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Evidence-informed Quality Enhancement of Institutional Moodle
AdoptionCatherine Wasiuk, Colin McAllister-Gibson, Kate Soper, Rod
Cullen and Neil Ringan
Learning InnovationManchester Metropolitan University
Background● EQAL - ‘step-change improvement in student
satisfaction’ (Stubbs, 2014)● MMU Moodle - wrapping the institution around the
learner● Learning Innovation team● Institutional approach to information, data
collection, management and analysis● ISS - Internal Student Survey● Automated Moodle audit data
44 million hits
40,000 unique
users
12,000 programmes and
units
Evidence based
discourse to
enhance the
student experience
Data Collection, Management and Analysis
1. ISS December 2014● 48,000 comments (best & in need of improvement)● 2072 comments – relating to Moodle and Learning Technologies● Thematic analysis
● 746 comments - 18 ‘Best’ themes ● 1326 comments - 25 ‘In need of improvement’ themes
2. Automatic Moodle audit data● Threshold standards for Moodle
● Reading lists● Assessment hand-in dates● Moodle content
Institutional: Best features
Content well organised
Provision of
audio/video Effective communications
Content up-to-date
The Ongoing Quality Enhancement Process
● Institutionalo targeted cross-faculty staff developmento refine Moodle checklist template 2015/16o inform QAA HE Review 2016o iterative process – repeat for next ISS cross-referenced to
the automated audit data 2015/16● Faculty
o working with Deans and SLTFs to drive quality and consistency across department and programme areas
o targeted early intervention by unit using automated audit data
Evidence based discourse about the student experience
Powerful tool as an
agent of change!
List of referencesMMU (2014) Internal Student Survey December 2014Naveh, G., Tubin, D and Pliskin, N (2012) Student satisfaction with learning
management systems: a lens of critical success factors. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 21(3), 337-350.
Stubbs, M. (2014) Transforming the Student Experience: Manchester Metropolitan University’s EQAL Project. EUNIS Conference.
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Wrapping the institution around the learner
moodle.mmu.ac.ukmegamashup
my.mmu.ac.uk mymmu-mobileBack
Student ID (+ Unit code)
Deadlines / extensions / feedback return dates / provisional marks
Personalised submission sheet
Wrapping the institution around the learner
Back
Unit code
Past exam papers
Past exam paper
11,000+ past
exams uploaded
Back
Wrapping the institution around the learner
Learning Innovation
(LI)
Manchester School of Art
Faculty of Education
Faculty of Health,
Psychology and Social
Care
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Faculty of Humanities, Languages and Social
Science
Cheshire Campus
Hollings Faculty
Faculty of Business and
Law
Technology Enhanced Learning Advisor (TELA)
in each faculty
4 Academics and 1 Teaching
Technology Professional
Back
Learning Innovation Hub and spoke
model:
Two-way process
Learning and Research
Technologies