MOODLE FOR OCWJong-Dae Park

Pai-Chai University

Korea

Agenda

• Why Moodle ?• Pedagogy • Moodle for OCW • Moodle 2.0 • Moodle Hub• Summary

Why Moodle?• Open Source• Many users (teachers)• Learning resources and learning activities can be ar-

ranged for effective learning scenario.• Learning design can be applied.• New functionalities can be added easily.

Basic Features

Can I create contents easily?• Wysiwyg editor embedded• Link to a multimedia file comes up with media players – fil-

ter function• Drag the images into the editor area

Link to media

Save & display

Can I enter equations?• Tex or Mimetex• Dragmath• Wiris CAS

Can I create quizes?

Can I record audio?• Nanogong html area patch and module• Audiorecorder module

Can I design learning activities?• Lesson• Lams

Can I record webcam?• Flash Media Server• Kaltura

Can I use online meeting?• Elluminate• Dimdim• Adobe Connect Pro Meeting

Can I use iphone?• MTouch

Can I integrate moodle with other applications?

• Lams• Mahara• Sharepoint• Alfresco

SSO

Formal & Informal Learning

Moodle

Mahara

Can I generate quiz from digital library?

• FLAX : Flexible Language Acquisition

Can I develop moodle theme ?• http://thematoweb.com/

Can I develop moodle module ?• http://www.packtpub.com/

Moodle User Community in Korea

Moodle Module Developments

Developed by Jinotech, Korea

Xinics contents upload module

Pedagogy • Publishing content (Resouce, SCORM)• Provide a passive Forum• Use interactive Quizzes and Assignments• Wikis, Glossaries, Databases (collaboration)• Facilitate discussions in the Forum. Questions!• Combine the activities into sequences• Introduce external activities and games• Use Survey tools and logs to study/reflect• Give students more power (structure/grades)• Active research, communities of practice!

Martin Dougiamas• “With internet-based learning, educators tend to replicate

techniques from their experience, which may not lead to the best possible outcomes in this medium.”

• “All of us are responsible for improving the quality of inter-net-based education, and bravely promoting the best of what we know from educational research.”

Moodle for OCW• Moodle courses can be produced as byproducts of regular

teaching process.• Open Univ. demonstrates a model of OCW based on

Moodle.• Moodle is an open source. Adding new functionalities are

possible.1. Moodle course viewer

2. OCW converter between LMS

3. OCW harvester from Moodle sites

Reuse/Remix Estimates of OCWOCW Projects Rating

UK Open University’s OpenLearn 4.5

Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative 2.5

MIT OpenCourseWare 3.0

Webcast Berkeley 1.0

Stanford Engineering Everywhere 4.0

Open Yale Courses 3.5

Rice Connexions 4.5

Retrieved from http://flexknowlogy.learningfield.org/2009/02/05/7oer/

Rating: 1- extremely difficult or low value5- extremely easy or high value

Openlearn.open.ac.uk

Open Univ.’s Alternative formats

Labspace.open.ac.uk

What we propose?• Moodle as an OCW development platform• Courseware development in Moodle• Share of courseware by providing conversion tool be-

tween different LMS or standard content packages.• Each LMS should provide conversion tools. (import & ex-

port)

www.ocw.or.kr

Resource Converter (proposed)

Moodle backup

KOCW

Other LMS

Plain html

Moodle course viewer (proposed)

• <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>• <MOODLE_BACKUP>• <INFO>• <NAME>backup-smpl-20091104-1009.zip</NAME>• <MOODLE_VERSION>2007101551</MOODLE_VERSION>• <MOODLE_RELEASE>1.9.5+ (Build: 20090923)</MOODLE_RELEASE>• <BACKUP_VERSION>2008030301</BACKUP_VERSION>• <BACKUP_RELEASE>1.9.4</BACKUP_RELEASE>• <DATE>1257296983</DATE>• <ORIGINAL_WWWROOT>http://moodle.pcu.ac.kr</ORIGINAL_WWWROOT>• <ORIGINAL_SITE_IDENTIFIER_HASH>d765df0a0351f2625051a5cf0b873784</

ORIGINAL_SITE_IDENTIFIER_HASH>• <ZIP_METHOD>internal</ZIP_METHOD>• <DETAILS>• <MOD>• <NAME>assignment</NAME>• <INCLUDED>true</INCLUDED>• <USERINFO>true</USERINFO>• <INSTANCES>• <INSTANCE>• <ID>360</ID>• <NAME>은유적 표현 찾기</NAME>• <INCLUDED>true</INCLUDED>• <USERINFO>true</USERINFO>• </INSTANCE>• </INSTANCES>• </MOD> - - -

moodle.xmlin a backup file

Can we make Moodle course viewer from moodle.xml?

OCW Harvester (proposed)

OCW Repository

XML Web Service

Moodle Hub

Moodle 2.0• look much better• break most things• allow you to search for Flickr images and will add the li-

cense to the image itself• have the concept of a finished course• allow for conditional activities• import external blogs

Moodle 2.0• allow comments on everything• will have a built-in feedback/survey module• have a completely new way of navigating• be a reinvention of itself as a platform• change the world of education (if nothing else)• Moodle Hub

License Info

File API

File Repository

Web Services

Summary • OU (Open University) already uses Moodle as a sustain-

able delivery platform for OCW.• OU already developed transformation tools. • Courseware can be developed in Moodle.• Remix and Reuse of OCW can be important for sustainab-

ility of OCW.• Development of conversion tools between LMS may be

necessary.