Maria Morfin, Using Moodle Idea For Research, Social And Learning Comunities

12/04/2023 1APRIL 01 – 04, 2009 | EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA

Using Moodle-IDEA for Research, Social and Learning Communities

Víctor Manuel González RomeroMaría Morfín Otero

Verónica Peña Guzmán

Universidad de Guadalajara, Campus Puerto Vallarta

México

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Where we are?

Jalisco

México

Edmonton


University of GuadalajaraCouncil

President

Higher Education77,000 students

6 Thematic Campuses

8 Regional Campuses

1 Virtual Campus

Secondary Education117,000 students

Senior High Schools:- 14 Urban- 100 rural

- 13,800 Full time professors- 9,800 Administrative & staff


Centro Universitario de la Costa

Full time professors 92Part time professors 287Students 4,634Bachelor Programs 14Master Programs 6Phd Programs 2Administrative and Staff 160


Context• 2001-2002 Comparative Studies in Learning Platforms

• 1998, UdeG was using WebCT.• 2001, using Moodle at Health Campus.• 2002, using Moodle at CUC, Puerto Vallarta.• 2003-2004, using Moodle for Learning Technologies Master Program.• 2005, spread Moodle in 5 campus.• 2006-2007, spread Moodle in Regional High Schools.


Moodle-IDEA

META

FORTIN

KNOW-LEDGE

TRAINING

SOCIAL-AREAS

MOODLE-IDEA

IDEA: INSTITUTE FOR

LEARNING STUDIES


Knowledge area

• Academic group for Learning Technologies• Weekly on-line and virtual seminars• Projects• Campus moodle courses• Other campus and school moodle courses.

KNOW


Training professors

• Academic group for Learning Technologies– Training another Academics Groups– Training other Campi (University Centers)– Training primary, secondary and high school professors– Hosting courses from different Schools and Universities.

TRAIN


SOCIAL area

• Social area for students– CLUB for high school students from different regions.

• Social area for professors– CLUB for different level education:

• High school

• Undergraduate

• Postgraduate

SOCIAL


Learning Technologies Master Programs

Since 2004 to 2008:

• 24 professors (21 Phd and 3 Master), from 8 different cities in México and 2 in Canada.

META

META

PROFESSORS

STUDENTS

CONFERENCES

SEMINARS

• 253 students (97 graduated, students) from 13 different states.

• 1 Student conference per semester• 1 Virtual seminar per week


Learning Technologies Master Program3 Semesters, Full Time, On-line Program:

1st. Semester

2nd. Semester

3rd. Semester

15 On-line Courses (80hrs. each one):

Pr

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11

12

13

14

15

Th

Blended Mode

F 2 F week

On-line F 2 F week

On-line F 2 F week

On-line F 2 F week

On-line seminar

META


FORTIN, Information Technologies for high school

8 courses8 courses8 courses9 courses9 courses7 courses

11th Grade2nd sem

11th Grade1st sem

11th Grade2nd sem

11th Grade1st sem

10th Grade2nd sem

10th Grade1st sem

Senior High School (49 courses)

1. Math (5 hrs/week)

2. Logic (4 hrs/week)

3. Computing & programming workshop (4 hrs/week)

4. Learning seminar(4 hrs/week)

5. Spanish I (5 hrs/week)

6. Foreign language I (3 hrs/week)

7. Art fundamentals (3 hrs/week)

FORTIN


Computing & Programming Workshop

Teacher-centered, contents and contextModel

Information accumulationLearning

4,455 Computers (25 students per computer) in LabsEquipment

4 hrs/weekWorkload

1 semesterDuration

DescriptionCharacteristics

FORTIN


Process1. Goal

2. IT Competences Definition

3. Competences Diagnostics

4. Contents Development

5. Instructional Design

6. Moodle Development

7. Teacher Training

8. Technological Solutions

9. Results

FORTIN


Goal

Develop IT competences in the Senior High School

Students of the University of Guadalajara

FORTIN


Process1. Goal






7. Teacher Training


9. Results

FORTIN


IT Competences Definition

• UdeG - Dr. Geoff Potter (University of Victoria).• Based on Chinese and Canadian experiences• To be developed in 6 semesters• Student-oriented (ages 15-18)

FORTIN


Process1. Goal






7. Teacher Training


9. Results

FORTIN


General conceptsHardware softwareIT SkillsEducational ModelsTeaching on-line skillsAttitudesDemographic

