Moodleintheendisjustatoolinthehandsofpeopleandit’snotgoingtosolveeveryeduca7onalproblemonitsown,butthereares7llalotofthingswecandotomakeMoodlemoreusableandaccessible. Mar7nDougiamas(2015)

CEO&FounderofMoodle

TheEcologyandEvolu0onofMoodleintheK12:

TheCaseofACSAthens

MARIA D. AVGERINOU, PH.D. & MARY MANOS WITH EVA GIANNAKIS, MARIA GIANNAKIS,

TED SOULANTICAS & ESTHER PYYKKO (ACS ATHENS STUDENTS)

AMERICAN COMMUNITY SCHOOLS (ACS) ATHENS #MootGR17

DECEMBER 2ND, 2017 UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES, ATHENS GREECE

SessionOverview

•  Introduc7on•  i2Flex-ingwithMoodle•  Developing the ACS Athens MoodleTemplate (QM, TPACK, CoI, Cogni7vePsychology&Mul7mediaResearch)

•  CourseExamples•  Q&A*withstudentinput*

AmericanCommunitySchools(ACS)Athens

•  Establishedin1945,AmericanCommunitySchoolsofAthensisalarge(800+)privateschoolofferinginterna7onalJK–12educa7ontolocal,na7onalandinterna7onalstudentsinGreece.ACSAthensembracesAmericaneduca7onalphilosophy,principlesandvalues.

Educa0oninthe21stCentury

•  purpose of educa7on is to successfullypreparestudentsforthefuture

•  by implica7on,wecannotcon7nueeduca7ngthem in ways that address educa7on andmarketneedsofthepast.

Blended learning

“Blended learning is the thoughtful integration of classroom face-to-face learning experiences with online learning experiences “ Kanuka, Heater and Garrison, Randy D. (2004) «Blended learning: Uncovering its transformative potential in higher education», University of Calgary

TheComponentsofi2Flex

independentinquiry-based

GuidedFace-to-Face

FlexibleLEARNINGSupportedby

Instruc7onalMedia&Technology

FromFace2FacetoOnline

Face2FaceEnhancedbySta7c

Shell&EdTechcomponents

i²FlexEnhancedby

Interac7veShell

OnlineTotallyInterac7veShellLearningoccursonline

The unified classroom

i2Flex:Facts&Figures2013-2014(Piloti²Flexyear)•  23faculty(8MiddleSchool;14

HighSchoolfaculty;1StudentServices)

•  20courses(3online;17i²Flex)2014-2015•  AllMiddleSchoolandAcademy

classes integrated the ACSAthens Moodle Template intotheirdailyteachingandlearningac7vi7es

•  50% of Middle School andAcademy faculty teach via thei2Flexmethodology

2015-2017•  Pre-i2Flexinthe5thGrade•  ALL MS and Academy classes

haveusedMoodle2017•  Pre-i2Flexinthe4thGrade•  StudentServices•  MasterLibrary

ID&IT:ANecessarySynergy

•  Moodleuseandusabilityisreviewedeverysummer(basedonstudentandfacultyfeedback)

•  Moodlesystemisupdatedeverysummertoo

TheProcessforFacultytoTransformtheir

Courseintoi2Flex

•  LessonPlan•  Instruc7onalAc7vi7es•  StudentAssessment•  Moodletraining

i2FlexInstruc0onalDesign&DevelopmentProcess

ReflectonLessonPlanorEn7reCourse

Con7nueInstruc7onalDesign

Consulta7ons

Re-DesignLessonPlanorCourseviaAlignmentTableor

QualityMagers®Rubric

Start Here ID #1 ID #2 ID #3

Pilot/Implement ID Decisions with/without further ID and/or technical support**

* One-on-One Meetings with Educational Technology & eLearning Director ** Information Services, K-12 Technology Co-ordinators, i2Flex Faculty Champions

*** Formative evaluation and monitoring of Implementation (with Educational Technology Director, and students)

1.1 2.1

3.1***

3.+

Support

QualityMaSers®

Q U A L I T Y M AT T E R S = A N AT I O N A L BENCHMARK FOR ONLINE COURSE DESIGN (US) Quality Matters (QM) is a leader in quality assurance for online education and has received national recognition for its peer-based approach to continuous improvement in online education and student learning.

