'Mooting Moodle' A panacea for blended learning, or a problematic proposal?
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This document summarizes a presentation about using Moodle, a learning management system, to enhance blended learning. It discusses drivers for change like lack of student engagement and lectures/seminars not linking well. Using Moodle could help monitor student understanding, provide quick support, and exploit its interactive features. However, implementing Moodle poses challenges like developing academic engagement and traditional teaching preferences. Moving forward, the presentation advocates developing staff competency with technology, scaffolding students in online learning, and incrementally improving use of Moodle's features through collaboration.
![Presentation NameDecember 05What we have learnedLecturer Perceptions and ChallengesDeveloping academic engagement“why do we have to keep changing everything every year, we are doing ok aren’t we?”“they [students] won’t do the on line stuff before coming to my workshop so what can I do!!?”“only half of them [students] have ever watched the on line lectures, or done the quizzes so I do it in the lesson with them”](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/moodlepresentation-110715035208-phpapp01/85/Mooting-Moodle-A-panacea-for-blended-learning-or-a-problematic-proposal-12-320.jpg)
'Mooting Moodle' A panacea for blended learning, or a problematic proposal?
- 1. Presentation NameDecember 05“Mooting MoodleA panacea for blended learning, or a problematic proposal?”Clare DenholmDebbie Reynolds
- 2. Drivers for changeIssues and challengesLack of student engagement observed (large cohort & inherent problems / continuity etc.)Lectures and seminars not linking wellStudents failing / Academics failing students ?Institutional drive towards embracing technologyPresentation NameDecember 05
- 3. Drivers for changeDeveloping the use of MoodleEnvisaged OpportunitiesEnhance student engagement & use Moodle tools to closely monitor student understanding and progressProvide opportunity to “respond” quickly where students require further supportExploit the dynamic and responsive nature of the Moodle environment and its functionsOpportunity to meet perceptions that students enter HE “techno savvy mode” and ready to “learn on line”Develop understanding and inform best practice in teachingPresentation NameDecember 05
- 4. Moodle Tool BoxAudio WikiForumsAssessment FeedbackSchedulerQuizzesResourcesBlog
- 5. Context
- 7. Presentation NameDecember 05What we have learnedPanacea for someProblematic for others
- 8. Presentation NameDecember 05What we have learnedImportance of collaboration and partnerships between academics and learning technologists
- 9. Presentation NameDecember 05What we have learnedMaking assumptions:Homogenous learners?
- 10. What we have learnedStudent PerspectivesThey did engage – 54,000 hits from 500 studentsThe feedback and experience was varied but overall positiveThey like the flexibility of online learning and generally it helps them feel engagedParticularly like the powerpoints & quizzes*Good contact with tutors*
- 11. Student QuotesWhat do you like about the unit? “the combination of online study and seminar is excellent. I can have a basic knowledge through online study first because i attend the workshop. The advantage is that I can do my online study whenever I want, rather than doing it together in the class. This measure gives me more flexibility in time management. I support this arrangement.”What are you finding challenging? “Keeping up with what to do prior to each lecture, can at times feel slightly overwhelming, although the work is not hard nor is it lengthy, it just feels like there are lots of tiny deadlines for work,(rather than one large piece of work) although I do see the bigger picture.”How do you think this unit could be improved? “lessons should be about the powerpoint on mycourse. our lessons are often nothing to do with what is on mycourse.” “more quizs and assessments in the virtual learning tasks for the students to prove and apply what they learn in the virtual learning tasks.”Presentation NameDecember 05
- 12. Presentation NameDecember 05What we have learnedLecturer Perceptions and ChallengesDeveloping academic engagement“why do we have to keep changing everything every year, we are doing ok aren’t we?”“they [students] won’t do the on line stuff before coming to my workshop so what can I do!!?”“only half of them [students] have ever watched the on line lectures, or done the quizzes so I do it in the lesson with them”
- 13. Presentation NameDecember 05Feeding ForwardWhere do we go from here?
- 14. Presentation NameDecember 05Developing and supporting academics on the journeyTraditional preferences (tricky)Developing competencyBuilding technical confidenceImplementing policies and management structures to support development of staff competency
- 15. Building on the BlendScaffolding students in online learningDeveloping the relationship between course developers, tutors and learning technologistsIncremental changeDevelop use of Moodle functionality
Editor's Notes
- #5: Moodle being customisable and open source offers many tools Challenge to choose the best tools for the jobNot get overwhelmed or try to throw the whole box at itAppropriate use
- #6: Illustration showing conceptual gap between technological advances with Moodle and speed of advances in relation to the ability of academics to keep “pace” with the advances. Outline the linear progression of the implementation of the BL model into the skills unit.LTs seeing steep progress lineAcademics slower and in ‘steps’ as implement in each teaching cohort. - the ethics of not experimenting on students so need to take development incrementally – responsible and considered Also time constraints and training needs, management attitudes.
- #7: The JourneyIncremental progress
- #11: Mixed responseStats and quotes
- #12: Support students in learning online“I feel this unit is taught in a way whicj makes me want to learn and listen, there is plently of interaction and communication in class, therefore I have no suggestions as to how this unit could be improved.”“Gavin is a superb tutor! Very helpful, well organised and very approachable. Also like how the seminars are open to discussion, rather than just hearing the tutor talk the whole time. This makes me remember the sessions more and have a better knowledge of researching on a whole”