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FLORIDA DISTANCE LEARNING CONSORTIUM. University of Louisiana at Lafayette Fall 2006 16,303 students Moodle transition complete June 2006. Moodle transition complete June 2006. TRANSITION 1 full year – 40 training sessions many early adopters groups ranged from 1 to 1 – 40
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FLORIDA DISTANCE LEARNING CONSORTIUM
University of Louisiana at Lafayette Fall 2006 16,303 students Moodle transition complete June 2006
Moodle transition completeJune 2006 TRANSITION 1 full year – 40 training sessions many early adopters groups ranged from 1 to 1 – 40 faculty very cooperative
Courses for Fall 2006: 1475 Students 22,458
ULL Staff ½ FTETransition: 2 FTE Same staff for both LMS Planning, set up and training All in house
Same staff for needed for Moodle As for Blackboard Staff costs the same
MOODLE OPEN SOURCE Means what? No cost for user rights I T can modify as needed Adapt to campus needs
Moodle SCORM compliant For transitioning from Blackboard to Moodle
Moodle characteristics Lots of openness Minimum course prep Instructor in charge STUDENTS LOVE MOODLE! Everything is on the ‘front page’ Blackboard very structured
Moodle versus Blackboard I T staff impressions: MOODLE Great I T support BLACKBOARD Not very supportive
MOODLE CAN FIX OWN PROBLEMS CAMPUS NEEDS ACCESS TO I T SUPPORT STAFF OR……………………
In Moodle Students had no trouble migrating to MOODLE required no training Instructors’ role different, somewhat more complicated
Moodle negative Chat daemon not as reliable as Blackboard Moodle version 1.7 changes Difference can change in Moodle – open source
Moodle platforms • UNIX scales best • WINDOWS • Mac O S
MOODLE STATISTICSDEC. 2006 REGISTERED STIES 19, 932 COURSES 796,436 USERS 8,109,063 TEACHERS 1,322,115
MOODLE created in Australia PH D Education student computer science background ULL: MOODLE.LOUISIANA.EDU
MOODLE.COM PARTNERS TO HIRE MOODLE.ORG GENERAL INFORMATION SOURCES PLACES PEOPLE, VERY ACTIVE USER GROUPS
No technical support staff? MOODLE. COM Commercial contract 1 FTE
UCLA MOODLE CAMPUS JANUARY 2007
MOODLE.ORG MOODLE.COM MOODLE.LOUISIANA.EDU
Dr. Jean Kreamer, Director Media and Printing Services jtk@louisiana.edu 337 482 6780 University of Louisiana at Lafayette