i²FlexCourseStandards–QM®•  GeneralStandard1:

Theoveralldesignofthecourseismadecleartothestudentatthebeginningofthecourse

•  GeneralStandard2:Learningobjec0vesareclearlystatedandexplained.Theyassiststudentsinfocusingtheireffortinthecourse

•  GeneralStandard3:Assessmentstrategiesuseestablishedwaystomeasureeffec7velearning,evaluatestudentprogressbyreferencetostatedlearningobjec7ves,andaredesignedtobeintegraltothelearningprocess

•  GeneralStandard4:Instruc0onalmaterialsareauthorita7ve,up-to-dateandappropriatelychosenforthelevelofthecourse

•  GeneralStandard5:Meaningfulinterac0onbetweentheteacherandstudents,amongstudents,andbetweenstudentsandcoursematerialsisemployedtomo7vatestudentsandfosterintellectualcommitmentandpersonaldevelopment(learningac7vi7es)

•  GeneralStandard6:Coursenaviga0onfeaturesandthetechnologyemployedinthecoursefosterstudentengagementandensureaccesstoinstruc7onalmaterialsandresources

•  GeneralStandard7:Thecoursefacilitatesstudentaccesstoins0tu0onalservicesessen7altostudentsuccess

•  GeneralStandard8:Theface-to-faceandonlinecoursecomponentsareaccessibletoallstudents

•  GeneralStandard9—ComplianceStandards:Thissec0onoftherubricisop0onalandmaybetailoredtopar7cularrequirementsormandatesatthestateorlocallevel.Theserequirementsmaydealwithsubjectmagerstandards,inclusionofspecificinforma7oninthecourseoutlineorsyllabus,mandatedcommunica7ons,etc.

QMviaMoodle:FacultyPerformanceEvalua0on

TheCommunityofInquiryFramework(CoI)

FactorsInfluencingCommunityofInquiryandStudentSa0sfac0on

(Rubin,Fernandes,&Avgerinou,2013)

Cogni0vePsychologyintheDesignMix!

•  Iflearnerscan'tseetherealworldapplica7ons,theywon'tseethevalueoftheeLearningcourse.

•  Peoplehaveaninherentneedtolearnandexperiencenewthings.

•  Posi7vereinforcementisapowerfultool.•  Learnersgravitatetowardcollabora7veexperiences.

•  Learnersneedtobeabletorelatetotheinforma7on.

Mul0-mediaResearchtoo!

•  Ourbrainsdonothavethecapacitytomul7task.

•  Learningthatisspreadoutover7medras7callyincreasesknowledgereten7on.

•  Mul7mediatoolsimproveourbrain'smemorypower.

•  Payagen7ontocogni7veload!

PreliminaryResultsAsourschool-wideAc7onResearchoni2Flexillustrates,whenthismethodologyisappliedinasystema7c,pedagogicallysoundway,itcan:•  helppromoteandsustainthedynamicequilibriumofall

TPACKelements;•  empowerfacultytoredefinetheirroleas21stcentury

educators;•  improveinstruc0on;•  improvestudentsa0sfac0onwiththeirschoolexperiences-

whichismorelikelytoresultinimprovedmo7va7onandacademicperformance;

•  serveasthevehicleforeduca0onaltransforma0onintheschoolculture;

•  empowerstudentstotakeownershipoftheirlearning

CourseExamples

Pre-i2Flex•  5thGradei2Flex•  HighSchoolMath•  i2FlexGreek•  IBPsychology•  NewFacultyOrienta7onProgram

Moodle@ACSAthens

5thGrade(pre-i2Flex)

HighSchoolMath(cont.)

HighSchoolMath

i2FlexGreek(cont.)

i2FlexGreek

IBPsychology

NewFacultyOrienta0onProgram

MoodlePD&ResourcesforTeachers

•  NewMoodletemplatehgps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qLDGbs9a_ACrea7ngAssignmentsinMoodlehgps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-nQHGuJUJwi2FlexandYouhgps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJGUAin3SQE

RelevantResources

QUESTIONS?SUGGESTIONS?IDEAS?THANKYOU!

Addi0onalresources:hgp://www.isquaredflex.grhgp://www.igi-global.com/book/revolu7onizing-blended-learning-through-flex/143643