This is the presentation given at the Nephrology Educators Network Conference 2009, held in Sydney, Australia.
Moodle is a freely available educational software solution driven by an international community of more than 750k registered users in 200 countries and 80 languages. Through its social constructivist design, Moodle promotes flexible learning, quality teaching and 21st century education.
Learn how Moodle can add value to your organisation and overcome the tyranny of distance through a blended or distance approach to learning.
3. Objectives
- LMS overview
- Evaluate LMS options
- Identify use case scenarios
- Improve learning outcomes
- Add value to your organisation
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4. Social Constructionism
1. All of us are potential teachers as well as learners
2. We learn well from expressing something for others
3. We learn through observing peer activity
4. By understanding learner context, we can teach more effectively
5. A learning environment needs to be flexible & adaptable
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Pedagogy
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8. Commercial vs Open source
User license agreement General Public License
Expen$ive Free download
US-centric International community
Rigid design Flexible & customisable
.com .org
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14. Recent LMS Report
• 95.5% - allows better learning distribution
• 18.6% - Moodle most popular choice
• Moodle ranked first for:
- Cost
- Ease of installation, customisation & use
- Implementation time
- Business impact
- Assessment capabilities
- Support for Web 2.0
http://moodle.mylearningspace.com.au/mod/resource/view.php?id=79
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16. Australian Dental Council Australian College of Natural Medicine
Australian College of Psychotherapy
Australian Nursing Federation (SA)
Australian Medical Association (NSW)
Complementary Healthcare Council
Department of Psychology (Macquarie Uni)
Flinders Medical Centre
Health Informatics Society of Australia
Integrated Care Management
Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Oceania University of Medicine Pharmaceutical Society (WA)
The College of Health and Fitness
St Vincent’s Hospital The College of Nursing (NSW)
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18. Scenarios
Deliver same program to various locations
Staff training, assessment & reporting
Meet legislative requirements
Knowledge base or online community
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