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Learning Management Systems

Moodle
Dr Campbell Wilson in the Faculty of Information Technology is running Moodle off his own server.  This has enabled him to install and configure the system in different ways.

Contact:  Dr Campbell Wilson, Lecturer, Caulfield School of IT, Faculty of IT, +61 3 990 31142

Mr Matt Butler, also in the Faculty of Information Technology, has been using Moodle to run two third year units.

Contact:   Mr Matt Butler, Lecturer, Berwick School of IT, Faculty of IT,+61 3 990 47163

MUSO Vista upgrade project
The MUSO Vista Upgrade Project is a 2007 strategic initiative with the major deliverable being to upgrade the University's centrally provided Learning Management System from Vista 3 to Blackboard Learning System - Vista Enterprise Licence (Vista 4.2).

This upgrade allows Monash to take advantage of the product's improved capabilities in online education.

The Upgrade Project is overseen by the Learning Management System Steering Committee, chaired by Prof David Murphy Director, CALT and project managed by Ms Emily Feher, Manager, FLT, ITS.

For more information on the upgrade project, please refer to http://www.monash.edu.au/muso/upgrade-project/.

For more information about working with the new version, please refer to http://www.monash.edu.au/muso/support/staff/blackboard/transition.html.

Contact:  Ms Emily Feher, ITS Flexible Learning & Teaching Program, +61 3 990 56157

Sakai pilots
A pilot was run in the Faculty of Business and Economics in semester 2, 2006 and semester 1, 2007.  Sakai was used by over 600 first year marketing students as an alternative to WebCT. Students used Sakai to download course material (including Podcasts), interact with each other and their instructors (asynchronously and in real-time) and sit quizzes.

Refer also : Powerpoint presentation from Mr Peter Wagstaff's presentation at International ICT Day, June 2007

Contact:  Mr Michael Boehm, Educational Developer, Faculty of Business and Economics, +61 3 990 32679

The Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences, together with the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Information Technology are extending the pilot with Sakai initially undertaken by the Faculty of Business and Economics. Of particular interest in this project are the tools available in Sakai (wikis, blogs, podcast etc) that are currently not available through Blackboard Vista. The program will commence during the summer semester 2007 and continue throughout 2008.

The MUSO Helpdesk will provide student support services and CALT will undertake evaluation of the project.

Contact:  Dr George Kotsanas, Faculty of Medicine, +61 3 990 58532