Presentation at Learning Technologies Conference 2009, Mooloolaba, Australia. Moodle is an open-source course management system designed using sound pedagogical principles, to help educators create effective learning communities. The software can be freely downloaded and can scale from a single educator site to a university with many thousands of users. Moodle has a large and diverse community with over 700k registered users on moodle.org speaking 78 languages in 211 countries. Through a school case study illustrating a successful implementation, learn about the benefits of Moodle's social constructivist approach to education using blogs, chat, forums, tags, wikis and the integration of web 2.0 services such as flickr, twitter and youtube.

1. Moodle LMS Unplugged
From: <Chad.Outten@My Learning Space>
To: <Esteemed Educators@LearnTel.conf.09>
Date: <19 November 2009>
Subject: <Learning Management Systems>
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2. Clients
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3. 1. Aren’t we a trendy bunch?!

4. Technology ®evolution
- 98% households own a computer
- 90% internet connection
- More mobile phones than people
- More time surfing net than watching tv
- Online education fastest growing industry
Australian Communications and Media Authority
Media and Society Report 2007
http://acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_310893
Nielsen Online March 2008
http://www.nielsen-online.com/pr/pr_080318_AU.pdf www.mylearningspace.com.au

5. 2. Imagine if...

6. ...Anyone from anywhere could
learn about anything at anytime
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7. 3. Drumroll please...

8. Learning management system
“A course-based system that enables participants to
communicate & collaborate, access activities &
resources, meanwhile being tracked, assessed &
reported on via the web”.
-Chad Outten
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9. Computer Browser Internet
GSOH LMS Software
Web Server Database PHP
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10. 4. Moodle LMS punches above its weight

11. Moodle LMS
Open-source
Freely available
200 countries
80 languages
750k+ moodle.org
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12. • Recent LMS Report from e-Learning Guild Research
• Moodle ranked first for:
- Cost
- Ease of installation, customisation & use
- Implementation time
- Business impact
- Assessment capabilities
- Support for Web 2.0
http://moodle.mylearningspace.com.au/mod/resource/view.php?id=79
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13. 5. Case Study

14. - Private Brisbane Girls’ School
- 3000 users in 300 courses in 3 years
- Champions & advocates
- Professional learning investment
- Mentor program
- Make learning communal & fun
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15. 6. Social constructionism states...

16. - All of us are potential teachers as well as learners
- We learn well from expressing something for others
- We learn through observing peer activity
- By understanding learner context, we teach more effectively
- A learning environment must be flexible & adaptable
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Pedagogy
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17. 7. We are the web, so lets get social

18. Web Services Moodle Social Tools
Blog
Youtube block
Flickr block
RSS block
Tags page
My Moodle
Wiki activity
Chat activity
Messaging
Twitter block
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19. Food for thought
Tell me & I forget.
Show me & I remember.
Let me do & I understand.
-Confucius
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20. Resources
Moodle Demo
http://moodle.mylearningspace.com.au
Moodle Community Site
http://moodle.org
Moodle Documentation Wiki
http://docs.moodle.org
Moodle Discussion Forum
http://moodle.org/course/view.php?id=5
Moodle Book
http://issuu.com/iusher/docs/usingmoodle2
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