Blended Learning at IMU: an update

Workshop (end-2006) Decision

• Develop exemplars in blended learning• Develop an integrated UMIS-VLE (commercial)

to be hosted in Bt Jalil• Develop an open source CMS to be hosted

outside IMU Bt Jalil

Developments in 2007

• Purchased Captivate, Articulate (with Quiz maker)and Mind Manager; conducted some training programmes

• Moodle (an OS LMS) was launched and made available to programme managers for hosting their learning content (hosted externally on Skali, an established web hosting service provider)

Moodle

• Nursing made available digital resources and learning activities to B. Nursing students

• Clinical School made available Study Guides• Phase I timetables and Lectures were moved tto

Moodle• Postgraduate Dept made available research modules

to off-campus students• Pharmacy started e-PBLs

Integrated UMIS-VLE

• Negotiations with OUM to use their integrated campus management system (which included a LMS) have been ended following failure to reach a satisfactory arrangement in spite of several months of negotiations – mainly due to OUM being unable to satisfactorily commit to deliver product meeting IMU’s specifications

• IMU will now implement CMS, FIS, HRS and Moodle to meet its information system requirements

Videoconferencing

• VC established between BJ, BP and Seremban CS to support Sem 10 students and for administrative purposes.

• Unanticipated success and demand for more time slots cannot be met.

• Expansion and upgrading of VC connections and equipment to take place early in 2008

AIR and MOFA

• Existing online education activities continue to be available. Large number of additional questions added.

• However these will have to move to Moodle in the coming year in stages.

• Several hundred RLOs have been moved to Moodle and are accessible by academic staff. A resource of many additional RLOs from commercial sources have been accumulated.

Others

• Community of Practice for Paediatrics hosted on MSN groups; now being moved to Moodle

• Blog to support learning activities of Sem 10 students (ugmed.blogspot.com)

• Web 2.0 E-Learning 2.0 (blogs, wikis, podcasts, U-tube, ustream, Skype, etc) – interactivity, collaboration, feedback, learner-centric

New E-Learning Projects

• Dietetics and Nutrition• Statistics • Health Informatics• Medical Literature

Development of E-Learning Team

• E-Learning Team: Manager, Multimedia Designer, Junior Multimedia Designer, Analyst Programmer and Media Officer + (to come) medical instructional designer

Professional Development and Benchmarking

• Visit to University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine CME

• Workshops– E-Learning 2.0– Optimising E-Learning Strategy

• Training: E-Moderation, Office, E-Learning