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Presented at the iMoot 2016 Creative Commons CC BY License
Lewis Carr
“Re-inventing and
Rebooting Moodle”
Like the film industry, there comes a point where we need to reboot something to appeal
to a new audience. We need to change the perception of our Superhero.
To meet the needs of the modern learner, we need to re-invent our Moodle Platform. This
presentation focusses on how we can go about changing the cultural perception of Moodle By
changing the pedagogy.
Heroes eventually become villains
Our Perception of Moodle has changed
Our Perception of Moodle has changed
Our Perception of Moodle has changed
Our Perception of Moodle has changed
Why Perceptions Change
The comparisons we make with other
websites
I need to discover
something new
If we don’t reinvent our own
Moodle platforms, THEY won’t be around
much longer.
There are new heroes waiting to take its place
HOW CAN WE CHANGE PUBLIC PERCEPTION?
How can we re-invent or reboot our hero?
How can our hero become liked again?
What do we
ACTUALLY want to do
with Moodle?
Are we delivering what our learners actually
want?
Rediscover our goals and needs
change the culture. Not the platform We need
evolution, not
substitution
Meeting the needs of the modern learner
take a
smartphone to college every
single day
Watch online
video each day
Prefer to watch a video rather than read lots of text
Maximum video
Attention span
When asked what they want from moodle...
Simple facts and
revision snippets Lots of
Practice questions
A chance to share &
discuss
Q. Are the ways
we use Moodle and the tools we choOse relevant in online learning anymore?
All MY class notes and slides are
online!
When all other sites offer this..
GAMIFication
Why do we offer this?
This rigid style of teaching with moodle is its
greatest weakness
Like Kryptonite is to Superman
“Design is about problem solving, not about personal preference or
unsupported opinion”
Bob BaxleyHead of Product Design @ Pinterest
Design is an evolving process
http://chucks-fun.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/evolution-of-movie-batman.html
Back in 2007..
2015
2007
2015
2016
Course Design
Theme Design
vs
Big colourful customisable
Headers
Big colourful customisable
Headers
Minimal Navigation
Big colourful customisable
Headers
Minimal Navigation
EnrolmentCodes
Big colourful customisable
Headers
Minimal Navigation
EnrolmentCodes
ActivityStream
A new theme does not build better
courses.
We need to re-think
Our course delivery.
Themes are still subjective to Moodle’s grid-like structure and behaviour.
“Streams, scrolling content and search are the best way to deliver content on
the web - think Twitter, Facebook, ebay, LinkedIn”
Lewis Carr(Someone who gets tired of people moaning
about scrolling in moodle)
Built with https://moqups.com
With just CSS...TO THIS
https://moodle.org/plugins/format_socialwall Chris Kenniburg, Bryan Smith, Andreas Wagner
I hadn’t thought of that!
GLOBAL Search is the NEW “Superpower”
COUPONPLUGIN
https://moodle.org/plugins/block_coupon
Change the Language Pack
STUDYCOURSE
CLASS
MODULE
STUDENTS
LEARNERS
LMS/VLE
ENROLENROLL?
INVITE
Dashboard
ACTIVITIES
SAVE
Admin
TEACHER
IMPORTANT
Don’t try make this model fit an existing course
ThE new model is designed to inspire a new way of thinking
STOP USING
TOPICS/WEEKS/MODULES
TAG ITEMS INSTEAD
TAGS allow us to group our Learning objects
Now turn everything else off in Moodle
HIDE Pointless Blocks, modules, Question Types And anything else that creates
clutter & Confusion
LET GO OF YOUR ADMIN CONTROL
Use roles to give power to the teacher (Create Own courses, manage own students, do pretty much anything OTHER than trash
the system
WILL THIS CREATE MASSPEDAGOGICAL
CHANGE?
AFTER MY REBOOT, WILL PERCEPTIONS
HAVE CHANGED?
REBOOT COMPLETE
Our Perception of Moodle has changed
Our Perception of Moodle has changed
Our Perception of Moodle has changed
Our Perception of Moodle has changed
End of Presentation
@lewiscarr
