the
metaverse
• free, open source
• course management
software
• collection of integrated tools
• doesn’t always look the same
• some web skills desirable
• help & documentation are
online
moodle messages
Celebrating learning throughonline curriculum projects
ozprojects.edu.au
OzProjects
ozprojects.edu.au/course/view.php?id=24
Global Projects
Millennium Development Goals
Pictures © UNDP Brazil
Poverty
Education
Gender
Child mortalityMaternal health
Disease
Environment
Global partnership
Sea Week
Antarctica
Photo from Flickr by cloudzilla
Picture submitted to OzProjects by William’s Wonders
Biodiversity 2010
Planet Earth in Our Hands
Environmental Projects
Successful communities• clarity of purpose, focus for activities
• an existing clientele
• shared ownership
• ongoing stimulation, social interaction
• activities in which members can interact and contribute
• commitment and active mentoring
Learning communities
– community of practice
– social presence
– collaborative learning
– knowledge construction technology
Tu and Corry (2001) Research in online learning community
Salmon’s 5-stage modelwww.atimod.com/e-moderating/5stage.shtml
• policies• statement of purpose• open or walled?• eligibility and registration• personal information and privacy• user material and intellectual property• conduct, grievances and termination
Access & motivation
Introduce yourself or your team
Socialisation
90-9-1 Principle
• users don’t have to install software/plug-ins
• available wherever you are, single sign on
• reasonable bandwidth
• support from real people, instant help via [email protected]
• Group Owner Group (GOG)
• volunteer ‘testers’ and consultative group
• keeping up-to-date to upskill educators
Success factors
