Imoot16 Keynote - Lewis Carr
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Re-inventing and Rebooting Moodle (with a Superhero theme). This was the deck I presented as a keynote at the 2016 iMoot.
Imoot16 Keynote - Lewis Carr
- 1. #iMoot16 Presented at the iMoot 2016 Creative Commons CC BY License Lewis Carr ¡°Re-inventing and Rebooting Moodle¡±
- 2. Like the film industry, there comes a point where we need to reboot something to appeal to a new audience. We need to change the perception of our Superhero. To meet the needs of the modern learner, we need to re-invent our Moodle Platform. This presentation focusses on how we can go about changing the cultural perception of Moodle By changing the pedagogy.
- 5. Our Perception of Moodle has changed
- 6. Our Perception of Moodle has changed
- 7. Our Perception of Moodle has changed
- 8. Our Perception of Moodle has changed
- 9. Why Perceptions Change The comparisons we make with other websites I need to discover something new
- 10. If we don¡¯t reinvent our own Moodle platforms, THEY won¡¯t be around much longer. There are new heroes waiting to take its place
- 11. HOW CAN WE CHANGE PUBLIC PERCEPTION? How can we re-invent or reboot our hero? How can our hero become liked again?
- 13. What do we ACTUALLY want to do with Moodle? Are we delivering what our learners actually want? Rediscover our goals and needs
- 14. change the culture. Not the platform We need evolution, not substitution
- 15. Meeting the needs of the modern learner
- 16. take a smartphone to college every single day
- 17. Watch online video each day
- 18. Prefer to watch a video rather than read lots of text
- 20. When asked what they want from moodle... Simple facts and revision snippets Lots of Practice questions A chance to share & discuss
- 21. Q. Are the ways we use Moodle and the tools we choOse relevant in online learning anymore? All MY class notes and slides are online!
- 22. When all other sites offer this.. GAMIFication
- 23. Why do we offer this?
- 24. This rigid style of teaching with moodle is its greatest weakness Like Kryptonite is to Superman
- 26. ¡°Design is about problem solving, not about personal preference or unsupported opinion¡± Bob Baxley Head of Product Design @ Pinterest
- 27. Design is an evolving process http://chucks-fun.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/evolution-of-movie-batman.html
- 29. 2007 2015
- 30. 2016
- 42. A new theme does not build better courses. We need to re-think Our course delivery. Themes are still subjective to Moodle¡¯s grid-like structure and behaviour.
- 43. ¡°Streams, scrolling content and search are the best way to deliver content on the web - think Twitter, Facebook, ebay, LinkedIn¡± Lewis Carr (Someone who gets tired of people moaning about scrolling in moodle)
- 46. With just CSS... TO THIS
- 47. https://moodle.org/plugins/format_socialwall Chris Kenniburg, Bryan Smith, Andreas Wagner
- 49. GLOBAL Search is the NEW ¡°Superpower¡±
- 66. IMPORTANT Don¡¯t try make this model fit an existing course ThE new model is designed to inspire a new way of thinking
- 67. STOP USING TOPICS/WEEKS/ MODULES TAG ITEMS INSTEAD TAGS allow us to group our Learning objects
- 68. Now turn everything else off in Moodle HIDE Pointless Blocks, modules, Question Types And anything else that creates clutter & Confusion
- 69. LET GO OF YOUR ADMIN CONTROL Use roles to give power to the teacher (Create Own courses, manage own students, do pretty much anything OTHER than trash the system
- 70. WILL THIS CREATE MASS PEDAGOGICAL CHANGE? AFTER MY REBOOT, WILL PERCEPTIONS HAVE CHANGED? REBOOT COMPLETE
- 71. Our Perception of Moodle has changed
- 72. Our Perception of Moodle has changed
- 73. Our Perception of Moodle has changed
- 74. Our Perception of Moodle has changed
Editor's Notes
- #28: At the time, these costumes worked, now they look dated. Unfortunately, some Moodle¡¯s have kept the same design ethos whereas others have moved forward.
- #72: Over the years, the public perception of Moodle has changed
- #73: Over the years, the public perception of Moodle has changed
- #74: Over the years, the public perception of Moodle has changed
- #75: Over the years, the public perception of Moodle has changed