Experiences in Using
MUELE by a Physicist
Benon Fred TWINAMASIKO
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The Experiences in Using MUELE by a Physicist
Technologies
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Teaching and Learning
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Why Online Education?
• Enhanced learning
– more learning resources
– development of independent learners
• Flexible learning opportunities
– no need to take leave from work
– no loss of income
• Global competition
– if we don’t do it, someone else will
• Less institutional physical space required
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Technology Planning
Mak
Physics
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Objectives
• Understand the Importance of Planning
when Adopting Technology
• Know the Components of a Technology
Plan
• Consider a Strategy for a Technology.
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Why a Technology Plan?
• How Effective is a:
– Meeting without an Agenda?
– Lesson Plan without Objectives?
• Acquiring and implementing technology
without a plan is very risky and rarely
effective.
• Define the Needs/Requirements before
adopting technology.
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What is a Technology Plan?
• It is NOT about Computers Only.
• A good Technology Plan considers:
– People
– Technology
– Processes
• It is a living document that is reviewed and
updated regularly
• Represents a vision for technology adoption.
• Different models and strategies exist.
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Who Prepares the Plan?
• A Technology Committee with wide
representation from the institutional
Community.
• Committee members should be committed to
the process.
• The process is as important as the plan itself.
(builds a shared vision)
• Ideally, the technology plan is tied to a larger
institutional planning process.
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Needs Assessment
“An evaluation of the functions you
want your technology to have or the
needs the technology should meet”
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Needs Assessment
• Distinct from the Technology Itself
• Must be widely consultative
– Achieve Buy-in
– Feedback from who?
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Faculty
Students
Technical Support Staff
Partners
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Needs Assessment Process
• Gather Information
• Prioritize/Organize
• Document
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Needs Assessment/Organizing Phase
• Review the information collected
• Determine which needs are more important.
– Essential?
– Nice to Have?
• Consider what processes could be changed
to meet the requirements.
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Needs Assessment/Gathering Phase
• The most detailed/lengthy step
• Consultation Process
– Wide as possible
– Watch out for:
• Half-hearted Participants
• Over Zealous Participants
• Seek out Quantitative Information
• i.e: # courses, # faculty,# users
• Faculty/Student Surveys
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Needs Assessment/Documentation
• Prepare the findings into a report
• Use a format that is suitable for you (There
is no “right” way to document)
• Tip: Pretend you are finished with project
and that the report will be used by
someone else.
• It should stand alone.
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Technology Assessment
• What technologies will be used?
• What technologies are available or required
on site?
• What technologies are required by the end
user (if applicable)?
• What technology infrastructure is available
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Situational Analysis
• Provides a picture of the gap between your
vision and your current reality.
• Consider strengths, weaknesses, opportunities
and threats.
• Questions could be:
– What technology is currently available for
faculty/staff?
– How is technology currently used in teaching?
– What support services exist?
– How do technology acquisitions occur?
– What training is currently conducted for
faculty/staff/students?
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Pedagogical Considerations
• The use of technology is tied to Teaching
and Learning activities.
• Consider Learning Theories when
deploying technologies:
– Behaviorism, Cognitivism , Constructivism
• A faculty will utilize technology in different
ways, depending on the underlying
learning theory.
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Professional Development/Training
• Professional Development is a critical
component of the plan
• Isolated, “one off” training activities are not
effective, particularly for technology
• The plan should encourage a culture of
learning/exploration.
• There are a variety of strategies to provide
training.
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Evergreening/Technology Refresh
• Plan to keep your technology
infrastructure up to date.
• Define minimum standards/maximum age
of equipment.
• Policy should decide whether the purpose
is to replace technology to maintain an
acceptable level of reliability, to acquire
improved speed and capacity at an
acceptable price or a combination of the
two
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Implementation
• As technology leaders, you will be
responsible for implementation
• Projects should be formulated based on
goals formulated in the technology plan.
• Principles of good project management
apply.
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Evaluation of the Plan
• As projects are implemented, the use of
technology should be monitored and
assessed.
• Use formative and summative evaluation.
• Consider how the technology is assisting
learning.
– Improving outcomes?
– Changing attitudes?
– Affecting teaching methods?
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Summary
• A Technology Plan is a critical component
in the effective adoption of technology.
• Plan development is a very useful
process, contributing to a shared view of
the goals, priorities.
• The plan itself is a living document that
must be regularly reviewed and updated.
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COMMUNICATION TOOLS
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Communication Tools
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Listservs
Email
Live Collaboration tools
Blogs
Wikis
Audio Conference
Video Conference
Streaming (Live)
Webconference
Discussion forums
Podcasting
Paper-based
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How to Classify the tools
Asynchronous
• Listservs
• Email
• Blogs
• Wikis
• Discussion forums
• Podcasting
• RSS Feed
• Paper based
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Synchronous
• Audiconference
• Videoconference
• Streaming (live)
• Live collaboration
tools
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COMMUNICATION TOOLS
Asynchronous
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LISTSERV
(Academicstaff and Staff lists)
LISTSERV is the first electronic mailing
software application. Before its invention,
all Email lists had to be administered
manually.
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Email
E-mail, short for electronic mail and often
abbreviated to e-mail, email or simply mail,
is a store and forward method of
composing, sending, storing and receiving
messages over electronic communication
systems.
