Moodle a Day

MOODLE-A-DAY5 MINUTE TASKSJohn AllanMoodle Moot Canada 2008

Toronto (sadly-cancelled)

OVERVIEW

Motivation Clients Structure & process Results Future

MOTIVATION

College migration to Moodle as its primary LMS

500+ staff require training Train-the-trainer Three tier system (blended) GAP- a self-paced on line solution required Quick Easily accessible Not intimidating Instant success Knowledge builds Can be used out of sequence

CLIENTS

College professors Support staff Administrators Students Community Global community through Moodle.org

STRUCTURE Goals Day counter Numbered steps Links Images Instructions Media files

VISUAL GUIDES

Demonstrate how forms are to be completed

PROCESS

30 learning opportunities 3 to 5 minutes each Client timings Client pace Client sequence Just-in-time Sequenced builds to create a basic course

SUPPORT BLOCKS

Courses Calendar Upcoming Events Forums (support) People (peers) Support (HTML) Links (Moodle help sites) Links (Moodle exemplar sites)

RESULTS

Early feedback (Survey Monkey) Positive Team rewrite based on MTC’s experience Paper binder copy created More screen animations requested Very few complete the whole course

FUTURE

LMS plans changed at college Malaysian company has adapted for internal training (proprietary)

Web 2.0 version – to be posted at moodle.org