292/300 TeachersOn paper

General conceptsHardware softwareIT SkillsAttitudesDemographic

4200/9000 StudentsOn Line

Competitions Diagnostics

FORTIN


Process1. Goal






7. Teacher Training

8. Technological solutions

9. Results

FORTIN


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1553

2152

1951

UnitsModulesCourse

Contents Development

FORTIN


1. Gathering information

2. Grouping similar types of information

3. Thinking logically

4. LOGO

Working with information

1. From Eniac to Quantum

2. Exploring the desktop

3. Using the desktop

4. Understanding software: proprietary and open source

5. The mathematics of computing: sorting, classifying and storing data

Exploring computers

1. Ergonomics

2. The keyboard

3. Typing techniquesKeyboard

1. About computers

2. Computer parts

3. Computers languagesLearning about computers

1. What is technlogy?

2. People’s technological needs

3. Problem-solving technologies

4. Information technologies

Exploring ITs

ChaptersModuleCourse 1

Contents DevelopmentFORTIN


Process1. Goal






7. Teacher Training


9. Results

FORTIN


Learning Platform

5 modules (1 per month)

21 units (5 days each)

Skills development on 10th grade students

Resources and Challenges

Instructional Design

FORTIN


Instructional DesignRESOURCES

FilesBooksWeb PagesLinksObjects

CHALLENGESForumWikisWorkshopsAssignmentsEvaluationsProjectsGlossaries

On-Line or Computer Assisted

FORTIN


Process1. Goal






7. Teacher Training


9. Results

FORTIN


Moodle Course FORTIN 1

FORTIN


Process1. Goal






7. Teacher Training


9. Results

FORTIN


FORTIN 1COURSE

TEACHERStrainers

Developed for trainingDesign the

Course FORTIN 1 implementation:

1st. dayF2F

Moodle Workshop Changing activities

and resource (custom)

1 on-line week Last dayF2F

Using Moodle

Phase 1:

Phase 2:

Final presentations

1 on-line week

Teacher Training

FORTIN


Teacher Training

Strategy:

Learning Studies Institute (IDEA)

Master Course

Coordinates process and Certifies the teachers

Training the trainers, distributing the course

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Courses (512)

Teachers (339)

Schools (107)

Trainers (51)

POLES

(11)

Students trained: more than 16k

FORTIN


Process1. Goal






7. Teacher Training


9. Results

FORTIN


1st Stage:SunFire 15k (4 CPU UltraSparc III, 1.2 GHz, 8GB RAM, SAN Disk (Storage 6920)

• Solaris 8• Students: 5,000• MySQL• Apache• Moodle

Problems:• Student population grows to 12,000 in one week.• Increase of a 30% to 40% on load-average• 4 cpu’s goes to 100% • Problems with MySQL

Hardware y Software

FORTIN


2nd Stage: ~45,000 users

~3,500 courses

BACKENDT2000, 32 CPUDB Server on Solaris 10, 32 threads 2 Gb for DB

FRONT END1 single processor V65512 RAM146GB HDLoad Balancer, Open Source SW POUNDNFS Server for Data in DB (moodledata)

MIDDLEWARE5 dual processor V65 with HT technology Moodle application and DB (moodledata) data NFS mounting

Hardware y Software

FORTIN


3rd Stage:

BACKEND4 processor 2.7K Mhz Intel XenonV65 Sun Microsystem2 Gb RAM146 Gb & 72 Gb HDLinux Red HatNFS Server for Data in DB (moodledata)

Hardware y Software

FORTIN

FRONT END4 processors 2K Mhz cores Intel XenonDell Power Edge 19504 Gb RAM160 GB HDLinux Debian, Forenet

Moodle 1.9.2

Courses: 265

Users: 9,947

Professors: 96


Process1. Goal






7. Teacher Training


9. Results

FORTIN


Students say they learn (and work) more on-line

Results

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5.00%

10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

25.00%

30.00%

Students (on-line survey)

ExcellentVery goodGoodSatisfactoryRegularDeficientBad Poor

FORTIN


Results

Note: Survey results for students that took an on-line course for the first time (15 years old)

Course delivery Students preferences

F2F, 34%

On-line, 53%

Don´t care, 13%

FORTIN


Results

Note: Survey results for teachers that delivered an on-line course for the first time

Course delivery Teachers preferences

Don´t care, 13%

F2F, 7%

On-line, 80%

FORTIN


ResultsTeachers survey:

– 98% think using technologies is a good learning strategy

– 100% consider these tools should be used in all courses

– 96% would like to teach other courses on-line– 94% think that on-line courses are good options

for Senior High School students

FORTIN


New Challenges• Increase the number of students from 25,000 to

125,000• Increase the number of courses from 1 to 49• Team teaching (ITs– English)• Share the program with other institutions• Start a similar program in Junior High Schools

(Target 400,000)• Establish a Teaching On-Line Training and

Certification Center for the State of Jalisco

FORTIN


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