Seven years on learning technologies in a sea of islands (EDULEARN14)
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SEVEN YEARS ON: LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES IN A SEA OF ISLANDS Dhiraj Bhartu Theresa Koroivulaono
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Presentation at EDULEARN14, the 6th annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies will be held in Barcelona (Spain)
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SEVEN YEARS ON: LEARNING
TECHNOLOGIES IN A SEA OF ISLANDS
Dhiraj Bhartu Theresa Koroivulaono
Overview
• Introduction & LMS Background • Statistics & Architecture • Early Warning System • LMS Application Suite • Future Plans • Questions
Introduction
• USP Organization • USP’s Network infrastructure
• AARNet • USPNet
USPNet Hawaii
Federated States!of Micronesia
Palau
Guam
Papua New Guinea
Australia
New Zealand
Ku-band Communication Satellite (IS-18)
USPNet: Binding the Pacific Together
C-band Communication Satellite (NSS-9)
Solomon Islands
Vanuatu FijiTonga Niue Cook
Islands
Samoa
Tokelau
Nauru
Kiribati
Tuvalu
Marshall Islands
AARNet
Background of USP on LMS
• WebCT (2001 – mid 2007) • 2005 Centre for Flexible Learning (CFL) given
the task of exploring free open source software • Software selected for testing: Moodle, Sakai,
Atutor and Edison (plone-based used by the School of Law)
• Moodle officially adopted as USP’s LMS at the end of 2007 version 1.5
• Moodle now in 2014 has version 2.6
Statistics
Moodle courses
Staff using Moodle
Student using Moodle
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
2007 2014
ARCHITECTURE
Early Warning System
LMS Application Suites
FUTURE PLANS
• Leaning analytics • Disaster management strategies • Deeper focus in mobile learning • Early Warning System (EWS) enhancement
