moodle mootjapan2013 「moodle±5年」 english version

Moodle ±５年 The Next Step from Learning Support

Systems for Higher Education Institutions

Tatsuya Shirai [email protected] ([email protected])

Suzuka National College of Technology Assoc. Prof. Mechanical Engineering department

@tatsuva

C.V Robotics Field 1968 Born in Chiba 1989 Kisarazu National College of Technology Graduated from the Control Engineering department （N88-BASIC, Turbo Pascal, FORTRAN77, Z80） 1991 Kyushu Institute of Technology・IT Dept. Graduated （MS-DOS, Turbo C, Prolog, AWK, パソコン通信） 1993 Kyushu Institute of Technology・IT Grad school Graduated (TeX, UNIX, MS-Windows3.1, Emacs) 1993 Began working at Sony Corp FA・Precision machinery (PC-9821/MS-DOS, シーケンサ) 1997 Joined Hiroshima Univ. IT Post Graduate program (Win95/98, Borland C++ Builder, MATLAB) 2001 Attained Doctorate and began working at Suzuka National College of Technology （Win2k/XP, HTML, Apache)

I met Moodle in Feb, 2007 via an introduction from (PHP, JavaScript) I’m neither a Linux(UNIX) nor a Web specialist．Not an education engineer either．

(1) （Moodle Association of Japan:MAJ）

Japanese Publicity officer @maj_bot

(2) moodle.org (Japanese Moodle Course) facilitator

Illustrated by @Nano_monanga

Mie University’s Prof. Okumura Introduced Moodle to my school in Feb 2007．

At the time I was looking for some good groupware to use – I went back to my office and installed it. Everything worked well

The spare ＰＣ I used （Compaq DeskProEN, PentiumⅢ866MHz, 30GB HDD, 386MB RAM, Windows2000) Very slow, but it did the job

The File System problem that

Japanese Windows OS has

can be solved by this package.

(Start from the fsconverter.php)

(Development’s start from Feb 2007, First release is June 2007)

What is fs_moodle?

Unique function extension＋Japanese support＋debugging （Better compatibility）

JapaneseＩＥ problems (Specification) ：２８ function extension improvements and debugs ：２３７

Outline of Today’s Presentation

• Looking back at the last 5 or so years

Moodle’s history

Moodle’s spread in Japan

• What we can expect in the next 5 years

The spread to primary and secondary schools

Use in non-school fields

Illustrated by

@Nano_monanga

Looking back at the past 5 years

Presently（2013.2.28）used in 227 countries and states，７４，９６６ registered sites

（https://moodle.org/sites/）


Presently（2013.2.28）８３１ registered sites in Japan

（https://moodle.org/sites/）


Presently（2013.2.28）８３１ registered sites in Japan （https://moodle.org/sites/）

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Presently（2013.2.28）８３１ registered sites in Japan （https://moodle.org/sites/）


Oops!


Toyama Univ. Prof. Kihara http://www3.u-toyama.ac.jp/kihara/eL/moodle/univ.html


From Jan 1 2013 we created a list of National institutions using Moodle


（１）Used school wide ：１０３（２）Used by individual instructors：４６（３）Used as an unofficial school site：２２（４）Not really using Moodle ：２９ Total ：２００Institutions

（Includes both private and national institutions）


Univ＋Junior Colleges＝1,155 Schools（200 schools surveyed） Number of Universities：７８３ Schools

（National 88,Public 92,Private 372） Junior Colleges ：３７２ Schools

（Public 22, Private 350） Tech Colleges ：５７ Schools

（National 51,Public 3, Private 3）

From Gov’t statistics site e-Stat http://www.e-stat.go.jp/SG1/estat/NewList.do?tid=000001011528

Our Saviour (Hiroyuki H) appears!

List of National Univ’s using Moodle


（１）Used school wide ：１０３（２）Used by individual instructors：４６（３）Used as an unofficial school site：２２（４）Not really using Moodle ：２９ Total ：２００Institutions

（Includes both private and national institutions）

Looking more broadly

• National Tech Colleges ：５７（Almost all） • Public & Private Univ. ：４６４ • Junior Colleges ：３７２

• Gov’t institutions • Tech schools, senior, junior and elementary schools • Prep and cram schools • Private enterprises • Individuals

will be surveyed（We are searching for volunteers!） Information found at moodle.org / Japanese Moodle

