1. Welcome Moving Faculty to the Moodle Big Leagues with All-Star Trainingwith Courtney Bentley, Lafayette Collegeand Jan Pontia, Birmingham-Southern Collegea special topic for instructional technologists and their colleaguesOctober 2, 2009Moderator: Nancy Millichap, NITLEMIV Support: Bret Olsen, NITLE
2. What do you hope to gain from this session? Type in the chat area one thing that you hope to hear about during this session.
3. You First… Name your team: (where do you fit best) A. Instructional Technology B. Information Technology C. Library D. Faculty E. Other
4. Place a Mark… Identify your Moodle Use Major league =2+ years Minor league 1-2 years Rookie <1 year In the Dugout: considering /piloting Have never seen the Moodle interface
9. 5 semesters on the field125 full-time faculty Approx. Faculty trying Moodle first term of use = 90 1500 students 1 Moodle support (Inst. Tech) 1stfullblown term – just out of the dugout
10. BSC, The Wind Up Fall 2008: Faculty vote to switch from Bb to Moodle Spring 2009: 2 pilot groups Group 1 = 4 faculty, 4 courses, 4 sessions MIV with Bob Puffer and Jan Group 2 = 12 faculty, 4 sessions with only Jan April: 1st week dev. sessions for summer faculty Summer 2009: 30 Moodle courses, 10 Bb courses Dev. Session weeks: May, June, July, August (<8 per session) Fall 2009: Bb gone, 250 Moodle courses Place a mark next to any idea that has worked for you.
12. Lafayette,Warming Up Semester long pilot: 8 faculty/16 courses Two training sessions, 3-4 lunch sessions Used lunch times to discuss issues, pedagogy Mid-term survey to students Moodle Support course Crowd-source documentation: wiki, forums Brownbag to report on Moodle pilot and announce Blackboard retirement Place a mark next to any idea that has worked for you.
13. Lafayette, First Inning Summer workshops Faculty Quickstart Developing your course (working session) Use pilot courses as examples Use Moodle News forum for updates Populate Global calendar - Academic dates Documentation to ITS site & Moodle by RSS Moodle Minute podcast Place a mark next to any idea that has worked for you.
15. BSC, Curve Balls from the Pilot Groups First major faculty session: April 2009 instead of May Grand Slam!!...“Faculty Friday” - Piloters share Session topics: “Starting Lineup Only” Slow pitch/fast pitch (session pace) Share faculty samples - 2 screens August refreshers (“STRIKE”) Include sabbatical and adjunct faculty Place a mark next to any idea that has worked for you.
16. BSC, Pitches Over the Plate… Peer Help: Bob Puffer from Luther College – Pilot 1 Peer Help: Courtney’s faculty (Michelle – our pinch hitter) - Moodle through MIV Food Provost involved – Pilot 2 & Messages Last inning July – Faculty decide dates Place a mark next to any idea that has worked for you.
17. …BSC, continued “Moodle the Pieces” course – references, short videos for help, Q/A (Big Now), sharing area, wiki for pedagogy/sample ideas Sessions < 8 people to meet indiv. needs Helpdesk Communication - Key Place a mark next to any idea that has worked for you.
18. Lafayette, Extra Innings Moodle Showcase May during finals week Ask for nominations from students Moodle museum for generating new ideas One-on-one to discuss pedagogical goals and match tools to them (or not) Personalized Jing videos Place a mark next to any idea that has worked for you.
19. BSC, Next Dev. Session Plans Offering for all learning styles Reference Quickstart videos Demo/discussion (bring in faculty to share) Hands-on development Fall 2009, Hope to “hit” 3-4 new topics Pedagogy first How-To second Place a mark next to any idea that has worked for you.
24. Everyone Wants in the Game Staff/Aux. uses of Moodle RA training NCATE preparation Academic Records Library group Advisees courses PolSci Archives Student Liaisons Search committees Placement testing First year orientation Accreditation review Academic departments Student clubs Faculty committees
25. Switching from Another LMS Opportunity to rethink HOW we do things Allows for new creativity Clean up Change can be good for growth “Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.”-Babe Ruth
26. Moodle Resources Other NITLE Instructional Technologists NITLE Moodle Exchange (NME) course Moodle Museum (on CLAMP.org) Moodle Moots Moodle.org (forums) Moodle Tracker Web searches YouTube videos Faculty at other institutions Share your resources:
27. Moving Faculty to the Moodle Big Leagues with All-Star Training Vet: Courtney BentleyLafayette bentleyc@lafayette.edu Rookie: Jan PontiaBirmingham-Southern jpontia@bsc.edu
