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The Moodle Mash Up: Benefits and
Challenges
Nav Hundal - E-learning Support Officer
Cath Wasiuk – E-learning Support Officer
Manchester Metropolitan University
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By the end of this presentation, we hope that you
will have:
• An overview of integrated institutional
systems within Moodle.
• An understanding of the benefits and
challenges that staff have experienced.
• An understanding of the benefits and
challenges this has brought to students.
• An overview of how this has impacted on the
student experience.
Session Overview
EQAL Learning Technologies Review (Nov 2009 – Feb 2010) http://lrt.mmu.ac.uk/ltreview/
• Replacement for existing VLE (Blackboard WebCT Vista)
• Seamless systems integration
• Automatic unit creation and enrolment
• Assessment and Coursework
• Electronic Library services integration
• Timetabling
• Past Exam Papers
Raise student satisfaction, providing a
seamless and personalised
online experience.
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Background
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Unit Specification Pro-forma
Thursday, August 6, 2015 Event Name and Venue 5
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Thursday, August 6, 2015 Event Name and Venue 7
Benefits and Challenges to Staff
• Everything is automated
• Everything is automated
• Frees staff of the administration, focus on teaching and learning
• Raises the bar
Benefits
• Quality of data in the right hand block acts as a magnifying glass
• Lack of understanding of how things are connected
• Flushes out variation in practice
Challenges
Benefits and Challenges to Students
All information is in one place
MyMMU phone app! Info available anytime
anywhere
Lack of understanding where info is coming from
What did the students say?
"the course handbook regularly has
separate reading to what is stated on
Moodle"
"coursework has not been clear it has
been confusing and what we have to
do appeared different on Moodle and
in our hand out booklets"
"best thing is Moodle & the MMU app on
the iPhone"
"the further reading materials list on
Moodle is really helpful"
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What have we had to overcome?
• Lack of understanding of where info is coming from
• ELSO’s become a middle man to other issues
• Differences in practice has meant curriculum set up
incorrectly
• Closer working relationships
• Moving toward the same goal
Summary
Positive impact on student experience
Increased communication and working across
teams
Further Developments
• Moodle to display moderated summative marks
• Moodle to display feedback dates to students
• Moodle 2.4
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