Moodleの歴史と現状

Presently most sites are still using １．９ Most new registrations are using ２．＊

Moodle’s history and present state

Moodle’s history and present state

See also : https://docs.moodle.org/dev/Releases 【 Moodle 1.0 】 2002.8.20 ～ 2003.5.30 【 Moodle 1.1 】 2003.8.29 ～ 2003.9.11 【 Moodle 1.2 】 2004.3.20 ～ 2004.5.25 【 Moodle 1.3 】 2004.5.25 ～ 2004.9.9 【 Moodle 1.4 】 2004.8.31 ～ 2005.5.7 【 Moodle 1.5 】 2005.6.5 ～ 2006.5.21 【 Moodle 1.6 】 2006.6.20 ～ 2009.1.28 【 Moodle 1.7 】 2006.11.7 ～ 2009.1.28 【 Moodle 1.8 】 2007.5.30 ～ 2010.12.3

【 Moodle 1.9 】 2008.3.3 ～【 Moodle 2.0 】 2010.11.24 ～ 2012.7.9 【 Moodle 2.1 】 2011.7.1 ～ 2013.1.14 【 Moodle 2.2 】 2011.12.5 ～【 Moodle 2.3 】 2012.6.25 ～【 Moodle 2.4 】 2012.12.3 ～

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Headline features See also : http://docs.moodle.org/dev/Releases Moodle 1.5 • Use of XHTML1.0 • Used new themes（including CSS），Blocks，Grades • Message function • Unread forum posts could be controlled • Maintenance mode • New user authentication （Shibboleth, CAS, PAM, LDAP）

Moodle 1.6 • Unicode totally compatible • Database module • MyMoodle

Moodle 1.7 • Roles（Permissions based） • AJAX based course editing possible

Headline features

Moodle 1.8 • XHTML Strict 1.0 incorporated • Moodle Network function • Web Services API • Customizable user profiles（able to add further information too） • Ability to export to Open Document Format (ODS style） • Password Salt (Moodle1.8.11)

Moodle 1.9 （サポート継続：最低限） • Gradebookのrewrite • Scalable and improved performance（Particularly with roles） • Mahara compatibility（Single Sign On） • Incorporation of Blogs and use of tags • Question Bank improvements • Notes function • Bulk user actions • Active Directory NTLM Single Sign On • Improvements to the language editing function

Headline features Moodle 2.0 （Support for this version has finished） • Major changes to the file organization structure • Community hub （Individual course content can be used globally throughout sites) • Repository support

(Alfresco, Amazon S3, Box.net, Flickr, Google Docs, MERLOT, Picasa, WebDAV, Wikimedia, YouTube, etc…)

• Individual files can be given attributes（licensing，authoring, etc.） • Portfolio support

（Recording of snapbox to Box.net, Flickr, Google Docs, Mahara, Picasa etc. possible） • More powerful LMS(Learning Management System) function • Course completion and prerequisites, Conditional activities etc.

Plagiarism prevention :Includes a search function for plagiarized content using Crot etc. • Web services support（incorporating mobile devices too） • New blocks

Comments block : Like Shoutbox etc. My private files block : Individual student folders for file uploads（Quota capable） • Rewriting of the backup and restore function • Blocks able to be customized and moved freely • Blogs can have comments，Blogs can be linked to outside blogs • From HTMLArea totinyMCE To upgrade to Moodle2.0, the latest Moodle1.9 is necessary

Headline features Moodle 2.1 （Support has finished for this version） • A new Question engine included （Major changes to the DB．Not backward

compatible） • Able to restore Moodle1.9 courses (blocks incompatible) • Applicable for mobile devices（Official Moodle app necessary）：transitional

Moodle 2.2 • Rubrics included（Assessment tool） • IMS LTI standards become compatible

(Learning Tool Interoperability : IMS Global Learning Consortium created the standard） Results from learning done on external tools can be returned to Moodle

• IMS Common Cartridge deployment（import only） → export from Moodle • Able to work on mobile Web browsers（Moodle App unnecessary）

Headline features Moodle 2.3 • Not able to upgrade Moodle1.9 to this version（unless，you first upgrade to

Moodle2.2） • Files usability （Improvements to the file choosing function：visual＋handling）

Thumbnail icons used（Where applicable） drag & drop option！（but not for IE） Aliases and shortcuts can be used（Use of single files in other courses：single restoration ）

• Repository also have shortcuts（EQUELLA repository capable） • Improvements to the course editing （Ajax capable） • New 「assignment」 module • The book module included as standard • Moodle and installed plugins are checked for updates • IMS Common Cartridge 1.1 compatible（export）

Headline features Moodle 2.4（Current version） • Improved performance • Change of icons（From Moodle 1.0． SVG compatible） • HTML5 compatible • Sync with outside calendars（Numerous functions available） • Files within ZIP become Unicode compatible • （Ready for Windows？ 7-Zip, WinZip, WinRar recommended, ExpLzh

available？） • Improved 「assignment」 features

Group assignment submission, grading and comment capability， Anonymous comments capable Offline grading an option

https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-31776

Moodle in the future

Moodle’s positive features

• Open source so free （Easy to start the service）

• CMS（Contents Management System）has multiple high quality functions.

