Digital Learning Futures Roadshow
June 2012
Overview
1. Why a digital teaching and learning strategy?
2. What are we planning over the next 12 months?
3. What are some of the policy level changes?
1. Why a digital teaching and learning strategy?
• What are the strategic drivers?
• What type of University for the future?
• What type of principles should guide the strategy?
• What are the key initiatives we need to be pursuing?
Feedback welcome…
2. What are we planning over the next 12 months?
- Stream upgrade and support
- Video-linked teaching
- Rich media learning
- Flexible personal computing
- Support for online learning resources
- Pilot of online exams
- Enhancement of MOST
- Open courseware initiative
- Library developments
Stream upgrade and support
• All tools subject to regular upgrades
• Moodle 2 upgrade the largest for this year
• Upgrades should be low touch for staff
• Extensive support and professional development
available
• More information to come from local campus teaching
consultants
Stream upgrade and support
New features include:
• Enhanced assignment marking capabilities
• Conditional release
• Improvement to quiz engine and interface
• Mobile device theme
http://m2.massey.ac.nz
http://streamnews.massey.ac.nz
Moodle 2 timeline
• June – July: Conversion of SS 2011 and S1 2012
environments (meta and community sites moved)
• July: Trial group starts using Moodle 2 with students
• November: SS papers use Moodle 2, v.1.9 no longer
‘live’. S12 environments moved.
• Feb 2013 – Double and S1 sites start using Moodle 2
2. What are we planning over the next 12 months?
- Stream upgrade and support
- Video-linked teaching
- Rich media learning
- Flexible personal computing
- Support for online learning resources
- Pilot of online exams
- Enhancement of MOST
- Open courseware initiative
- Library developments
http://vlt.massey.ac.nz
2. What are we planning over the next 12 months?
- Stream upgrade and support
- Video-linked teaching
- Rich media learning
- Flexible personal computing
- Support for online learning resources
- Pilot of online exams
- Expansion of MOST
- Open courseware initiative
- Library developments
3. What are some of the policy level changes?
- Online learning categories
- New study resources policy
- Printing of digital study resources
- Stream guidelines
- Completion checklist
- Online contact courses
Online learning categories…
• None
• Paper guide and administration
• Partially taught online
• Fully taught online
What are the policy level changes?
- Online learning categories
- New study resources policy
- Printing of digital study resources
- Stream guidelines
- Completion checklist
- Online contact courses
Conclusion
Lots happening…
http://delfa.massey.ac.nz
http://ctl.massey.ac.nz
• Learning for the future
• Teachers as future makers
• Leading in a climate of change
Questions and Discussion