The document discusses how the Totara LMS and Mahara ePortfolio platforms can be integrated to provide structured online learning through Totara and personal learning through Mahara, allowing learners to gather evidence in Mahara and submit assessments to Totara to complete competencies in their individual learning plans. It also outlines TDM Ltd. as a Totara and Mahara partner that provides training and implementation services for the two platforms.
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TotaraLMS & Mahara ePortfolios Integration for UK Apprenticeships Delivery
1. Totara LMS & Mahara Integration
Thomas Bell - @thomaswbell88
+ Author of 10 Business Critical Areas - Open Courses
+ LSIS Sector Reference Group for Sustainability Member
+ LMS Programme Coordinator
+ ICT Professional Trainer
Derrin Kent - @tdmderrin
Managing Director of TDM Ltd.
+ Author of Mahara 1.2 ePortfolios: Beginner's Guide
+ Credited Reviewer of both Moodle Administration and Moodle
+ LSIS IfL RDF Research Development Fellow 2010-2011
2. Presentation Warning!
CamelCasing Things :( Sorry, habit
Pictures all over the place! Some irrelevant :0
This isn't so much a demo of Totara or Mahara, it's a demo of how
(Therefore, you might not see all Totara LMS features.
Head over to www.totaralms.com to request a full demo or give us a ring: +44
4. Training..
In Open Source Software
Consultancies
Business & Education focus
Development..
Of Open Source Software
Bespoke Software development
Management..
Of Open Source Software
'Implementation Management' for organisations
Successful software deployment
5. First UK Totara Partner
Managed Hosting
Development
Moodle Services company
Implementations
Training
Mahara Partner
Authors of the Mahara book: Mahara 1.2: A beginner's guide
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
9. What is ?
Corporate 'Distro' of Moodle
Packaged up for quick and effective corporate learning deliver
Based on the most stable Moodle code
Support Services – 24/7 Support, guaranteed response times
Added functionality – and the constant development of new fea
Open Source Enterprise – following the same model as the m
10. What is ?
Learner Management System
in contrast to...
Virtual Learning Environment /
Course Management System
11. What is ?
Competency Based Learning
Team/Cohort Management
Staff / Hierarchy Management
12. What is ?
Organisation/Department Management
Booking Management
Excellent Reporting & Progress tracking
Pathway specific training programmes
Programme Management
13. 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
14. Team / Cohort Management
Manager – Manages team of staff
=
Trainer / Assessor – Manages cohort of learners
18. Pathway Programmes
= Totara Positions
Assign learners to a pathway
Automatically retrieve relevant competencies to Individual Development Plan
Set 'aspirational' position/pathway – Learner Engaging
19.
20. Individual Learning Plans (ILP)
If assigned a Position, the learner receives the relevant competen
Competencies – Gathered from:
Learner Pathway (Position)
Organisation
Courses – linked to competencies
Automatically drawn in with the competencies
21.
22. Totara Reporting & Progress Tracking
Totara Report Builder
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
23.
24. How do Mahara and Totara mix?
Wyre Academy Totara = Structured Learning Delivery:
Online Courses
Tracking + Reporting
Workshop Booking
Webinar Booking
25. How do Mahara and Totara mix?
Wyre Academy Mahara = Personalised Learning
Professional Learning Community
Reflective Journals
Evidence gathering
Evidence showcasing
Assessment submission to Totara
27. Learner Journey In Totara/Mahara
Individual Learning Plan creation
Auto assigned relevant competencies
Auto enrolled on relevant courses
Objectives setup with Assessor
Timescales and due dates added to competencies
28. Learner Journey In Totara/Mahara
Learner gathers evidence in Mahara
Learners constructs their views/pages in Mahara:
Screencasting
Videos
Audio
Product evidence
Witness testimonies
29. Learner Journey In Totara/Mahara
Formative Assessment:
Assessor Feedback attached to views
Video/audio feedback
Final submission & competency completion
30. Plans for the future..
“Mahara Evidence – Totara Competency” Mapping
“Mahara Assessor Overlay”:
Point and click on Mahara blocks to grade/assess in Totara/Mo
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31. Mahara ePortfolios
for TDM and for WBL
We've been involved in the development of Mahara for over 3 years now and still inputting.
Very happy for the continuing success and uptake
Looking to write the sequel to our successful Mahara 1.2: A Beginners Guide