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Example of Yahoo! Email
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Internet Forum
An internet forum is a web application for holding
discussions and posting user generated content. Internet
forums are also commonly referred to as Web forums,
message boards, discussion boards, (electronic)
discussion groups, discussion forums, bulletin boards,
fora (the Latin prural) or simply forums. The terms
’forum’ and ’board’ may refer to the entire community or
to a specific sub-forum dealing with a distinct topic.
Messages within these sub-forums are then displayed
either in chronological order or as threaded discussions.
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A Blog
A blog (a portmanteau of weblog) is a
website where entries are commonly
displayed in reverse chronological order.
’Blog’ can also be used as a verb,
meaning to maintain or add content to a
blog.
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Example of a Blog
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Wiki
A wiki is a software that allows users to
create, edit, and link webpages easily.
Wikis are often used to create
collaborative websites and power
community websites. They are being
isntalled by businesses to provide
affordable and effective intranets and for
Knowledge Management.
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Wikipedia Website
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Bliki
A bliki (also known as a wikiLog, wog,
wikiWeblog, wikiblog, or bloki), is
combination of the two internet concepts
of a blog and wiki. It combines features
from both: as with blogs, posts or articles
appear in reverse chronological order on
the front page, with the most recent one at
the top; but editing is done in wiki style,
with a version history for each page and
special markup tags.
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Podcast
A podcast is a collection of digital media
files which is distributed over the internet
using syndication feeds for playback on
portable media players and personal
computers.
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RSS Feeds
RSS (formally ’RDF Site Summary’, known
colloquially as ”Really Simple Syndication”)
is a family of web feed formats used to
publish frequently updated content such as
blog entries, news headlines or podcasts.
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Paper-based
• Usually copies of resources such as
manuals, texts, and study guides
• Expensive to produce and mail
• More challenging than website to update
• Useful with areas with no internet
connectivity
• Primarily one way communication
• Slow- multi-directional communication.
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COMMUNICATION TOOLS
Synchronous
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Radio
• One-way Communication
• Currently improving to phone in participation
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Audioconference
Audioconference, also known as
Teleconference is the live exchange and
mass articulation of information among
persons and machines remote from one
another but linked by a
telecommuncations system, usually over
the phone line. Using a phone with a
speaker.
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Videoconference
A videoconference (also known as a
videoteleconference) is a set of interactive
telecommunication technologies which
allow two or more locations locations to
interact via two-way video and audio
transmissions simulteneously.
A simple webcam like the one supplied by
Tropix can do the magi when on internet.
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Streaming media
streaming media is multimedia that is
constantly received by, and normally
displayed to, the end-user while it is being
delivered by the prrovider.
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Webconference
Web conferencing is used to conduct live
meetings or presentations over the
internet.
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LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
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What is a LMS?
A Learning Management System (or LMS)
is a term used to describe software tools
designed to manage user learning
interventions.
LMSs go far beyond conventional training
records management and reporting.
The value-added for LMSs is the extensive
range of complementary functionality they
offer.
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What is a LMS?
Open source and Web-based LMS
software solutions are growing fast in the
education and business world.
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Open Source LMS
A tutor-Open Source Web-based Learning Content Management System
Claroline-Claroline is a free LMS
Dokeos-eLearning and course management web applications
Fle3
ILIAS-Open Source Learning Management System
KEWL.nextgen
LON-CAPA-Open Source Learning Management System with linked
Domains
• Moodle-Open Source Course Management System
MUELE: Makerere University eLearning Environment
• OLAT-Online Larning and Training
• Sakai Project-Collaboration and Learning Environment
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MUELE
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MUELE
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Student List
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Knowing Students
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Video Lectures
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Commercial LMS
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Saba Software
Apex Learning
Blackboard Inc. (formally WebCT)
ANGEL Learning
Desire2Learn
SAP Enterprise Learning
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Virtual Campus
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WebCT Platform
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Modules in WebCT
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WebCT Discussions
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Elluminate Live!
Starting the Computer
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Yahoo! Wesite
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Google Web page
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Yahoo Login page
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Windows Live Sign in
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Synchronous Communication
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Disk Drive
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Where you are seated
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Using the Helpdesk
• Provides assistance for the end user to help fix a
problem
– via email
– via live chat
– via phone
• Use of remote access
– help desk takes control of your machine
• Inform the help desk of the following:
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symptoms
who had the problem
when it happened
steps taken
results of steps taken
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Help Desk
Sheila
Ben
Mak
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Technolgies Used
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Workspace
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Thank You!
For Listening
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Good self esteem but would
like to increase credentials
Range from 28 – 49 years old
May have work and
family pressures
This is the first online course
that most have “taken”.
Most are sponsored by
their employers but some
are self funded.
Most are local and a few may be
from other provinces of Canada.
Most are keen to meet
others “in the same boat”.
Most have degrees,
most are undergraduate
and some with graduate level.
Some do not want to do all the
typical instructional design theory
stuff but are more interested on
how to “put courses online” soundly.
Some are developing work-skills and
others feel they must prove themselves.
All have instructional design
experience but few have education
in the area of instructional design.
Come from a variety of organizations
including private multimedia firms, and
private and public educational institutes
Most will have fast connectivity
and few will dial-up.
Some have participated in an instructional
design course(s) but not id courses that have
included the aspect of online distance education.
Most are pragmatic rather than theoretic.
All are comfortable with
the use of computers.
All will have access to better
than necessary computers.
Some may have family or significant
other support others may not.
Most will work on specific
work problems within the
activities
73 of the course.