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Closer to the Dream:

Closer to the Dream:. Letting Pedagogy Transform Learning Management Systems Ryan Gjerde – Luther College Bob Puffer – Luther College Dan Beach – St. Olaf College Barron Koralesky – Macalester College. Seven Elements of LMS Transformation. Recognition Inclusion Selection

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Closer to the Dream:

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  1. Closer to the Dream: Letting Pedagogy Transform Learning Management Systems Ryan Gjerde – Luther College Bob Puffer – Luther College Dan Beach – St. Olaf College Barron Koralesky – Macalester College

  2. Seven Elements of LMS Transformation Recognition Inclusion Selection Conversion Integration Implementation Adaptation

  3. Bob PufferLuther Collegepuffro01@luther.edu

  4. Luther College - Recognition • Increases in software licensing • Concerns about software quality • Barriers to adaptability and integration • Need for increased capability

  5. Luther College – Selection • WHAT DO WE NEED? Faculty survey of LMS usage • WHAT’S OUT THERE? Edutools –www.edutools.info/course/compare • WHERE’S THE BEST FIT? • Xplana evaluation – reduce to top six • Reduce to top three and test on-site for:

  6. Luther College - Selection • Commercial or opensource? • Barriers to opensource adoption: • Support • Stability • Longevity • Accountability • Modifying complex code

  7. Luther College – Adaptation • The ‘M’ in Moodle – “Modular” • Moodle development community - “Martin and the Twelve Heads” • Owner-enhanced

  8. Dan BeachSt. Olaf Collegebeach@stlolaf.edu

  9. Selection • Determined what faculty were using and why • Asked what people wanted • Compared several systems via www.edutools.info/course/compare/ • Moodle stood out • Set up a testing server

  10. Integration/Implementation • Database choice (PostgreSQL) • Authentication via LDAP • Create a Moodle course for every class

  11. Integration/Implementation • Automatically enroll students into classes • Import college ID photos • Training sessions for IT support group

  12. Implementation • Announced decision to the campus • Offered training seminars • Self-taught • Quicklink

  13. Outcome • Students grabbed onto it first • "I think Moodle is interesting and I wish more classes would use it. It’s easier to have assignments posted online …” • "It’s kind of cool to see who’s in your classes. It seems like it’s still a new thing for professors, since I have only one class using it. We use the forum for class a lot and it seems like there’s a lot of possibilities with Moodle." -from the Manitou Messenger (student newspaper)

  14. Outcome • 65-75 faculty currently using it • 150+ classes this semester • Just-in-Time-Teaching (JITT) • FERPA • Expanding uses

  15. Barron KoraleskyMacalester Collegekoralesky@macalester.edu

  16. Recognition – Motivation • Macalester didn’t have a CMS • New faculty arrive expecting CMS • Students too!

  17. Inclusion - Campus-wide collaboration is critical • Instructional technologists • Web coordinator • Librarians • Central IT – Networking, Database • Faculty development center • Early adopter faculty

  18. Selection – Why Moodle? • Needed a CMS to try • Rising use in our peer group • Open source • Apache, mySQL, PHP

  19. Selection – Pilot program • Started just two weeks before fall semester 2004 • Few hour initial setup • LDAP authentication = piece of cake

  20. Selection – Pilot program • Grew fast – outgrew server right away • 1st semester = 20% of our users! • 2nd semester = 50% of our users!

  21. Inclusion–Faculty Development • Fall Teaching & Learning Seminar – Moving your courses online • Pedagogically (not technically) focused • Why you want to use the method, less on how • Get faculty “talking about teaching” • Fluid syllabus • Web-based reading reflections • Facilitating out of class discussions • Online assessment

  22. Inclusion–Faculty Development • Faculty Moodle Workshop • ½ hr pedagogically focused introduction • Led by faculty • Again, more why • 1.5 hr hands-on with IS support • Lunch • ~20% faculty in 2 sessions

  23. Integration & Adaptation • Pilot to fully supported • Automatic course creation • Automatic course enrollment • Bring content into courses • e.g. relevant library links • Other modules

  24. Integration & Implementation • New faculty/student orientation • Information Fluency program • Use by other campus groups • ~75% of students using Moodle

  25. More information • http://moodle.org • http://moodle.macalester.edu • http://moodle.stolaf.edu • http://katie.luther.edu • Username = educause • Password = educause

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