Course design using the

Moodle database activity

Tristram Lawson

Roger Edmonds

UniSA Business School

(with a twist at the end)

Course design using the Moodle database activity

(with a twist at the end)

learnonline

learnonline provides an integrated suite of software

applications used to deliver quality technology

enhanced learning

Course site (powered by Moodle 2.6)

Gradebook

Lecture Recording System

Personal Capture

Virtual Classroom

ePortfolio

iSpring Pro

myCourseExperience

Course design using the Moodle database activity

(with a twist at the end)

Project Objective

Increase the number, quality and competitiveness of

our online and blended learning courses by:

Increasing interactivity

• Virtual Classrooms

• Peer review

• Feedback mechanisms

Improving look and feel

• Functionality

• Aesthetics

• Consistency

Increasing rich media

• Welcome videos

• Concept videos

• YouTube videos

Support the building of

staff capacity in ICT

Course design using the Moodle database activity

(with a twist at the end)

MBA >DMMT >OUA > BComm + M2/HK

Moodle 1.9 Image Credit: http://souojose.blogspot.com

Course Template Evolution

Course design using the Moodle database activity

(with a twist at the end)

MBA >DMMT >OUA > BComm + M2/HK

Book format Image Credit: http://souojose.blogspot.com

Course Template Evolution

Course design using the Moodle database activity

(with a twist at the end)

MBA >DMMT >OUA > BComm + M2/HK

Image Credit: http://souojose.blogspot.com

Course Template Evolution

Course design using the Moodle database activity

(with a twist at the end)

MBA >DMMT >OUA > BComm + M2/HK

Image Credit: http://souojose.blogspot.com

Course Template Evolution

Course design using the Moodle database activity

(with a twist at the end)

MBA >DMMT >OUA > BComm + M2/HK

Image Credit: http://souojose.blogspot.com

Course Template Evolution

Course design using the Moodle database activity

(with a twist at the end)

MBA >DMMT >OUA > BComm + M2/HK

Principles of Economics

Image Credit: http://souojose.blogspot.com

Course Template Evolution

Course design using the Moodle database activity

(with a twist at the end)

MBA >DMMT >OUA > BComm + M2/HK

Accounting for Business

Image Credit: http://souojose.blogspot.com

Course Template Evolution

Course design using the Moodle database activity

(with a twist at the end)

MBA >DMMT >OUA > M2/HK and BComm

• 23 courses for the onshore BComm (Accounting)

(Sept 2014 and Jan 2015)

• Additional 10 courses for BComm and BBuss (Tourism and

Event Management) for offshore delivery into Singapore

(M2) and HongKong (HK) in a ‘flipped mode of delivery’

(Sept 2014 and Jan 2015)

Image Credit: http://souojose.blogspot.com

Course Template Evolution

Course design using the Moodle database activity

(with a twist at the end)

MBA >DMMT >OUA > M2/HK and BComm

• Incorporate elements of the improved course design

already verified by staff and students from the

MBA, DMMT and OUA programs

• How are we going to manage this?!.................

Image Credit: http://souojose.blogspot.com

Course Template Evolution

Horse drawn tram

network 1907

First electric tram 1908

Course design using the Moodle database activity

(with a twist at the end)

Holden 48-215 i.e. The FX

Course design using the Moodle database activity

(with a twist at the end)

Personal automobile ownership

• Enabling

• Independence

• Reduced distance barriers

• Freedom

• Personlisation

• Choice of model, colour, features, style

• A medium to express oneself

• Sense of pride and ownership

• Social environment

Course design using the Moodle database activity

(with a twist at the end)

Engaging owners by

accommodating all tastes and needs

Course design using the Moodle database activity

(with a twist at the end)

Current tram network

New electric trams 2009

Course design using the Moodle database activity

(with a twist at the end)

Course design using the Moodle database activity

(with a twist at the end)

Practical, reliable, safe

Course design using the Moodle database activity

(with a twist at the end)

The LMS

• Enabling

• Independence

• Reduced distance barriers

• Freedom

Course design using the Moodle database activity

(with a twist at the end)

Fill-er up!

Course design using the Moodle database activity

(with a twist at the end)

But is it Engaging?

Course design using the Moodle database activity

(with a twist at the end)

Wow a new version!

Course design using the Moodle database activity

(with a twist at the end)

?

• Personalisation

• Choice of model, colour, features, style

• A medium to express oneself

• Sense of pride and ownership

• Social environment

Course design using the Moodle database activity

(with a twist at the end)

What if we could define the

vehicle?

• What would it look like?

• How should it behave?

• Would it be an improvement?

• Where to start?

Course design using the Moodle database activity

(with a twist at the end)

Course design using the Moodle database activity

(with a twist at the end)

MBA >DMMT >OUA > M2/HK and BComm

• Rapid, easy deployment

• Robust and sustainable

• Encourage ownership by enabling easy course

customisation choices

• Separate code and content

Image Credit: http://souojose.blogspot.com

• Enter the Moodle database

Course Template Evolution

Course design using the Moodle database activity

(with a twist at the end)

MBA >DMMT >OUA > M2/HK and BComm

• Exit the Moodle database

Course Template Evolution

Image Credit: http://souojose.blogspot.com

Image Credit: http://souojose.blogspot.com

• Enter the ‘tabbed topic’ format

Image Credit: http://moodle.org

Thou shalt

not pass!

Course design using the Moodle database activity

(with a twist at the end)

Thank You

For more information please contact:

Tristram Lawson tristram.lawson@unisa.edu.au

Roger Edmonds roger.edmonds@unisa.edu.au