Moodle in the Fire Service Program

Moodle Moodle for for

Fire and EMSFire and EMS

Moodle is ideal for Fire & EMS Education

• Easy to use by students• Available 24/7 via web• Activity tracking• Secure • Content is easily transferred• Previous web content experience

Madison

• Madison is the Capital of Wisconsin

• UW Madison• Population 228,000• 85 sq. miles

Fire Department

• 335 members• 11 Stations• 5 Training Officers• 25,000 calls for

service

• 24 hour shifts

• 48 hour week

• Required training– WI Department of Commerce – National Fire Protection Association– Insurance Service Office

How do you Train 335 Members?

• Travel to Training Division• Training Officer to Station• Company Officer in-house• Outside education• Video Conferencing• Online Training

Madison's Experience

• Blackboard– EMT basic refresher

content– ICS training– Harassment

• Video Conferencing– Meeting– Paramedic Education– Guest Speakers– Company training

• CD/DVD training– EMS– Fire

• Moodle (iTrain)– EMS– Fire– Information resource– Professional

development– Recruit Academy– Community Education– Collaboration/Partners

Advantages of Moodle

• May be Asynchronous– Instructor not present when student is.

• Economy of scale• Can be available 24/7• Can be available outside station• Sharable content• Instructional design support available

How did we end up here

• Blackboard becomes unavailable• Contacted various LMS/CMS

providers• Moodle use in Wisconsin• Local contacts• Gar Green

Some Department using Moodle

• City of Madison Fire Department

• Dane Co. (WI) Paramedic Services

• Raleigh Fire Department, NC

• Peoria Fire Department, AZ

• Hall Co. Fire Department, GA

Moodle (iTrain) demonstration

Secure Track-able Login

Content

Web Sites

Media

Glossary

Quiz

Flash Cards

Grades

Reports/Tracking

Roles

Reusable

• Multiple classes

• Review & Update– New info– Student feedback

• Sharable

Collaboration

VisionVision

Jim KeikenAssistant Chief

City of Madison Fire Department

325 W Johnson StMadison WI, 53703

(608) [email protected]

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