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From Blackboard to Moodle

From Blackboard to Moodle. E-Champions Meeting 3 rd November 2009. What’s this meeting about?. Sharing Why Moodle Where we’re up to Demonstrating Examples of Moodle Our Moodle Discussing Thoughts, concerns and ideas Colleagues wishing to pilot Moodle next Sem. What’s wrong with BB?.

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From Blackboard to Moodle

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  1. From Blackboard to Moodle E-Champions Meeting3rd November 2009

  2. What’s this meeting about? • Sharing • Why Moodle • Where we’re up to • Demonstrating • Examples of Moodle • Our Moodle • Discussing • Thoughts, concerns and ideas • Colleagues wishing to pilot Moodle next Sem

  3. What’s wrong with BB? • Blackboard is slow and unintuitive • Document downloads are problematic • Java causes all sorts of problems • How do we know? • Surveys of staff & students • Facebook – great for finding out what students think of you!

  4. What’s wrong with BB? • Blackboard features are underused (survey) • We’re paying for features many people don’t use

  5. What’s wrong with BB? • Blackboard features are underused (survey) • Most people require it to deliver resources

  6. What’s wrong with BB? • License & hosting costs are high • 2008/9 BB cost us £72K • Support is sub-standard • Response to queries is slow • Bugs/updates & upgrades are not able to be fixed until the next development cycle • Product development/upgrade is slow • Blackboard 9 is now available and is just as big a change as moving to Moodle.

  7. Why Moodle? • It does everything BB can do – but better • “FREE!” Open Source – easy to customise and tailor to our needs • Built around pedagogy of social constructivism - by an academic! (Dougiemas,M) • Supported and developed by a community of academics and developers • Tried and tested on large scale (Open Uni) with developments re-invested into the product (SCLATER, N. ... et al, 2006. ) • YouTube

  8. Who’s Using Moodle? • Open University • Coventry • Birmingham • Robert Gordon Uni • Essex University • Bath University • University of Strathclyde • University of Lampeter • plus many, many others… • Many Universities with Blackboard are conducting reviews with the aim of moving to Moodle. (HELF forum emails, 2009)

  9. Examples • YSJ Moodle • http://moodle.yorksj.ac.uk • Request a sandpit course • Themes, activities etc • Blayn’s Moodle course

  10. Summary Roadmap • Moodle installed (Sept 2009) • Moodle familiarisation for technical teams (Sept/Oct 2009) • Moodle availability for staff sandpits (Oct 2010) • Preliminary moodle training for staff (Sem 2, 2010) • Pilots (Sem 2, 2010) • Integration with SITS (SEM 2, 2010) • Implementation of feedback (Summer 2010) • Wider staff development, training and support (Summer 2010) • Moodle replaces BB (Sept 2010) • BB switched off – (Oct 31st 2010)

  11. Pilots • In SEM 2, we hope to have representation from across the university, piloting moodle with real courses and students, to investigate: • ‘Migration’/Module development • Staff & student enrolment • Interface usability • E-Assignment submission & marking • Quizzes and tests • To inform: • Training requirements • Areas for improvement

  12. Let’s discuss • General comments/feedback? • Engagement over moodle within faculties • Communication strategies (QEC’s, newsletters, website, blog, f2f meetings, organised sessions?) • Best times to engage over training? • How would you like to see things done – suggestions/ideas?

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