New England Rockets into the 21st Century
New England Institute has ventured into new territory, setting up its three Moodle LMS servers. Since then we’ve been busy testing modules, playing with very nifty plug-ins (eg. Audio recorder, podcast manager, menu block, flash media player, video conferenicng by Moodle, SMS via Moodle), and transfers from Janison.
David Gilchrist (astronaut extraordinaire) and Dianne Van Berlo attended Moodle Moot 08 which confirmed we were heading in the right direction in our Institute travels and only excited us more about Moodle’s potential. We’re also about to start f2f training after developing a self paced course for Moodle course creators.
Course Creator's Guide
Audio recorder topic
CLI have been travelling with us as we link to the LRR, after we consulted with our Institute passengers – through user and technical forums.
We’ve also been providing some in house entertainment and learning opportunities to our 21st Century Institute travellers including a Virtual Worlds presentation to demonstrate innovative use of learning technologies, appearing “live” at AgQuip for three days, spreading the vision for the Institute through vodcast, our Learning Technologies Road show online, and Toolbox customisation and ARED workshops.
Throughout our journey we’ve also chatted to students, the community and industry, with many wanting to join us in our journey.
Like any good trip we’ve enjoyed the opportunities as well as the challenges that we’ve encountered.
To make the trip as smooth as possible for our travellers, our EDU Learning and Assessment team tour guides have:
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needed a team wide EDU approach to change management, supported by the establishment of strong cross functional relationships
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needed to influence in different ways with different approaches- up down across
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many and regular conversations with ICT, Institute Executive and visible presence across Institute
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spreading use of learning technologies to other functional unit’s daily activities
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overcome resistance to change.
EDU Learning and Assessment Team- Sphere of Influence
So here’s to sharing the excitement as more and more people join in our travels through the 21st Century.
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Fantastic posting Di … that gave me a good lunchtime laugh!