Why is the vle not dead in dcu? edtech 2016
Virtual Learning Environments (VLE's) have been the subject of much discussion, referred to as outdated and no longer needed (Wheeler, 2009). DCU were one of the first universities in the world to adopt Moodle over 10 years ago. It is now one of the core pieces of infrastructure within the university and it's value to the university is going from strength to strength. Over the last three years we have seen a 20% growth in the use of Moodle, year on year. At a time when technology has evolved so much and students expect so much more - why is the VLE not dead in DCU?. We have not out grown Moodle, it has grown with us. While "out of the box" Moodle is quite good but we have made a conscious decision to adapt Moodle.In addition to installing some plugins available through the community, we have developed plugins to customise Moodle to meet our needs to address both pedagogical and administrative challenges.The talk will outline how we have streamlined the assessment process, made group work easier, provided e-voting for the students union elections etc. They are just a selection of modifications that will be outlined in this paper.
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Why is the vle not dead in dcu? edtech 2016
- 1. @glynnmark Why is the VLE not dead in DCU?
- 2. @glynnmark #heie Background O'Rourke, K.C.; Rooney, Pauline; and Boylan, Frances (2015) "What’s the Use of a VLE?," Irish Journal of Academic Practice: Vol. 4: Iss. 1, Article 10. J Clay, S Wheeler, G Attwell - ALT-C, Manchester, UK, 2009 - alt.conference-services.net Blin, F.; Munro, M. (2008) “Why hasn’t technology disrupted academics’ teaching practices? Understanding resistance to change through the lens of activity theory”, Computers & Education: Vol. 50: Issue 2 Donlon, E; The VLE is Dead: Life in Post-Apocalyptic Learning Environments, NIDL hot topic session, March 2015
- 3. @glynnmark #heie How do I know it is not dead? 51% 27% 202% 37%
- 4. @glynnmark #heie Moore’s adoption cycle Early adopters Mainstream
- 6. @glynnmark #heie Populating modules Student Record system Loop • Students from SRS • Teachers from CRS CRS • Coordinators • Teachers Loop Faculty School Programme Module
- 9. @glynnmark #heie Assignment Data Average* Highest You Pass
- 10. @glynnmark #heie Quick Links - evolution
- 11. @glynnmark #heie Quick Links • Key services • Personalised links • Activity tracked
- 12. @glynnmark #heie Groups 61799 Group 98 Mggroup 119107 Group 83 Assignment 1 118375 Group 83 Assignment 1 123079 Group 83 Assignment 1 113689 Group 48 Assignment 1 113674 Group 48 Assignment 1 • Random • Student’s choice • Lecturer’s choice
- 13. @glynnmark #heie Embedding Core Skills Course within a course
- 14. @glynnmark #heie Total Moodle Activity
- 15. @glynnmark #heie Google Analytics reports
- 16. @glynnmark #heie Gartner Hype Cycle
- 17. @glynnmark #heie Conclusions Underlying infrastructure is crucial Identify the “what is in it for me?” factor Use data to support you and others Customise to suit your needs
- 19. @glynnmark #heie Google Calendar Integration
- 20. @glynnmark #heie Events reminder • E-mail reminders of key events if NOT completed
- 23. @glynnmark #heie Google drive Integration
- 24. @glynnmark #heie Course evaluations and surveys • Central distribution • Central controlled • Maintain privacy • Easy reporting • Flexible survey
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- There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics. Leonard H. Courtney 27% increase in number of glossary and also choice activities 31% increase in usage – overall, 37 increase in assignments 96% increase in number of questions while only a 14% in quizzes 202% increase in number “lessons” created ,