Marrying Moodle with Professional Development Opportunities for Teaching Staff - Ann Wilson &...

MARRYING MOODLE WITH PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHING STAFF

The Seven-Year Hitch

Ann Wilson & Christina Del Medico

June 2014

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Introductions - Face to Face or Online Dating?

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Session aims

2007 – where we were

2011 - where we have been

2014 – where we are

Current PD opportunities

2015 – strategic direction

Past Present Future

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Ice Breaker

The proposal …

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How did the marriage occur?

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Marry Principles of Moodle & What we do

Potential for learning by all, we have an open door policy for PD opps

Collaborative environment, we use lots of opportunity for discussion and collaboration

The opportunity for expression and creativity provided by the learner centered environment we use stuff that makes this happen

Centrality of constructivism we have cross disciplinary groups of learners who share their perspective of their own discipline which makes for a richer learning environment

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Does your organisation provide PD for online teachers?

A. Yes, for new online

teachers only

C. Yes, but it could be

improved

D. There is no PD for

online teachers

B. Yes, for new and

experienced online teachers

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If you answered yes, is any of your PD offered in Moodle?

A. Yes, all of our PD is offered in Moodle

C. No none of our PD

is offered in Moodle

B. Yes, some of our PD is offered in

Moodle

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Past - 2007

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Jump Forward to 2011

Foundations of Learning and Teaching Online – FoLTO

Tech Talks

Teaching with Technology Sandbox

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Present – Taking Stock

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TPACK Model

Reproduced by permission of the publisher, © 2012 by tpack.org”

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2014 – FoLTO Suite of Offerings

FoLTO – Essential Concepts

FoLTO – Assessment, Marking & Feedback

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Timeline

2014+

Strategic Direction

Blended Learning

FoLTO Student Engagement

Seminar Series

2014

FoLTO Suite of Courses

FoLTO Essential Concepts

Assessment, Marking & Feedback

2013

Capability Development Framework

2011

FoLTO

Tech Talks

Teaching with Technology

Sandbox

2007

No PD

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Questions to Consider

What could you do to address any gaps?

Where are the gaps in your provision?

What is working well with your PD provision for online teachers?

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Conclusion

We hope you enjoyed our presentation and we thank you for attending!