Presentation given by Simon Waldron at the RSC Eastern "Moving to Moodle 2" event at Colchester Institute on the 19th June 2012.

1. Moving to Moodle 2
Simon Waldron
Suffolk Learning Consortium Projects Manager

2. Our History
 Jan 2002 Setup in to support Suffolk charities
 Soon became a leader in developing / delivering learning
 Apr 2006 I joined SAVO as Information Officer
CHALLENGE: Make effective use of technology
 Aug 2006 Started to convert Paper / CD ‘Toolkits’
to e-learning
 Jun 2012 11 Toolkits
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3. Our History
 Sep 2006 Commissioned by Governance Hub
to develop e-learning course for Trustees
 Dec 2007 TrusteElearning moved to updated LMS
 May 2012 Endorsed by Charity Commission
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4. Our History
 Jul 2011 Approached by Suffolk County Council ALS
to host e-learning platform
 Jul 2011 Applied for LSIS RUN Funding to develop
shared LMS, ALS / Third Sector
 May 2012 eSuffolk Community launched
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5. E-Suffolk Community Concept
 Shared LMS (ALS / Third Sector) to provide:
 Entry level e-learning access to Third Sector providers
 Best practice e-learning provision, reducing duplication
 Signposting to other e-learning providers
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6. Challenges of Moving to Moodle 2
1. We had never used Moodle before, so support from our
Project Partners (Otley College, JISC RSC Eastern) was
invaluable
2. Experimented with V1 but our partners suggested we
take advantage of V2
3. Initial problems with our hosting company to provide
required PHP / SQL versions
4. Initial setup ground to a halt (with various errors), but
thanks to perseverance by Thomas Rochford, on the
Friday before Christmas, we got it up and running.
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7. Challenges of Moving to Moodle 2
1. As we had little experience of V1 we did not have any
issues of version changes
2. Any technical problems we experienced were ably
answered by JISC RSC Eastern (Ben Hutchens)
3. In working with Otley College, re. content creation, they
were impressed with the differences of V2 and decided
to upgrade ASAP
4. Our funders, LSIS, have been impressed at what we
have achieved in six months.
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8. Conclusions
 Moving to Moodle 2 was quite painless, mainly because
we were on a steep learning curve anyway, and had little
experience with Moodle 1
 Having the support of JISC RSC Eastern was
invaluable, even if they were learning about Moodle 2 as
well, we could not have done it without them
 Showcasing the changes in Moodle 2 helps to increase
the sign-up to upgrade
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9. Moving to Moodle 2
www.SuffolkLearningConsortium.org
Simon Waldron
Suffolk Learning Consortium Projects Manager
T: 01638 713778
E: simon.waldron@savo.co.uk