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Martin DougiamasMoodle Founder

Executive Director, Moodle Pty Ltd

Overview


•Overview•Moodle 2.0•Development process•Moodle 2.1, 2.2 ...•Other projects


Open Source Platform

Moodle Core

Mods Modules

Course design

User contributions

Course Management SystemOther Systems

(Open Source or Proprietary)

SIS

AuthenticationPortfolios

Repositories

Payment Conferencing

Reports Plagiarism

Open Source

Moodle


Current Statistics

We know of over 50,000 registered verified sites in 210 countries

Registered sites contain 36 million users,3.7 million courses and 1.2 million teachers

At least 500 sites have more than 10,000 users

Interface translated into 86 languages

54 specialised Moodle Partners


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3361 3183

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USA Spain Brazil UK Germany Mexico Portugal Australia Italy Columbia Japan

50,000+ installations


33% 28% 13% 9% 4% 14%University Secondary School Company Independent Primary school Other

Environments


Some universities

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Some Corporates


Moodle 2.0

•Security•Performance •Media management•Integrations•Usability, Appearance•New Features


Improvements/Rewrites

• File storage and handling • Roles and enrolments• Messaging• Backup and Restore• Gradebook• Blocks and Layout• Themes / AJAX / Interface• Comments and Ratings• My Moodle• Customisable User Profile pages• Workshop / Chat / Lesson / Quiz• Wiki / SCORM / Resources• Database access / data handling

2.0

Major New Features

• Navigation• Community hubs• Repository support• Portfolio support• Completion• Conditional activities• Cohorts• Web services API• Secure RSS feeds • IMS CC• Blog associations and comments• External blog support• Translation engine


More Modularity

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Web Services API

MoodleFunctions(Core and Modules)

External Client

Application

SOAP

XML-RPC

REST

AMF

External Server

Application


Repositories

MoodleFiles

Almost any other content

repository


Portfolios

MoodleFiles and Pages

Almost any other content

repository


Community Hubs

Institution B

Moodle Hub Servereg hub.moodle.org

Register as downloadable

Template User Community User

Building a course Taking a course

Enrollable courseDownloadable courseRegister as enrollable

zip

Download

Backup

Search

Publishing site Community site

Restore

Search

Enrol

Ordinary Moodle site

CourseList

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Ccache


Institution B


Moodle 2.0


HQ


Institution B

Development process


Focussing on learning activities and development community

Usability Affordances

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Moodle 2.x


Pedagogical Focus


Referent 1

All of us are potential teachers as well as learners - in a true collaborative environment we are both


Referent 2

We learn particularly well from the act of creating or expressing something for others to see (Papert, Aristotle)


Referent 3

We learn by just observing the activity of our peers (culture)


Referent 4

By understanding the contexts of others, we can teach in a more transformational way (constructivism)


Referent 5

A learning environment needs to be flexible and adaptable, so that it can quickly respond to the changing needs of the

participants within it


Pedagogical Referents

1. All of us are potential teachers as well as learners - in a true collaborative environment we are both

2. We learn particularly well from the act of creating or expressing something for others to see

3. We learn a lot by just observing the activity of our peers

4. By understanding the contexts of others, we can teach in a more transformational way (constructivism)

5. A learning environment needs to be flexible and adaptable, so that it can quickly respond to the needs of the participants within it


And is this how people use Moodle?


6. Combine the activities into sequences

Pedagogical progression

1. Publish content (Resource, SCORM)

2. Provide a passive Forum

3. Use interactive Quizzes and Assignments

4. Wikis, Glossaries, Databases (collaboration/media)

5. Facilitate discussions in the Forum. Questions!

7. Introduce external activities and games

8. Use Survey tools and logs to study / reflect

9. Give students more power (structure/grades)

10. Research, custom code, communities of practice!


2.x Roadmap

•Forum•Quiz•Assignment•Survey•Grading and Rubrics•Lesson•.....


Many Mobile Apps


Official Mobile App

•Task-Focussed•Touch screens only•Modular•Secure•Works offline


Upload

Official Mobile App


Participants

Official Mobile App


Messaging

Official Mobile App


Attendance

Official Mobile App


Contributed Modules

•Versions•Official Reviews•Downloads•Statistics•Compatibility•Communication


Moodle web sites


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moodlemoot japan 2011

Education

quickly respond

potential

learn

moodle

moodle 2

activity

adaptable

contexts