• Ongoing development and maintenance – excellent community

• Basic plan is uniform

a) 「Teacher」and「student」 roles are clear

b) Endowed as “Collaborative tools”and“a place one can express oneself”

c) Connected technologies（Moodle Network, Community Hub）

Illustrated by @Nano_monanga

Not only for tertiary institutions （Not saying you have to use it though …）

Use in elementary and secondary schools

Why isn’t it being used？（speculation only）

• Poor facilities in public schools

• No full time admin

• Few IT technicians？

• Rules not allowing mobile devices（school and/or home rules）

• Digital divide（home environment）creates inequality

• Older values / dogma（CAI，courseware，distance education）

• Numerous extra curricular events

The case of Suzuka city’s education committee

Chief of the education department （Keen ITC user）

• All elementary and secondary schools have computer rooms

• Each school has a digital white board（Asahigaoka alone has ３２）

• Elementary schools：「research projects」，Junior high：「technology」

• Teacher access to PCs Each school has one for home page updating

use，one other for general use

• One available for library search – to be updated this year

• Of the 1,000 teachers half are not confident computer users

• Local providers have dedicated links to each of the schools

and a single web server is supplied

http://www.city.suzuka.mie.jp/kyoiku/


From 2014 they will introduce

an new ICT environment（City plan）

• Make all schools wi-fi capable

（To reduce redundant construction, MAC addresses will be assigned）

• Interest is increasing in use of Digital blackboards and texts

I had explained Moodle’s features

and an application in elementary school, but…

• Not only interest for elementary and secondary schools，

Strong interest for the city education research center


City education research center From Suzuka city education research center’s founding regulations: （Founding） Article 1 The city education research center is founded to promote education in the city，with regional education administrative organization and management occurring under article 30 of the law (clause 162 of the 1956 law).

http://www.edu.city.suzuka.mie.jp/kenkyuu/


The research center has numerous articles on education research.

As they aren’t digital, to access them you have to physically go there

（What do they want from Moodle？）

• New teachers and veteran teachers

• Same content teachers from different areas

As a conduit for communication between teachers．

People, if they want to be, can be over connected

Via networks schools are linked

Via the Moodle Network, Community Hub

Global linking of people and resources

http://www.kosen-k.go.jp/all_kosen_linkmap.html

Suzuka National College of Technology

5 year courses In 5 departments

Total1,082 students Double major second year

65 students Total 1,147 students

51 colleges of technology 242 departments

5 year course 50,162 students

Including all majors Total of 53,525

（Jan 2010） Waseda Univ Undergraduate

student body Total of 44,893

students

Each of the schools is relatively small

but when you put them together and

think of them as one the possibilities

increase and it becomes a powerful

entity

Use by the self employed （particularly smaller stores）

http://dwt.sakura.ne.jp/

Presented at Moodle Moot Japan 2012 in Mie

「Use of Moodle by a photographer store」

A. Takenoshita，T. Takenoshita

http://moodlejapan.org/

home/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=361

Use of Moodle to exhibit photos for photo orders


Used： May ２０１１～ Oct ２０１２

Users： About ２０. ２，３users per month（６０ year old people and

older using it）

1) Photo data is posted to forums 2) Processed data is sent by reply 3) Edits are requested via reply 4) Final product sent by reply


（Positive points）

• You don’t have to go to the store

• Reduction in print numbers（Photo choice，editing，

printing）

• Reduction in physical time with the customer

• Can choose the photos at your leisure at home

（Negative points）

• Difficult to put in text the nuances required

• Colors are different between the screen and print

• Difficult to send usernames & passwords

• Difficult to get customers / heads to take up Moodle


Shop keeper ＝ teacher

Customer ＝ student

Member registration

＝User registration

• Mass sending of information to

customers.

• Specials for members，coupons

• Interaction between the shop keeper and customers

→ interaction between customers

One solution for regional revitalization


Where to find information about fs_moodle

Where to find information about Moodle

Where to find information about me

How to contact me

http://moodle.org/

http://www.suzuka-ct.ac.jp/mech/moodle/ course/view.php?id=30

http://www.suzuka-ct.ac.jp/mech/ai_mech/~shirai （blocked…）

[email protected] [email protected] Twitter : tatsuva (not tatsuya)

You can see me on SourceForge.JP, SlideShare too Tatsuva ！

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