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+\title{Using Moodle with Mahara}
+\author{Penny Leach \texttt{<penny@catalyst.net.nz>}}
+\institute{MoodleMoot Barcelona}
+\date{October 23 2008}
+
+\titlegraphic{
+ \includegraphics[height=15mm]{images/all_logos.png}
+}
+
+\begin{document}
+
+\frame{\titlepage}
+
+\frame{\tableofcontents[sections={<1-3>}]}
+\frame{\tableofcontents[sections={<4-6>}]}
+
+\section{Why \& What?}
+\frame{\tableofcontents[currentsection,hideothersubsections]}
+\subsection{Why talk about Mahara at a Moodle conference?}
+
+\begin{frame}{Why talk about Mahara at a Moodle conference?}
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item A lot of people are wanting to add ePortfolio functionality to their learning environments; Mahara is a ePortfolio system
+ \item People are increasingly deploying complete elearning packages containing multiple products
+ \item Moodle and Mahara are complimentary systems; fit different niches in the big picture
+ %\item Mahara \textit{supplements} Moodle by adding a student controlled environment
+ \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\subsection{What is an ePortfolio System?}
+\begin{frame}{What is an ePortfolio System?}
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item Apparently, very difficult to define
+ \item Generally agreed to be made up of a few parts
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item Students have the ability to collect and manage pieces of \textit{evidences of learning} or other content
+ \item Group them together and display them in some meaningful way to a number of different audiences
+ \item Increasingly, more focus on social networking as well
+ \end{itemize}
+ \item It seems as though there's two distinct feature sets
+ \item But they both relate to students controlling their own environments
+ \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}{LMS vs ePortfolio: An over generalised comparison}
+ \begin{tabular}{|c|c|}
+ \hline
+ \textbf{LMS} & \textbf{ePortfolio} \\
+ \hline
+ Courses are the central hubs & Users are the central hubs \\
+ \hline
+ Teachers make the rules & Users define their rules \\
+ \hline
+ Courses provide structure & Unstructured and organic \\
+ \hline
+ Grades are given and managed & Grades not given \\
+ \hline
+ Content is available to & Others can only see what \\
+ all on a course & users let them see \\
+ \hline
+ Social networking revolves & Users determine their \\
+ around courses & own social networking \\
+ \hline
+ Formal & Informal \\
+ \hline
+ Classroom & Playground/Pub \\
+ \hline
+ \end{tabular}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}{LMS vs ePortfolio: Find the boundaries}
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item The boundaries can get a bit fuzzy, especially around assessment
+ \item And often vary a great deal from institution to institution
+ \item Mahara doesn't want to be an LMS
+ \item Moodle doesn't want to be a portfolio
+ \item In general, refer to the Unix Philosophy:
+ \item "Do one thing, do it well."
+ \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\section{Mahara Overview}
+\frame{\tableofcontents[currentsection,hideothersubsections]}
+
+\subsection{Core Features}
+\begin{frame}{Core Features}
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item Student controlled environment
+ \item (Can be) Institution agnostic
+ \item Fundamentally based on Artefacts/Views/Access:
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item An artefact can be any piece of content
+ \item A view is a collection of artefacts and how they're displayed
+ \item Access is who gets to see it and when
+ \end{itemize}
+ \pause
+ \item Communities, social networking
+ \item Collaborative authoring and ownership
+ \item Interoperability (especially with Moodle)
+ \item Import/export entire student portfolio
+ \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}{Artefact/View/Access}
+ \includegraphics[height=50mm]{images/artefactviewframework1.jpg}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}{Artefact/View/Access}
+ \includegraphics[height=50mm]{images/artefactviewframework2.jpg}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}{Access types}
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item Public
+ \item Logged in
+ \item Friends only
+ \item Per access group
+ \item Per community
+ \item Per tutors in 'course' community
+ \item Per user
+ \item Roadmap: Invited user with one off key
+ \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\subsection{History \& Project Context}
+\begin{frame}{FOSS in eLearning in New Zealand}
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item Tertiary Education Commission
+ \item eLearning Collaborative Development Fund
+ \item New Zealand Open Source Virtual Learning Environment
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item Moodle
+ \item Eduforge.org
+ \item Research and Learning Object Repositories
+ \item Work on Elgg, another Open Source ePortfolio
+ \end{itemize}
+ \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}{Eye candy - before and after NZVLE}
+ \begin{columns}
+ \column{0.5\textwidth}
+ \includegraphics[width=40mm]{images/map2003.jpg}
+ \column{0.5\textwidth}
+ \includegraphics[width=40mm]{images/map2006.jpg}
+ \end{columns}
+\end{frame}
+
+\subsection{Project Makeup}
+\begin{frame}{Project Makeup}
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item Originally a consortium of different NZ universities
+ \item Varied and broad input to the direction
+ \item Catalyst IT technology provider
+ \item Now we have Mahara partners, similar to the Moodle scheme
+ \item Open source, so developers everywhere
+ \item Catalyst core maintainers
+ \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}{Original Project Deliverables}
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item Generate a theoretical framework for student ePortfolios
+ \item Develop an open source ePortfolio application
+ \item Facilitate a series of case studies
+ \item Create documentation for implementation stategies, user guides and suggested policies.
