MILOUsing Moodle at LSE to provide

information skills to users

Maria Bell Rowena Macrae-Gibson

Library, London School of Economics

Overview

• Background• Branding & What’s in a name? • Moodle vs WebCT• Staff training & input• Review• MILO Live

Background

• LSE chooses Moodle as its VLE in 2007• Course migration• IL course already in WebCT• Working group of 4 Library staff• Moodle training by LSE Centre for Learning

Technology staff• Different group members contribute to their

strengths

Branding

• LSE colours & template• No separate Library template• Library Sticky block• User testing & ‘Friendly’ academic• Why MILO?• Does it stand for anything?

Moodle vs WebCT

• Courses transferred from WebCT to Moodle• Different approach required• No long index of separate webpages• More user friendly-for Librarians & students• Students see course as just part of Moodle• Don’t need to register• Easier to direct users to• Use material you already have

Initial review

• Some sections getting very long• Decide to move the Top tips database

section into a block

The Future?

• Review• Advanced pages: SuperMilo!• Subject pages• More interactive• Staff manuals moving from

WebCT to Moodle

MILO

• Guest access available• Username: miloguest• Password: infolit• Valid until the end of April• http://moodle.lse.ac.uk/• Choose Library

Contact us

• Maria Bell

M.Bell@lse.ac.uk

• Rowena Macrae-Gibson

R.Macrae-Gibson@lse.ac.uk