On 28 May I gave this presentation to our (UNE) Information Research Group (http://blog.une.edu.au/informationresearchgroup/)

1. New Learning Platforms (VLE)
AN OVERVIEW

2. Where we’re heading...
‣ About me
‣ What’s all this about a
VLE?
‣ Are we there yet?
‣ Some plumbing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulmoody/307625395/

3. A little about me
Project management by full immersion?

4. Some things I like

5. Geek things
ruby (sinatra, rails)
js, node.js, coffeescript
BDD / TDD
UX
NoSQL (MongoDB, CouchDB)
Any sufficiently advanced
technology is indistinguishable
from magic.
Arthur C. Clarke

6. Working iteratively to
solve complex problems

7. Simple,
elegant
design

8. Simple,
elegant
design

9. Simple,
elegant
design

10. Helvetica

11. The new UNE learning platform will
provide a new foundation for the
delivery of amazing learning
experiences.
It’s about providing a robust, secure,
flexible platform for education

12. A platform
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gak/150505520/

13. A platform
‣ Made for jumping off
‣ Robust, secure,
flexible
‣ A learning platform
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gak/150505520/

14. A platform
‣ Open source ‣ Open source
‣ Open standards ‣ Open standards
‣ A place for units and ‣ A space for people
courses
‣ Powerful APIs ‣ “Artefacts” & “views”

15. ‣ [M]odular
‣ [O]bject [O]riented
‣ [D]ynamic
‣ [L]earning [E]nvironment
‣ A web application
‣ Open source
‣ A massive, vibrant community

16. Moodle APIs
‣ Activity modules ‣ Gradebook report
‣ Admin reports ‣ Gradebook export
‣ Assignment types ‣ Gradebook import
‣ Authentication plugins ‣ Portfolio plugins (2.0
onwards)
‣ Blocks
‣ Course formats ‣ Question types
‣ Course reports ‣ Question import/export
formats
‣ Database fields
‣ Quiz reports
‣ Database presets
‣ Repository plugins (2.0
‣ Enrolment plugins onwards)
‣ Filters ‣ Resource types
‣ Gradebook plugins (1.9 ‣ Search engine adapters
onwards)
‣ + more...

17. ‣ [M]odular
‣ [O]bject [O]riented
‣ [D]ynamic
‣ [L]earning [E]nvironment
‣ A web application
‣ Open source
‣ A massive, vibrant community

18. The Moodle Community
‣ Why I love Moodle
Some stats:
(Oct ’06 / now)
‣ 17 000 / 48 000
registered sites,
161 countries
‣ 7 / 34.6 million users
‣ UI in 75+ languages
‣ 150K / 900K users
at Moodle.org
(34K / mth)

19. OUR project

20. Our model of learning?

21. Our model
Interaction!
Teachers &
Students!
Support!
Academic!
Admin!
Student! Resources for
learning!
Technical! Learning Experience!
Social!
Collaboration!
Peer to Peer!
Peer !
to !
Community!

22. Multiple streams
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23209605@N00/2786126623/

23. Multiple streams
‣ Learning design,
development, training
& support
‣ System integration
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23209605@N00/2786126623/

24. Phases, stages
“Never eat more than you can lift.”
- Miss Piggy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tizianoj/411913693/

25. Phases, stages
‣ Refining the process &
learning from
experience
‣ The support you need
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tizianoj/411913693/

26. Phases
Mahara
Process dev
Transition
Review
Moodle Phase 1 Moodle Phase 2
(new + rev, Sakai, + etc) (all units)

27. Refining the process
Moodle Phase 1
(new + rev, Sakai, + etc)
Process dev
Review

28. System architecture
It is a mistake to think you can solve
any major problems just with potatoes
- Douglas Adams
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rxmflickr/4102530508/

29. System architecture
‣ High availability
‣ Performance
‣ Minimising our
footprint
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rxmflickr/4102530508/

30. NetSpot
Disaster Recovery
Identify & Access Mgmt
Other UNE services?
UNE
Identify & Access Mgmt
SMS / SRM Local tools

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32. Next steps
‣ Mobilising: initial investigation & planning [target: 4 June]
‣ Mobilising: building the team [target: 4 June]
‣ Initial systems implementation & system integration [targets:
17-Jul (Mahara), 8 Aug (Moodle)]
‣ Learning design: process development
http://www.flickr.com/photos/piet_musterd/2244747217/

33. Next steps
http://www.flickr.com/photos/piet_musterd/2244747217/

34. Questions?

35. Know where we’re
heading?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/telstar/3033213243/

36. All images © copyright their referenced authors