+ \item Establish an open source community of interest for further development
+ \pause
+ \item So, not just a software project
+ \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\subsection{Lessons learned from Moodle}
+\begin{frame}{Lessons learned from Moodle}
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item Code - DML/DDL/XMLDB, more
+ \item Modularity - many entry points mean easy to customise
+ \item Flexible APIs - don't be unnecessarily strict
+ \item Make it familiar to Moodle users and developers
+ \item Not just open source, but transparent process
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item Public source control from day one
+ \item All documentation on public wikis
+ \item Solicited feedback from Moodle community and everywhere else we could think of
+ \item Case studies under Creative Commons license
+ \end{itemize}
+ \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\section{Moodle Integration}
+\frame{\tableofcontents[currentsection,hideothersubsections]}
+\subsection{Stage 1 - Single Sign On}
+\begin{frame}{Stage 1 (Complete)}
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item Since Moodle 1.9 and Mahara 0.9
+ \item Single Sign On
+ \item On-demand account creation
+ \item Builds on top of Moodle Networks Project
+ \item Very similar setup to normal Moodle to Moodle networking.
+ \item One to one, many to one, one to many, or many to many.
+ \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\subsection{Stage 2 - Content transferral}
+\begin{frame}{Stage 2 (Currently underway)}
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item Portfolio API in Moodle 2.0
+ \item Students can 'export to portfolio'
+ \item Any Moodle content could potentially be a Mahara artefact
+ \item Mahara is Learning Management System agnostic
+ \item Moodle is ePortfolio System agnostic
+ \item Many potential plugins, currently Mahara, box.net, file download, flickr, googledocs
+ \item Plugins define the metadata they need
+ \item Moodle content appears in Mahara rendered to HTML or a file that can be read by common applications (eg PDF)
+ \item Most important: very solid framework to build upon
+ \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\subsection{Stage 3 - Smarter content}
+\begin{frame}{Stage 3 (Roadmap)}
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item Smarter understanding of incoming data
+ \item Example: Moodle blog post becomes Mahara blog post rather than just a HTML representation
+ \item Looking closely at LEAP standard for this
+ \item Still hopefully before Moodle 2.0
+ \item My weekends for the next while
+ \item Also: improve the UI in Moodle
+ \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\section{Two Use Cases}
+\frame{\tableofcontents[currentsection,hideothersubsections]}
+\subsection{One Moodle to One Mahara}
+\begin{frame}{One Moodle to One Mahara}
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item School wants to add portfolio and/or social networking functionality to existing Moodle setup
+ \item A walled environment is wanted, often as an alternative to public systems (eg myspace)
+ \item Can just be used to showcase student work within the school
+ \item Some social networking but limited within a closed group who already know each other
+ \item Still a lot of use of communities and forums
+ \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\subsection{Many Moodles to One Mahara}
+\begin{frame}{Many Moodles to One Mahara}
+ \begin{columns}
+ \column{0.7\textwidth}
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item Can fit regional model, or even national
+ \item Each Moodle feeds into a Mahara 'institution'
+ \item User Administration in Mahara is controlled per institution
+ \item More networking ability between users of different institutions
+ \item Still traditional ePortfolio functionality of course
+ \end{itemize}
+ \column{0.3\textwidth}
+ \includegraphics[height=50mm]{images/maharamap.jpg}
+ %\only<2>{\includegraphics[height=50mm]{images/maharamap.jpg}}
+ \end{columns}
+\end{frame}
+
+\section{Get Involved!}
+\frame{\tableofcontents[currentsection,hideothersubsections]}
+
+\begin{frame}{We need you!}
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item Come to my workshop this afternoon
+ \item Install Mahara at your school, university, company
+ \item Give us feedback!
+ \item Develop new artefact plugins, themes
+ \item Translate it to your language
+ \item Write good documentation
+ \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+
+\begin{frame}{Questions?}
+ \begin{columns}
+ \column{0.7\textwidth}
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item \href{http://mahara.org}{http://mahara.org}
+ \item \href{http://eduforge.org/projects/mahara}{http://eduforge.org/projects/mahara}
+ \item irc: \#mahara on freenode
+ \end{itemize}
+ \column{0.3\textwidth}
+ \includegraphics[height=10mm]{images/catalyst_logo.png}
+ \end{columns}
+\end{frame}
+
+
+\end{document}
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