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Taking a Closer Look: Exploring the Details of
Moodle Usage
Stephanie FriedmanHampshire College, Instructional Technologist
February 28, 2019NERComp MUG @UMass Amherst
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Hello!
Introduction
Inspiration and Approach
Findings and Adjustments
Engaging with Faculty
Conclusion
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Hampshire College Context
➔ ~1100 students, ~150 faculty
➔ 250-300 total Moodle courses per semester (active + inactive)
➔ No letter grades, so gradebook support needs are minimal
➔ Very short (30min) yearly Moodle orientation for new faculty
➔ Mainly reactive Moodle support
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The Project
View each Fall 2018 course in Moodle
For active courses, record:
● organizational style
● types of activities used
● other commonalities/trends/features
Use results to make format/theme adjustments, improve teaching &
engagement
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Inspiration and Approach
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Why this method?
Image by Jared Benedict via wikimedia commons; available under the
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license.
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Gathering all the data...
● Reports as a starting
point
● Questions/categories
developed throughout
the process
● ONLY 180+ courses…
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Findings and Improvements
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The BasicsHow many courses are
active?
In which schools?
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The Basics
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Course FormatsWhich are most popular?
Are faculty matching their style to
format?
Can we retire collapsed topics?
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Format Used for Course
Organization
Strategy
class-by-date collapsed
topics
topics weekly Grand
Total
class-by-date 71% 2% 1% 0% 73%
topics 1% 7% 3% 1% 11%
weekly 4% 2% 0% 9% 16%
Grand Total 76% 10% 4% 10% 100%
Course Formats
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Changes to Our Formats
- Collapsed Topics (3rd party format) not really desirable
- Replicates features and clashes with our theme
- Accessibility concerns
- Ways to address this in our theme:
- Quick-edit option for course titles
- Collapsible sections
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PedagogyAre there trends in activity use?
How to summarize
recommendations in a simple and
substantial way?
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Some Theory
➔ A Room Without Chairs: How to Help New Instructors Design in a Learning
Management System (blog post - Jenae Cohn, Stanford)
➔ Classification of the Features in Learning Management Systems (Jurado et
al)
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Tiers of Interactivity
Create a shared digital work,
shaped significantly by its
being online
Submit work
electronically, receive
direct faculty feedback
Gather information from syllabus,
readings, videos, and more
Collaborate
Respond
Refer
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Other observations...
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Engaging Back with Faculty
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A worksheet for faculty (still in draft form)
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Find something to celebrate - Course Showcase
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Conclusion
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Garrote Jurado, R., Pettersson, T., Regueiro Gomez, A., & Scheja, M. (2014, November). Classification of the features in learning management
systems. XVII Scientific Convention on Engineering and Architecture, Havana City, Cuba, Nov 24th-28.
Cohn, J. (2018, September 8). A Room Without Chairs: How to Help New Instructors Design in a Learning Management System.
Retrieved February 28, 2019, from https://www.jenaecohn.net/2018/09/08/a-room-without-chairs-how-to-help-new-instructors-
design-in-a-learning-management-system/