Challenges and Strategies in Multi -Institutional Consortiums November 5, 2013

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Presentation to 2013 Moodle Moot New Orleans

Challenges and Strategies in Multi-Institutional Consortiums

November 5, 2013

Caught in the MNET

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Presented by

Herb Wilson, LAN Administrator,University of New

Orleans

Derek Rodriguez, Help Desk Director,

ORGL Moodle Administrator, University of New Orleans

Eiizabeth Blankenship, Interim Director of

Instructional TechnologyUniversity of New

Orleans

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Technology now allows multiple institutions to collaborate on courses and programs … yay!

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But multiple institutions = multiple challenges

Programming

Communications

Enrollment

AccreditationRegulations

Data andFormat

Incompatibility

GeneralWazooPain

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Solution: MNET

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Moodle Network

Moodle Network allows site administrators to link to and share resources with another Moodle site or sites.

Site administrators create courses through MNET and enroll their own users in remote course via the Remote Enrollments Client.

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Remote EnrollmentsClient

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Transparent for students

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Directclick-throughwith no extracredentialing

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Effective Communicationis KEY

As many as

27 people are involved in the ULS ORGL degree

across the nine institutions

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Create buy-in from shareholders

• Find the technical and functional leads at each institution

• Create paths to communication

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Keep faculty in the loop and support them

• Train them• Be sure they know who

to contact for what

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Roadblocks to consistency

• Consistent, timely actions• Agreement among

administrations• Communication across

institutions and across units

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Unanticipated learning opportunities

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Instructor / Course Management

• Final grades• Course

Maintenance• Evaluations• Enrollments

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Registrar concerns

Registrar

Drop Dates

Financial Aidˇ

Transcripts

FERPA

GradeChalleng

es

FacultyCredentia

ls

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Technical Administration Issues

• Communication!• Creating courses• Enrolling students• Enrolling instructors• Working across Moodle versions• Managing identities• Labor intensive

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Everything is done manually … in different places

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Case study: final grades

• Grades are uploaded manually

• Then downloaded and transferred to the Registrar’s databases manually.

• No tools exist in Moodle so one had to be made – thanks, Jason Domiano of SELU!

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Reactive, not proactiveWe have been learning as we go, reacting to unexpected issues and errors on the fly.

But as those errors shake out we are better organized and moving into planning mode.

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Case study: version incompatibility

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Where we stand

• More communicative• Consistent data• Final grades tool• Registrar training

accomplished• Knowledge gained

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Checklists …• What has to happen before a

course is launched• Checklist for start-of-

semester tasks• Checklist for instructors

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Q&A

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Get in Touch …

BethBlankenshi

p504-280-5512

[email protected]

HerbWilson

504-280-6759hawilson@

uno.edu

DerekRodriguez504-280-6396

[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]





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THANKSBYE

Challenges and Strategies in Multi -Institutional Consortiums November 5, 2013

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