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Implementing LMS a case study Peter Van den Broeck SO STJ Hamme
Peter Van den Broeck English / Dutch Teacher Masters Degree Languages No IT-qualifications Platform manager of Kajakaja Kajakaja.be – Chamilo 1.8.7.1 with
campus Plugin
STJ Hamme Secondary school – years 3 to 6
(vocational 7) ASO – technical – vocational 364 students 61 teachers
Using LMS since 2006
First steps… Introduction in April 2006 Stephen Hargreaves – Working with
Webquests Making a choice: Dokeos or Moodle Why D0ke0s?
Expertise (trainee from HoWest – AUGent) Simple and clear layout (Partly) Belgian based – language support
100%
Jura – Project D0ke0s
Subdomain schoolwebsite 40 students 1 teacher Positive experience
Student motivation Participation community (wiki-tool pcool)
Level 1 – Sep 2006 Separate domain – hosted environment
(kajakaja) Account for every student / teacher Choice of use was with teacher (no-
obligation) 5 teachers in 8 classes LIMITED SUCCESS
First push – Jan 2007 Introduction of ‘Mededelingen’ for
teachers Weekly update All school related forms for download announcements
Result: +30 passive users (teachers) PRACTICAL USE
Second push – Mar 2007 Update to 1.8.x Series of hands-on sessions for interested
teachers Results:
5 -> 20 teachers who use courses for students 60% of students have a login Math dpt starts its own cross curricular course
DOWNSIDE: Flashy Fileserver
Some setbacks – Sep 2007 AUGent partnership project
Free dokeos platform Centralized management Helpdesk Left the program after 14 days
Failure in update to 1.8.4 -> reinstall from scratch
Relaunch 3rd week of September Bad practice: teachers hand out account
details Problems -> less teachers rely on platform
hence less students get their account details
Revenge at hand – Jan 2008
Introduction ‘ leerlingenmededelingen’ All students get login through administation Initiation by IT-teachers End Jan 95% have logged in at least once Stable active teacher usage 40% BUT: Flashy Fileserver, only 2 teachers use
other modules Motivational setback: no real progress in 1,5
years
Land ahoi – Mar 2008 Campus Plugin – Ludwig Theunis Amazing Tool Installation of 2nd testing Platform
Test with selected group May: decision to implement -> total
cleanup June: mandatory sessions to introduce
new platform
Kajakaja 2.0 – Sep 2008 Dokeos 1.8.5 + Campus Plugin New features:
Timetable Journal based on timetable Students listings Reservations tool
A better way? Personalised letters 1st day of school +
mini-manual Voluntary school journal Mandatory for reservations Timetable changes: consult the platform AMAZING: by half Sep
96% of students 99% of teachers
STS – Jan 2009 Student Tracking System Mandatory Learning disorders – Results – Behaviour RESULT
More teachers become ‘active users’ Links – documents – announcements Most popular: Journal - Listings
Open evaluation Positive perception More up than down Split in IT and LMS STS is sole source information DOWN: first student hack
Year 2 2.0 – Sep 2009 Same procedures Active Day 3 of school year Massive course growth (DEPT courses) DOWN: 1 course -> several courses CLB Login
Jan – May 2010 New headmaster:
Former Dokeos Platform Admin New blood Go Chamilo decision Limit course creation Cleanup
On hold – Sep 2010 Start schoolyear: Dokeos 186 + Campus
1.4 Mandatory school journal Precreated courses DB stability problems in webhosting (21.000
tables) Oct 2010:
decision migrate to VPS Decision upgrade to Chamilo
The move – Dec 2010 Move Dokeos 186 to VPS
Problem: DB of 21.000 tables Rights management (webhosting sucks)
Upgrade to Chamilo Stable! Database bugs:
Course list Within courses
Chamilo – Jan 2011 Introduction Jan 3rd Positive response to overall system Negative response
Social network (exclusion) Currently unused again
IT admin – Mar 2011 Added new function
Single tracking system for IT errors Positive response
Back to the future Downside in usage:
Fileserver Administrative platform
Plans Hands on session for different modules Online testing experiments Learning paths
Future for Chamilo Hopeful developments 2.0 Plugin Code: integrated in full project More config options for Social network Mobile version
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