Enovation Solutions Ltd The Friary, Bow Street, Dublin 7 www.enovation.ie Evaluating e-Learning as a tool for knowledge management Gavin Henrick Solutions Consultant 1
Enovation Solutions Ltd
The Friary, Bow Street, Dublin 7
www.enovation.ie
Evaluating e-Learning as a tool for
knowledge management
Gavin Henrick Solutions Consultant
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Agenda
Moodle Overview
Content Issues
Reporting and Tracking
Assessment
Collaboration
Communications
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Choosing an LMS
Top 5 LMS - E-Learning Guild survey (2009)
1. Moodle (18.1%)
2. TotalLMS (11.7%)
3. Blackboard (11.2%)
4. Inhouse Development(9%)
5. Plateau Learning Management System(6.9%)
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Some Stats
Registered Sites 48,000+
Number of countries 211
Number of users in Moodle sites 34.8 Million
Number of teacher accounts 1.2 Million
Number of courses created 3.5 Million
Number* of Downloads per month150,000+
Active Community 40,000
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Growing Usage
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Moodle Locations
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Key Features
Easy to use for learners, teachers and admins
Ability to support different modes of learning
Centralised Competencies
Support for content standards (SCORM)
Open source allows customisation
Support for Web 2.0 features
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Content Types
Word/Excel/Powerpoint Documents
PDF Documents
Audio
Video
Web Pages
Web Links
Learning Objects (Scorm/AICC)
Web 2.0 – RSS, Blogs, Wikis, Forums
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Instructional Design
Curriculum Analysis
Schema Definition
Lesson Plans
Course Structures
Resource Interpretation
Activity Selection
Workflow
Review
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Administration
Create / Remove courses
Create / Remove users and roles
Add / Remove people to courses
Manage structure of site (Categories/Courses)
Manage activities and resources within courses
Manage layout of the page (blocks/Theme)
Calendar
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Reporting
Moodle tracks all user actions
Comprehensive list reports covering all activity in
Moodle
• User Reports
• Course Reports
• Activity Reports
Enhanced reporting through external JasperReports
• Parameterised custom reports
• Custom “Print-Perfect” reports
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Assessment
Multiple assignment types
• File upload
• Online submission
Graded Lessons
Quizzes
• Exam mode
• Reflective tests
Scorm learning objects
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Online Collaboration
Multiple forum types
• Single topic
• Q&A
• Open forum
Real-time chat for synchronous discussion
Wiki – for single and group usage
Databases for sharing files
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Communication
Announcement forum for broadcast emails
Built in surveys
Customisable feedback questionnaires
Txt/mail students, groups
Private messaging system built into Moodle
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Ease of Customisation
Open Source implies full rights to modify
Written in PHP / MySQL
640 third party plugins
Easy to customise but must manage source and
maintain upgrade path
Enovation have 6+ years experience
• Custom source version control (SVN) tailored for
moodle
• Have developed and contributed add-ons to Moodle
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Active Directory Infrastructure
Elluminate
SSO ePortfolio
Turn It In (TII)Web Site/External Authentication
SAP
HR Systems
Interoperability Experience
Why Moodle?
Scalable platform
Security focused design
Seamless integration with 3rd party systems
Supports e-learning content standards
Configurable for multiple learning approaches
Fully customisable and brandable.
Questions?
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Contacts
Gavin Henrick
Enovation Solutions
www.enovation.ie