2 July 2014

Sharing with Moodle – Quality not quantity Caitlyn Duggan

Western Sydney Institute 8 locations Project: @WSI Business to reduce duplication of effort and improve the quality of online courses •Challenges •Solutions •Successes •Reflections

BSBITU304 Produce Spreadsheets…

10 different versions

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About the project

Strong sponsorship – the push factor!

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Outcomes

• Twenty units available to be shared across the Institute

• A consistent approach to course development and a template

• A quality assurance process and checklist – now in use across the Institute

• A process for allocating enrolment keys and group names

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Teacher: “Lead developer”

Teacher: “Reviewer”

Completed checklist

Challenge: Quality assurance

Challenge: Quality assurance

Yes – you can do

that with Moodle…

Can we share

across

locations? Can we get students

in automatically? Can we store validation

and improvement info?

Can we

communicate just to

the facilitators on the

course?

Challenge: Group management

Who is going to create

the groups?

How are groups and

keys named?

Enrolment officer employed

Agreed naming convention

2 days+ per

week

Group management

Challenge: Access and permissions

How do we distinguish

reviewers from non-

editing teachers?

Previewer role with

permission:

“Participate without

enrolment”

Challenge: Many facilitators

Once a unit is available, how do prospective teachers get to “have a look”?

Developed a specialised enrolment method “preview for teachers” Applied to all units

Challenge: Continuous improvement

What if a facilitator finds a problem?

A hidden section in each unit for facilitators

Solution: Hidden sections

Hide the hidden facilitators section using course settings

Allow non-editing teachers to view hidden sections

How to communicate to teachers in eight locations including many part-time teachers? • Project updates • Procedures for

getting group access

Use Moodle as a project collaboration space

Challenge: Continuous improvement

Solution: Project collaboration site

Challenge: Capability development for facilitators

Successes

Reflections

• Communication is the key

• Document everything

• Test everything

• Don’t expect everything to be perfect the first time

• Resource the project

What’s next?

Developing a facilitator guide for new Business Services teachers

What’s next?

Other Business Lines looking at how to reduce duplication

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What’s next?

Template being refined and used for our mix+match project

Smart and skilled