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MTC blended an experience
John Allan
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overview
MTC? proposition Institution blended method process sample group – selection evidence results thanks
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What is the MTC?
Moodle Teacher Certification a means of bench-marking staff skills basics of teaching using Moodle
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What is the MTC?
three parts practical course narrative (reflective statements) on line test
Stuart Mealor's MTC PresentationSunday at 2:15 p.m.
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Proposition
The MTC is suited to a blended delivery mode at a large institution embarking on Moodle LMS venture with novice Moodle users.
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Institution
North American College in the Arabic Gulf international students – majority local 350+ instructors 5th year of start up state-of-the-art facilities state-of-the-art-technology planned abandonment of WebCT LMS field open
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Process
Moodle partner selection general Moodle awareness sessions call for candidates candidate selection orientation session (MTC Guide, ...) scheduling 10 - 2 hour sessions certification completion roles defined for MTC holders
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Partner Selection
Haidee Foxwell & Stuart Mealor expertise
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Awareness sessions
college wide VLC team sponsored open sessions for all disciplines flexible scheduling at both campuses academic managers and coordinators
Virtual Learning Committee
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Candidate selection
Open call for competition via email Rubric based on
Professional development given On line courses taken On line courses developed Educational technology experience
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Candidate selection
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Candidate selection
8 selected from 18
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Orientation
Modes face-to-face (2 hour session) binder (all resources in print) emails (as required)
Resources moodle.org MTC guide on line resources Spreadsheet with evidence column MTC course (register)
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MTC Guide
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Ensure candidates understand Appendix 1
explain that they are not ideal candidates
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Guide Skills Sets for Project
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On line resources
moodle.org courses (Moodle Features) Moodle Docs Moodle-a-Day (local course) MTC practice quiz Moodle PDF book:
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Moodle-A-daY
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Spreadsheet w/ evidence column
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MTC course at Moodle.org
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scheduling
two groups of four diverse workloads two hours per week for 10 weeks office hours for in house mentor
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Project
parameters established topic of each course defined email to candidates – applicable resources preparation for candidates weekly face-to-face sessions, consolidate skills weekly monitoring of courses weekly grading of skills sets weekly demonstration of relevant skills ongoing discussion related to narrative
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narrative
questions discussed as a group in two hour sessions
faster narrative
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Final quiz
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Evidence - documents
Candidate rubric MTC certificates Spreadsheets Marked grade sheets Comment emails
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Evidence - interviews
informal interviews during and after the MTC
recent request pending
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Evidence - Direct observation
face-to-face meetings office hours weekly workshops
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Evidence – Participant feedback
survey recent request pending
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LO file naming standards discussion
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Establishment of Moodle settings for our college
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Moodle 3 stage training
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Room for Improvement
“Get members of the group to visit the Moodle site before each class to visit the key areas for each lesson so that time spent in class is a review rather than an introduction – sent out the basic information and an overview beforehand.”
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Room for Improvement
“Tell students to write questions they have as they work through each section.”
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Room for Improvement
“Pair class members so that each pair has at least one computer-savvy partner or provide class list and contact info.”
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Room for Improvement
“Ensure people touch base with their mentor early to establish a connection to ensure good understanding of mentor’s needs before submitting work”
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Room for Improvement
“Provide clear written instructions for people to follow, rather than just providing verbal information.”
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Room for Improvement
“The politics made this experience more difficult than it had to be...”
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Comments on Room for Improvement
weaker candidates became too reliant on the facilitator and the team
be clearer that the candidate is responsible for their progress
some release time for candidatesadditional training and team duties
assigned during the training
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Accomodations
Moodle-a-daY revised spreadsheets (evidence column) user binder (MTC course materials) weekly discussion on the narrative topics discussion on college (LOS) weekly practical session 2 hours in lab
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Results
six passed of eight
D Rieb Stephen Roney R Hatherley S Larivire C MacLeod V Stack
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Pleasant surprises
Internal 3 stage training model Departmental adoption (120 teachers) Moodle workshop series at 2 campuses Informal educational technology group Independent courses (off site servers) Awareness of LMS throughout college staff Instructional clips Moodle-a-daY....
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Proposition - conclusion
Blended approach works but can work better if.......
candidates have some Moodle experience as recommended by MTC guide
candidates do not have a full teaching load or additional commitments
MTC is conducted within the institution's training framework - politics
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Where are they now?
4 on the LMS D2L implementation team CALL team chair LOS standards chair Maths materials developer Educational Tech trainer LMS D2L coordinator SharePoint coordinator
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thanks
Haidee Foxwell Stuart Mealor Learning AC New Zealand
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