Toolkit for Moodle course development; Pieter van der Hijden; Moodlemoot, Edinburgh UK, 2014

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Moodle offers valuable support to content creation, content management, learning management, teaching and learning. As such it almost covers the whole educational production process. What is absent so far, however, is support for the course design process. Large "educational enterprises" will organize their design and production like the multimedia industry. For the average school where courses are developed by their teachers, this is not a realistic option. For them we developed a toolkit for Moodle course development. The first component is a tabletop exercise for global course design, we presented earlier already. The resulting global design is input for the detailed design, which is the base for the realization and integration of learning materials and activities. During the years and despite changing visions, methods and technologies, we found one "invariant relation": mindmapping. We will illustrate how we use it both for top-down design as well as bottom-up realization of Moodle courses.

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Toolkit for Moodle course development

Presentation at Moodlemoot Edinburgh UK, April 2014

Pieter van der Hijden msc (pvdh@sofos.nl)

Centre of Expertise in Education & ICTs SurinameParamaribo, Suriname

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Background Pieter van der Hijden

Consultant e-learning, Fab Lab, gaming/simulation The Netherlands (Sofos) and Suriname (ECOIS)

Toolkit for Moodle course development Design is important step in course development

(quality and efficiency) Tools are welcome to support design (& realization) Let’s build a toolkit

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Agenda

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1. Education production

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1. Education production Processes:

Supporting systems:

Moodle:

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build course content

manage course content

manage course delivery

teach / coach / facilitate

the learning process

learn!design course content

authoring system

learning content

management system(LCMS)

learning management

system(LMS)

virtual learning environment(VLE)

design tools

authoring system

learning content management

system(LCMS)

learning management

system(LMS)

virtual learning environment(VLE)

design tools

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2. Ladder of ambition

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2. Ladder of ambition Input: simple score form (choice)

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2. Ladder of ambition Output: Score

frequency

scor

e = 1

scor

e = 3

scor

e = 5

scor

e = 7

scor

e = 9

01234567

Output: Roadmap

goal q1 q2 q3 q4

1 X

2 X

3 X

4 X

5 X

6 X

7 X

8 X

9 X

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2. Ladder of ambition Benefits

Realistic targets (Individual and Common) Shared roadmap

Inputs Mechanics Outputs Benefits

Simple score form (choice)

1. Individual score

2. Common future

• Score frequency

• Simple roadmap

• Realistic targets

• Shared roadmap

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3. Global course design

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3. Global course design Input: Story board

with empty stickers

Step 1: Didactic

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Color Meaning Examples(from student point of view)

Red Individual activities

Reading, working individually, being tested individually.

Yellow Synchronous group activities

Offline, e.g. (face-to-face meeting; online, e.g. chat.

Green Asynchronous group activities

Working collectively, communicating, presenting, receiving feedback, testing.

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Learning map

3. Global course design

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Step 2: learning technology

Output: didactic & technology plan

Global course design by nine teachers

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3. Global course design Benefits

Helicopter view Paradigm shift

Synchronous, asynchronous, individual, group Separation didactics and technology

Didactical problem versus Moodle solution

Inputs Mechanics Outputs Benefits

• Storyboard• Stickers• Legend• Learning map

1. Didactic plan2. Technical plan3. Group

reflection

• Global course design

• Shared vision

• Helicopter view

• Paradigm shift• Separation

didactics and learning technology

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4. Detail course design

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4. Detail course design

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Inputs Global course

design Mind mapping

tool Freemind Mindmanager Mindmeister

Output Section titles

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4. Detail course design

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Output Sections and

items

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4. Detail course design Output:

Organizing resources

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4. Detail course design Output

Planning and monitoring tool

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4. Detail course design Benefits

Maintain overview Watch course content consistency Organize the building process Enable a division of labour

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Inputs Mechanics Outputs Benefits

• Global course design

• Mindmap tool

1. Mindmap2. Refs to

resources3. Monitor tool

Mindmap plus refs and task info

• Maintain overview & consistency

• Organize building process

• Enable labour division

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5. Course templates

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5. Course templates

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Inputs : requirements Complete course,

e.g. Number of sections General section Feedback block

Course component, e.g. Groupings and

groups

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5. Course templates

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Output Course template

Output 2 Group structure

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5. Course templates Benefits

Implement a house style Build faster and better

Inputs Mechanics Outputs Benefits

Template requirements

1. Develop template

2. Copy template

Template Copies

• House style• Building

efficiency and effectiveness

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6. House of courses

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6. House of courses

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Inputs Current course

categories Spreadsheet with

filters

Mechanics Set-up course list

in spreadsheet Copy to CSV Upload/update

courses

shortname fullname category_idnumber summaryMERSD-A01 (A01) Sustainable development: educational theories and international policymersd-sem1 Program: MERSD<br />Module code: A01<br />Semester: 1<br />Credits (ECTSs): 6MERSD-A02 (A02) Political planning and institutional policy analysis mersd-sem3 Program: MERSD<br />Module code: A02<br />Semester: 3<br />Credits (ECTSs): 6MERSD-A03 (A03) Law and sustainable society mersd-sem1 Program: MERSD<br />Module code: A03<br />Semester: 1<br />Credits (ECTSs): 3MERSD-A04 (A04) Education and law mersd-sem4 Program: MERSD<br />Module code: A04<br />Semester: 4<br />Credits (ECTSs): 3

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6. House of courses Benefits

Improve site navigation Restructure easily

Inputs Mechanics Outputs Benefits

Current house of courses

1. Spread-sheet with filters

2. CSV file

Updated house of courses

• Improved site navigation

• Easy restructuring

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7. Bonus

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7. BonusLet’s create our common toolbox!

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Inputs Mechanics Outputs Benefits

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Tool Inputs Mechanics Outputs Benefits

Ladder of ambition

Simple score form (choice)

1. Individual score

2. Common future

• Score frequency

• Simple roadmap

• Realistic targets

• Shared roadmap

Global course design

StoryboardStickersLegendLearning map

1. Didactic plan

2. Technical plan

3. Group reflection

• Global course design

• Shared vision

• Helicopter view

• Paradigm shift• Separation

didactics and learning technology

Detail course design

Global course designMindmapping tool

1. Mindmap2. Refs to

resources3. Monitor tool

Mindmap plus refs and task info

• Maintain overview & consistency

• Organize building process

• Enable labour division

Course templates

Template requirements

Develop templateCopy template

Template Copies • House style• Building

efficiency and effectiveness

House of courses Current house of courses

1. Spread-sheet with filters

2. CSV file

Updated house of courses

• Improved site navigation

• Easy restructuring

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References

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References Design thinking for educators; toolkit;

Riverdale Country School & IDEO; 2012 Gaming, the future’s language; Richard

Duke; Sage Publications, 1974 Instructables;

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Thank you for your attention!Pieter van der Hijden msc (pvdh@sofos.nl)

2014 – Pieter van der Hijden (pvdh@sofos.nl) – 2014 - This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

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