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+\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} +