This is the Presentation Derrin gave introducing Mahara to beginners at the 2010 MoodleMoot Conference in London, UK

1. Mahara e-Portfolios for Beginners Derrin Kent www.tdm.info [email_address]

2. http://mahara.org http://mahara.tdm.info http://demo.mahara.org

3. Portfolio-Based Learning

4. “ Paper Behind Glass” Video Text Images Feeds / Filters Hyperlinks Audio

5. Mahara Personalised Learning Environment Processes for Reflective Growth Groups and Communities CV Builder E-assessment Processes The Modern Arch-lever file

14. Feedback on submitted views

15. Lock completed views for verification Web: http://tdm.info Tel: 01299 405719 Email: enquiries@tdm.info

16. Information, Advice & Guidance Learners, tutors, Assessors (templates), employers, mentors, verifiers, etc. have the freedom to present My Views... Web: http://tdm.info Tel: 01299 405719 Email: enquiries@tdm.info

18. Create your own CoPs Each group has many members, each member has many groups: Web: http://tdm.info Tel: 01299 405719 Email: enquiries@tdm.info

20. Build your English persona

21. International Working Parties

22. Special Interest Groups

23. Teacher networks (Knowledge Transfer, Capture & Creation)

25. Formal assessment

26. External marketing

27. Reflective Fridays

28. Lecture / Conference notesharing

29. Internal Reporting

30. Job applications (digital CV)

31. ....and more and more and more...

32. What is the problem for which this technology provides the solution ? Web: http://tdm.info Tel: 01299 405719 Email: enquiries@tdm.info

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36. Web: http://tdm.info Tel: 01299 405719 Email: enquiries@tdm.info + Integration with Moodle

37. Small Pieces, Coherently Joined Web: http://tdm.info Tel: 01299 405719 Email: enquiries@tdm.info

38. “ Vygotskian theory stipulates that the development of the child's higher mental processes depends on the presence of mediating agents in the child's interaction with the environment. Vygotsky himself primarily emphasised symbolic tools-mediators appropriated by the children in the context of particular sociocultural activities, the most important of which he considered to be formal education. Russian students of Vygotsky researched two additional types of mediation – mediation through another human being and mediation in the form of an organised learning activity . Thus the acquisition model became transformed into a mediation model. Some mediational concepts such as scaffolding (see Wood, 1999) or apprenticeship (Rogoff, 1990) appeared as a direct assimilation of Vygotskian ideas; others such as Feuerstein's (1990) mediated learning experience have been developed independently and only later acquired new meaning in the context of sociocultural theory.” ...from Kozulin, A (2003) Vygotsky's Educational Theory in Cultural Context , Cambridge University Press (My highlights added). The “Acquisition Model” of Learning versus the “Mediation Model” Web: http://tdm.info Tel: 01299 405719 Email: enquiries@tdm.info

39. Evaluation < > Transmission < > Mediation < > Acquisition LMS < > VLE < > PLE < > SLE/PLN Web: http://tdm.info Tel: 01299 405719 Email: enquiries@tdm.info

40. Key LMS VLE PLE SLE/PLN Evaluation Transmission Mediation Acquisition What problems does Mahoodle solve?

41. Web: http://tdm.info Tel: 01299 405719 Email: enquiries@tdm.info The Institution Needs...

42. Web: http://tdm.info Tel: 01299 405719 Email: enquiries@tdm.info The Teacher / Trainer Needs...

43. Web: http://tdm.info Tel: 01299 405719 Email: enquiries@tdm.info The Learner Needs...

44. T = Training D = Design & Development M = Managed Hosting www.TDM.info

45. Mahara Certifications

47. An International Corporation

48. A private WBL Provider But the applications are numerous eg: Recruitment Agency / English Language School / Corporate University / HE University / Adult Education Provider / Professional Body / etc. etc. This book also includes the Implementation (Pre-)Planner – useful guidelines for any organisational software implementation.

49. www.mahara.me

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