2-3-98 Presentation: Moodle Soup: Many Uses for Many Tastes

2-3-98 Presentation: Moodle Soup: Many Uses for Many Tastes

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  Moodle Soup: Many Uses for Many Tastes Clark Shah-Nelson, Coordinator of Online Education SUNY Delhi College of Technology Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-Alike: Clark Shah-Nelson, 2008.
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  Appetizer: SomethingFried First found Moodle: Some accidental stumble upon After years of using a commercial LMS and having NONE of my requested enhancements come to fruition… Hey! An LMS that I can install on my own computer? Hey! An LMS that I can install multiple instances of very easily on a $5.00 a month shared hosting site???
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  Hey! SecondAppetizer: Escargots An LMS user community that I can share with, learn from, and grow and develop with? I can report bugs, suggest changes, vote on enhancements, and even edit the code to suit my needs?
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  Salad: TabouliDesign/Layout Customizable themes? Easy to follow chronological sequence through learning events 3rd party blocks for added functionality - browse, download and install from moodle.org AJAX for moving and dragging items
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  Soup: Gaspacho Features Types of resources and activities Number and type of blocks for funtionality High level of customizability in administration Easily embed media from other sites and incorporate other sites into courses
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  Main Course Uses:Test, demo site for prospective students, committees, discussion groups, faculty exchange, replace email lists with courses that go beyond email lists TCO or TAC - bottom line: least expensive, most feature-rich, easy-to-use LMS
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  Dessert: Mousse Open vs. Enterprise Rich community of user forums, tutorials, resources, bug tracker Less Cost - at all levels Luminis Message Broker Digester - $0 WebCTimport tool - $0 Just as stable and more feature-rich More social networking capability, Web 2.0 Quicker to gain new features More customizable Did I mention cost?
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  Aperitif: Faculty MembersConcerned about training: Took much less time than WebCT to learn Easier to use More features Exciting new possibilities iPod training program Concerned about converting courses: We do that for them Webctimport plugin from moodle.org
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  Turkish Coffee: StudentsLove the new system: Easier to navigate than WebCT Like having images of fellow students Easier to follow discussions
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  Nap Time: CoordinatorFaculty are more self-sufficient More fun to administer More focus on training Hosted in expert environment High level of customization More funds for faculty development
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  Rapid Eye Movement:Staff More interested in using the LMS for training and staff development See LMS as a way to reach students Involved with Moodle Orientation for students No noticable difference for registration, enrollments, etc.
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  Sweet Dreams: AdministrationLeft research and decision in our hands Appreciate “international-ness” Bottom line: Furthering educational mission $$$: The Pot of Gold
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  The End Questions?Clark Shah-Nelson [email_address] www.delhi.edu/online