This is a presentation I gave at a Technology for Efficiency conference in Leeds.

1. Open Technology for
Efficiency
Thomas Bell - @thomaswbell88
+ Author of '10 Business Critical Areas' - Open Educational Courses
+ LSIS Sector Reference Group for Sustainability Member
+ LMS Programme Coordinator
+ ICT Professional Trainer
+ Other guises

2. Overview
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Intro to TDM Ltd.
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Business Critical Area OER
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Why Open Source Matters
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Moodle & Open Source projects
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Totara LMS – Competency based learning - LMS
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Mahara e-Portfolios – Personal Reflective
e-Portfolios

3. Quick intro ...
TDM
The Development Manager Ltd:

4. 
Training..
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In Open Source Software
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Consultancies
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Business & Education focus
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Development..
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Of Open Source Software
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Bespoke Software development
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Management..
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Of Open Source Software
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'Implementation Management' for organisations
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Successful software deployment

5. 
First UK Totara Partner
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Managed Hosting
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Custom Development
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Moodle Services company
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Implementations
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Training
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Mahara Partner
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Authors of the Mahara book: Mahara 1.2: A
beginner's guide
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Mahara Certified Training Courses

6. Newly established, but with
decades of training provision:
Online Training Academy
IT / ICT Apprenticeships Delivery
Mentor Training
Tutor Training
Management Training
High-stakes Industry Qualifications

7. Proud to be partnered/certified with:

8. TDM Linux Professional Institute
Next LPI Master Affiliate for the UK
September 2011

9. Why Open Source Matters
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Collaborative resource
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Community
utilisation
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Control 
Customisable

Cost-effective 
Naturally sustainable
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Freedom 
Sensible
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Often free, not always 
Extensible / Pluggable
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Open Source ≠ Free
Software

10. The Moodle project – Quick video
http://vimeo.com/2405525

11. LSC-WM + AWM RDA
What are these
Business
Two phase research Critical Areas!?
amongst employers in
the region;
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Phase I: Skills
requirements in WM
businesses.
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Phase II: Skills gaps in
the West Midlands

12. Guess the 10
Business Critical
Areas?

13. 1. Business 6. IT User
Improvement 7. New Product Design
Techniques
8. Finance & Credit
2. Business Systems /
Processes 9. Cashflow & Profit
Management
3. Teamworking /
Communication 10. Risk Management
4. Customer Service
5. Sales & Marketing

14. The Aims!

15. Start with the long one:
Improving social constructivist
approaches to digitally-blended
WBL delivery amongst the FE
sector

16. Design Moodle Courses

17. Xerte Learning Objects

18. Subject Matter Experts
...design, delivery and planning process

19. Distribute for free, to
reuse remix, adapt etc

20. We delivered:
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Over 40 short videos of interviews with SME's
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Over 24 Xerte Learning Objects – SCORM
compatible
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10 Moodle courses to take away and chop and
change
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Social activities a plenty!
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Interactive, engaging content delivered to nvq/qcf
level 2 standards
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Distributed to several online repositories,
numerous regional moodle hubs and continue to
give them out to providers today.

22. Downloads at:
http://wbl-online.org.uk/moodle

23. What is ?
Corporate 'Distro' of Moodle
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Packaged up for quick and effective corporate learning
delivery – work-based learning delivery
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Based on the most stable Moodle code
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Support Services – 24/7 Support, guaranteed response
times
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Added functionality – and the constant development of
new features
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Open Source Enterprise – following the same model as
the most successful Open Source business – RedHat

24. What is ?

Learner Management System
in contrast to...
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Virtual Learning Environment /
Course Management System

25. What is ?

Competency Based Learning
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Team/Cohort Management
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Staff / Hierarchy Management

26. What is ?

Organisation/Department Management
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Booking Management
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Excellent Reporting & Progress tracking
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Pathway specific training programmes
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Programme Management

27. Competency Based Learning
 Competency Hierarchy Import
 e.g. IT User & ICT Professional
Qualifications = 6000+
standards/competencies
 Import from Register Ofqual
Database
 Learners evidence competence
against given standards

28. Team / Cohort Management
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Manager – Manages team of staff
=
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Trainer / Assessor – Manages cohort of
learners

30. Classroom Booking Management
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Face-to-Face Session
booking.
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Calendared events
tailored to learner's
individual plans

32. Pathway Programmes
= Totara Positions
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Assign learners to a pathway
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Automatically retrieve relevant competencies to
Individual Development Plan
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Set 'aspirational' position/pathway – Learner
Engaging

34. Individual Learning Plans (ILP)
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If assigned a Position, the learner receives the relevant
competencies in their ILP
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Competencies – Gathered from:
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Learner Pathway (Position)
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Organisation
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Courses – linked to competencies
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Automatically drawn in with the competencies

36. Totara Reporting & Progress
Tracking
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Totara Report Builder
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We built a set of reports for specific roles
− Learners see the stats they need to see
− Trainers see the stats they want to see
− Assessors...
− IV & EV etc

38. How do Mahara and Totara mix?
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Wyre Academy Totara = Structured Learning
Delivery:
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Online Courses
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Tracking + Reporting
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Workshop Booking

Webinar Booking

39. How do Mahara and Totara mix?
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Wyre Academy Mahara = Personalised
Learning
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Professional Learning Community
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Reflective Journals
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Evidence gathering
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Evidence showcasing
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Assessment submission to Totara

40. Learner Journey In Totara/Mahara
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Learner Registration & Interview
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Diagnostics Assessments
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Successful employment placement
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Induction training: Totara & Mahara
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Totara Position setting

41. Learner Journey In Totara/Mahara
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Individual Learning Plan creation
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Auto assigned relevant competencies
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Auto enrolled on relevant courses
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Objectives setup with Assessor
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Timescales and due dates added to competencies

42. Learner Journey In Totara/Mahara
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Learner gathers evidence in Mahara
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Learners constructs their views/pages in
Mahara:
− Screencasting
− Videos
− Audio
− Product evidence
− Witness testimonies

43. Learner Journey In Totara/Mahara
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Formative Assessment:
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Assessor Feedback attached to views
− Video/audio feedback
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Final submission & competency completion

44. Plans for the future..
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“Mahara Evidence – Totara Competency” Mapping
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“Mahara Assessor Overlay”:
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Point and click on Mahara blocks to grade/assess in
Totara/Moodle
Get involved! If these sound interesting, contact us
about joining resources to fast-track its development

46. References
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/salim/
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/nostri-imago/
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/alancleaver/
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http://wyreacademy.com
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http://tdm.info
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Mahara 1.2: A Beginner's Guide book
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www.lpi.org.uk