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Moodle is not just for teaching: How Moodle brings Cal State closer
to the community
Presented by:
Mauricio Cadavid
Edgar Chabolla
Jim Monaghan
Introduction• Cal State, San Bernardino demographics
– Students-18,000– Commuter campus-1500 live on campus– Use of course management systems
• Office of Distributed Learning (ODL) intro– Formed in 1999– Over 750 FTE in online and online hybrid programs
and courses• Learning Management Systems
– Blackboard 7.1– Moodle 1.8 (hosted by siteground.com)– Moodle 1.9 (CSU-wide pilot program)
Theoretical Background
• Social Constructivism– Piaget-construction of knowledge– Vygotsky-zone of proximal development– Lave & Wenger-legitimate peripheral participation
• Cognitive Apprenticeship (Collins)• Collaborative Learning (Johnson & Johnson)• Slotta & Linn (Science learning in a community
of practice)
A seminal web-based project
• WISE project– Web-based
integrated science environment
• Slotta & Lin• Encouraged
students to discuss their investigation of current scientific controversies
• See: Slotta, J. D. & Linn, M. C. (2009). WISE Science: Inquiry and the
Internet in the Science Classroom. Teachers College Press.
What made Moodle a good choice
Attributes:• Open Source• On time support• Ease of use• Cost Effective• Reliability• Flexibility• Faculty control
What made Moodle a good choice
• Tools which facilitate rich student-student and student-teacher interactions– Forums (discussion boards)– Wikis– Journals– Chats– “organic structure” which allows for easy
customization
What made Moodle a Good Choice
• In Blackboard you needed to be a CSUSB student….we had more flexibility with Moodle….– Licensing agreement issue with Blackboard– Blackboard license agreement needed to regard each
non-student as an FTE….– Flexible administrative implementation of our Moodle
instance…– Faculty learning curve for understanding the system
was small
Communities of practice at CSUSB
• 1st online community of practice--2005 Coyote Nurses– Supported first online program– RN to BSN
• Currently, we have 50 communities of practice– Blackboard Communities, Main Campus (17)– Blackboard Communities, Palm Desert (13)– Moodle Communities (20)
Total # of Communities 20Total # of participants 627
Active Communities 8
Communities in Development 12
Current Communities of Practice in Moodle at CSUSB
• General Statistics
Current Moodle Communities of Practice
• Noyce Math • Peer Advising Center • SAIL Math Adjunct (SAIL)• California Faculty Association • Vista Murrieta High School• National Children's Study • California State Field Directors • Online Intern Site Coach Training
Communities of PracticeIn Development
• Arab Program
• Nursing Faculty
• MAS – Mentoring Through Alumni in Sociology
• Palm Desert College of Education
Design & Development of the Communities
• Process– ADDIE Model: Florida State University, 1975– 5 phases
• Analysis• Design• Development• Implementation• Evaluation
Design & Development of the Communities
• Analysis– Identify Goals and objectives– Audience– Delivery method– Timeline
• Design– Training on Moodle course development– Develop prototype
• User interface• Content
Design & Development of the Communities
• Development– Creation of community– Assistance as needed
• Implementation– A small group is trained to interact with the community– End-users are added to the community– Planning for evaluation procedures
• Evaluation– Formative – Summative
ADDIE Model FlowchartBy Nicolas Tsapatsoulis
http://www2.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~nicolast/courses/cs654/lectures/cs654109.pdf
Demonstration of MoodleCommunities of Practice at
CSUSB
SAIL Community
• Student Assistance In Learning– Federally funded program to assist struggling
students complete college. – 1st generation, low income. Government
mandates that ¾ of participants be both. Currently 71% both – remaining 29% are either 1st generation and/or low income.
– Over 400 students currently enrolled in the program
SAIL Community
• Student Assistance In Learning– Challenges:
• How to manage each student’s progress• How to encourage students to participate in the
different required activities• How to manage counselors’ participation in the
program• How to keep students on track• How to report progress to the federal agency
SAIL Community
• Some of their most used features
Other features included
SAIL Achiever!
SAIL Community
Arab Summer Project
• Challenges– Only CSU San Bernardino offered the program
• Students came from a diverse geographical distribution
• Some students were not Cal State students
– Arabic calligraphy needed for immersion• Language pack available from Moodle
– Faculty needed full control of course– Intensive interaction, and collaboration
Arab Summer ProjectSome of their most used features
WIKI: as part of a collaborative exercise to prepare them on how to travel to Lebanon
Forms: as part of the preparation to travel to Lebanon
CookingDanceCalligraphyMusicMoviesField TripsArabic Radio
Arab Summer Project
Other features included
Activities:
Program Information
Arab Summer ProjectHTML blocks
More Resources
National Children’s Study
• Challenges– National collaborative project
• Regional collaboration among governmental and non-governmental agencies
• Need for formal and informal exchange of information
• Field professionals are not associated with Cal State
– Director of the program and some research were Cal State employees
National Children’s Study
How Moodle was utilized:
National Children’s Study
A virtual office
California Field Directors
• Challenges– State Field Directors from over 20 institutions
• Needed to facilitate communication among directors spread all over California
• Meeting place with lower costs– Utilization of the chat feature
• Information exchange/collaboration• Non Cal State students, all professionals
California Field Directors
• Cal State University– Bakersfield, Chico, Dominguez Hills, East Bay, Fresno,
Fullerton, Humboldt, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Northridge, Sacramento, San Bernardino, San Diego State, San Francisco State, San Jose, Stanislaus.
• University of California– Berkeley – Los Angeles
• University of Southern California• Azusa Pacific University• Loma Linda University
Success Stories
• Debbie Flores (view video)
Director: SAIL
• Teresa Morris (view video)
Director of School of Social Work
• Nicole Garcia (view video)
Lecturer - CFA
Lessons Learned
• Start with a meeting to clarify goals and objectives– Identify
• Needs• Wants• Target audience
• Train faculty on Moodle basics• Allow users to express their creative perspective
by designing their own sites• Empower user to be self-sufficient when it
comes to the management of their site
Questions?
Contact Information• For questions or comments, please feel free to
contact us at CSUSB Office of Distributed Learning (909) 537-7439– Mauricio Cadavid, Admin. Analyst/Specialist
[email protected]– Edgar Chabolla, Instructional Designer
[email protected]– Dr. Jim Monaghan, Director
