lsis open technology for efficiency presentation

Open Technology for Efficiency

Thomas Bell - @thomaswbell88 + Author of '10 Business Critical Areas' - Open Educational Courses + LSIS Sector Reference Group for Sustainability Member + LMS Programme Coordinator + ICT Professional Trainer+ Other guises

Overview

Intro to TDM Ltd.

Business Critical Area OER

Why Open Source Matters

Moodle & Open Source projects

Totara LMS Competency based learning - LMS

Mahara e-Portfolios Personal Reflective
e-Portfolios

Quick intro ...

TDM The Development Manager Ltd:

Training..In Open Source Software

Consultancies

Business & Education focus

Development..Of Open Source Software

Bespoke Software development

Management..Of Open Source Software

'Implementation Management' for organisations

Successful software deployment

First UK Totara PartnerManaged Hosting

Custom Development

Moodle Services companyImplementations

Training

Mahara PartnerAuthors of the Mahara book: Mahara 1.2: A beginner's guide

Mahara Certified Training Courses

Newly established, but with decades of training provision:Online Training AcademyIT / ICT Apprenticeships DeliveryMentor TrainingTutor TrainingManagement TrainingHigh-stakes Industry Qualifications

Proud to be partnered/certified with:

TDM Linux Professional Institute

Next LPI Master Affiliate for the UK

September 2011

Why Open Source Matters

Community

Control

Cost-effective

Freedom

Often free, not alwaysOpen Source Free Software

Collaborative resource utilisation

Customisable

Naturally sustainable

Sensible

Extensible / Pluggable

The Moodle project Quick video

http://vimeo.com/2405525

What are these Business Critical Areas!?

LSC-WM + AWM RDA

Two phase research amongst employers in the region;Phase I: Skills requirements in WM businesses.

Phase II: Skills gaps in the West Midlands

Guess the 10
Business Critical Areas?

1. Business Improvement Techniques2. Business Systems / Processes3. Teamworking / Communication4. Customer Service5. Sales & Marketing

6. IT User7. New Product Design8. Finance & Credit9. Cashflow & Profit Management10. Risk Management

The Aims!

Start with the long one:

Improving social constructivist approaches to digitally-blended WBL delivery amongst the FE sector

Design Moodle Courses

Xerte Learning Objects

Subject Matter Experts...design, delivery and planning process

Distribute for free, to reuse remix, adapt etc

We delivered:

Over 40 short videos of interviews with SME's

Over 24 Xerte Learning Objects SCORM compatible

10 Moodle courses to take away and chop and change

Social activities a plenty!

Interactive, engaging content delivered to nvq/qcf level 2 standards

Distributed to several online repositories, numerous regional moodle hubs and continue to give them out to providers today.

Downloads at:

http://wbl-online.org.uk/moodle

What is ?

Corporate 'Distro' of MoodlePackaged up for quick and effective corporate learning delivery work-based learning delivery

Based on the most stable Moodle code

Support Services 24/7 Support, guaranteed response times

Added functionality and the constant development of new features

Open Source Enterprise following the same model as the most successful Open Source business RedHat

Proven corporate distribution of Moodle;Some names are McDonalds, Nikon, Timberland, Nike and the list of big corporates goes on.

Created by Mahara Core developers: Kineo, Flexible Learning Network & Catalyst IT

Learner Management System:Totara LMS is the Learner Management System with all the trimmings.

Learner Management System

in contrast to...

Virtual Learning Environment /
Course Management System

What is ?

Competency Based Learning

Team/Cohort Management

Staff / Hierarchy Management

What is ?

Organisation/Department Management

Booking Management

Excellent Reporting & Progress tracking

Pathway specific training programmesProgramme Management

What is ?

Competency Based Learning

Competency Hierarchy Importe.g. IT User & ICT Professional Qualifications = 6000+ standards/competencies

Import from Register Ofqual Database

Learners evidence competence against given standards

Management of Learners

Team / Cohort Management

Manager Manages team of staff=

Trainer / Assessor Manages cohort of learners

Classroom Booking Management

Face-to-Face Session booking.

Calendared events tailored to learner's individual plans

Pathway Programmes
= Totara Positions

Assign learners to a pathway

Automatically retrieve relevant competencies to Individual Development Plan

Set 'aspirational' position/pathway Learner Engaging

Tracking and Reporting

Individual Learning Plans (ILP)

If assigned a Position, the learner receives the relevant competencies in their ILP

Competencies Gathered from:Learner Pathway (Position)

Organisation

Courses linked to competenciesAutomatically drawn in with the competencies

Totara Reporting & Progress Tracking

Totara Report BuilderWe built a set of reports for specific rolesLearners see the stats they need to see

Trainers see the stats they want to see

Assessors...

IV & EV etc

How do Mahara and Totara mix?

Wyre Academy Totara = Structured Learning Delivery:Online Courses

Tracking + Reporting

Workshop Booking

Webinar Booking

How do Mahara and Totara mix?

Wyre Academy Mahara = Personalised LearningProfessional Learning Community

Reflective Journals

Evidence gathering

Evidence showcasing

Assessment submission to Totara

Learner Journey In Totara/Mahara

Learner Registration & Interview

Diagnostics Assessments

Successful employment placement

Induction training: Totara & Mahara

Totara Position setting


Individual Learning Plan creationAuto assigned relevant competencies

Auto enrolled on relevant courses

Objectives setup with Assessor

Timescales and due dates added to competencies


Learner gathers evidence in Mahara

Learners constructs their views/pages in Mahara:Screencasting

Videos

Audio

Product evidence

Witness testimonies


Formative Assessment:Assessor Feedback attached to views Video/audio feedback

Final submission & competency completion

Plans for the future..

Mahara Evidence Totara Competency Mapping

Mahara Assessor Overlay:Point and click on Mahara blocks to grade/assess in Totara/Moodle

Get involved! If these sound interesting, contact us about joining resources to fast-track its development

References

http://www.flickr.com/photos/salim/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nostri-imago/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/alancleaver/

http://wyreacademy.com

http://tdm.info

Mahara 1.2: A Beginner's Guide book

www.lpi.org.uk