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Introducing moodle at Goldsmiths

Introducing moodle at Goldsmiths. John Phelps Sonja Grussendorf Goldsmiths, University of London. Introduction. Context Why we moodled Experiences Issues & Benefits Impact and the future. Context. Specialist college of the University of London since 1904

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Introducing moodle at Goldsmiths

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  1. Introducing moodle at Goldsmiths John Phelps Sonja Grussendorf Goldsmiths, University of London

  2. Introduction • Context • Why we moodled • Experiences • Issues & Benefits • Impact and the future UK MoodleMoot, OXILP 19 July 2004

  3. Context • Specialist college of the University of London since 1904 • Creative, cultural and social processes • Excess of 8000 students at Bachelor, Masters and Doctorate levels • 300 academic staff, 500+ visiting tutors UK MoodleMoot, OXILP 19 July 2004

  4. VLE Implementation • Reasoning • Learning and teaching strategy • Integration with other systems (cultural shift) • Resources • Capital costs, support costs • Demonstrate need • Pilots and Evaluation UK MoodleMoot, OXILP 19 July 2004

  5. Why we moodled • Open Source • Less risk, no commercial ‘lock-in’ • Known and well understood technologies • Low start up cost • Invest in infrastructure and support • Similar feature set to commercial packages • Notices, discussion forum • Surveys, quizzes, files • Active Community UK MoodleMoot, OXILP 19 July 2004

  6. What do we run Moodle on? • Twin Intel Xeon 2.8 GHz Processors • 4 GB RAM • 292 GB Storage (RAID) • Two Gigabits NICs • Red Hat Linux 8.0, Apache Web server, PostgreSQL • Password protected, links with college authentication via LDAP UK MoodleMoot, OXILP 19 July 2004

  7. After 1 year Over 60 courses with online presence Over 2700 individual users Used 7 days a week, 365 days a yearfrom ~0600 – 0300 Where Are We Now? UK MoodleMoot, OXILP 19 July 2004

  8. Cases UK MoodleMoot, OXILP 19 July 2004

  9. Our philosophy • It ought to encourage and improve communication between academics and students • It is created by academic staff • It is not a glorified document retrieval system • It should focus on student needs UK MoodleMoot, OXILP 19 July 2004

  10. BenefitsStudents’ perceptions • Up to date information • Notices, room changes, general course information, assignment dates, lecture times, • Downloading resources • Handouts, lecture notes, articles, web links etc • Flexible access And, most importantly, • Communication • With both teachers and fellow students! UK MoodleMoot, OXILP 19 July 2004

  11. IssuesStudents’ perceptions • Dependent on academic staff input • Frustrating if not (regularly) updated • Not all courses available • Student (un)surprisingly expect constancy • User problems • Off-site access • Moodle Classic design • “I don’t really like the colours..but I don’t really come on here to look at the colours, just as long as I can access the section I need to get to is the main priority” UK MoodleMoot, OXILP 19 July 2004

  12. Maintenance and costs • Low staff training overhead • Almost always available • Quick and easy upgrades • Log in issues • Users, cookies and Norton • Intuitive application • More focus on pedagogy UK MoodleMoot, OXILP 19 July 2004

  13. Impact • Students want it • Community Moodles for non-curricular groups • NQT’s, student societies • We are committed to using Moodle and the community UK MoodleMoot, OXILP 19 July 2004

  14. Contact Details John Phelps mailto:j.phelps@gold.ac.uk Sonja Grussendorf mailto:s.grussendorf@gold.ac.uk CELT, Information Services Goldsmiths, University of London, New Cross, London. SE14 6NW.United Kingdom UK MoodleMoot, OXILP 19 July 2004

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