Moodle for TEAM10

Martin DougiamasLead Moodler

Executive Director, Moodle Pty Ltd

Improvingour practice

Copyright 2010 © Martin Dougiamas

Open Source Software

Free to downloadFree to useFree to explore, modify and extendFree to distribute (under GPL)

Free to help with development Free to choose your service supplier Free to run a business using it Free to use something else!

And you are also...

Basic rights for everyone


Open Source Platform

Moodle Core

Mods Modules

Course design

User contributions

Course Management SystemOther Systems

(Open Source or Proprietary)

SIS

AuthenticationPortfolios

Repositories

Payment Conferencing

Reports Plagiarism

Open Source

Moodle


History

1999 0.0 First prototype versions

11 / 2001 0.9 First pre-release version on the web

8 / 2002 1.0 Forum, Survey, Journal, Resources, Quiz...

8 / 2003 1.1 Backups, Workshop, Chat, Scales...

3 / 2004 1.2 Filters, Groups, Glossary, Lesson ...

5 / 2004 1.3 Calendar, Blocks, RSS, Media plugins ...

8 / 2004 1.4 Installer, Resources, Enrolments, Wiki...

6 / 2005 1.5 XHTML, Themes, Blocks, Gradebook ...

6 / 2006 1.6 Unicode, Database, Docs, Blogs, Reports ..

11 / 2006 1.7 Roles, Admin, Oracle and MSSQL, AJAX ..

3 / 2007 1.8 Accessibility, MNet, Forms, Multi-auth...

3 / 2008 1.9 Gradebook, Outcomes, Performance, Tags, Notes..

11 / 2010 2.0 Biggest release yet


Moodle Roadmap

The likelihood some feature will get included in Moodle is a function of :

How much it supports our pedagogical focus

Number of votes from existing users

Can it be developed in a generic way to help many

How long it will take to develop

Is it easier just to integrate with something existing

How much developer time is available

Does it blend?


Current Statistics

We know of over 50,000 registered verified sites in 210 countries

Registered sites contain 36 million users,3.7 million courses and 1.2 million teachers

At least 500 sites have more than 10,000 users

Interface translated into 86 languages

54 specialised Moodle Partners


9225

4299

3358 3150

23061823 1763

1323 1230 1188

USA Spain Brazil UK Germany Mexico Portugal Australia Columbia Italy

50,000+ installations


33% 28% 13% 9% 4% 14%University Secondary School Company Independent Primary school Other

Environments


Some universities

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Some Corporates


Software

Moodle Economics

Universities / Schools

moodle.comFunded by Royalties

Discussion, Free Support etc

Development,Documentation etc

Active UserCommunity

(50,000 per month)

Moodle.org

DeveloperCommunity

(250)

54 Support Companies Worldwide

Companies Educators


An exploration of the use of an Open Source software called Moodle to support a social

constructionist epistemology of teaching and learning within

Internet-based communities of reflective inquiry

My PhD thesis


Basic concept

People Software Tools

Community

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ImprovingTeaching

Ideally with skilled facilitators


Pedagogical Focus


Referent 1

All of us are potential teachers as well as learners - in a true collaborative environment we are both


Referent 2

We learn particularly well from the act of creating or expressing something for others to see (Papert, Aristotle)


Referent 3

We learn by just observing the activity of our peers (culture)


Referent 4

By understanding the contexts of others, we can teach in a more transformational way (constructivism)


Referent 5

A learning environment needs to be flexible and adaptable, so that it can quickly respond to the changing needs of the

participants within it


Pedagogical Referents

1. All of us are potential teachers as well as learners - in a true collaborative environment we are both

2. We learn particularly well from the act of creating or expressing something for others to see

3. We learn a lot by just observing the activity of our peers

4. By understanding the contexts of others, we can teach in a more transformational way (constructivism)

5. A learning environment needs to be flexible and adaptable, so that it can quickly respond to the needs of the participants within it


Pedagogical basics

What is the simplest possible pedagogical technique that

promotes all this?

(in my view)

Asking questions


And is this how people use Moodle?


6. Combine the activities into sequences

Pedagogical progression

1. Publish content (Resource, SCORM)

2. Provide a passive Forum3. Use interactive Quizzes and Assignments4. Wikis, Glossaries, Databases (collaboration)5. Facilitate discussions in the Forum. Questions!

7. Introduce external activities and games8. Use Survey tools and logs to study / reflect9. Give students more power (structure/grades)

10. Active research, communities of practice!


Improvements/Rewrites

• File storage and handling • Roles and enrolments• Messaging• Backup and Restore• Gradebook• Blocks and Layout• Themes / AJAX / Interface• Comments and Ratings• My Moodle• Customisable User Profile pages• Workshop / Chat / Lesson / Quiz• Wiki / SCORM / Resources• Database access / data handling

2.0

Major New Features

• Navigation• Community hubs• Repository support• Portfolio support• Completion• Conditional activities• Cohorts• Web services API• Secure RSS feeds • IMS CC• Blog associations and comments• External blog support• Mobile integration


Institution B


Community Hubs

Institution B

Moodle Hub Servereg hub.moodle.org

Register as downloadable

Template User Community User

Building a course Taking a course

Enrollable courseDownloadable courseRegister as enrollable

zip

Download

Backup

Search

Publishing site Community site

Restore

Search

Enrol

Ordinary Moodle site

CourseList

A

D

1

2

3

B

E

Ccache


Web Services API

MoodleFunctions(Core and Modules)

External Client

Application

SOAP

XML-RPC

REST

AMF

External Server

Application


Repositories

MoodleFiles

Almost any other content

repository


2.1, 2.2, 2.3...

• Reworking all standard modules (usability and pedagogy)

• Assignment

• Forum

• Survey (merging with Questionnaire and Feedback)

• Choice

• Lesson

• Quiz etc

• Grading and Rubrics

• Mobile use

• Integrating new modules (lots)

• Refinements in all areas based on your feedback

• Minimal changes to the Moodle 2 “Operating System”


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