Moodle, A Freely Available Open Source Virtual Learning Environment....but what are the actual costs? Eric D Clarke; Claire Doody; Ruaidhri McVey Royal.

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Moodle, A Freely Available Open Source Virtual Learning Environment....but what are the actual costs? Eric D Clarke; Claire Doody; Ruaidhri McVey Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland MedBiquitous Annual Conference May 13-15, 2008 Baltimore, Maryland

Overview What is Moodle? Actual costs Hidden costs (The Moodle effect, parts 1, 2, 3……) Future costs

BlackboardBiggest booth Angel Learning“We’re kind of the upstarts” Desire2LearnTouting an oxygen bar at their booth Desire2Learn skirmishing with Blackboard in the exhibit hall, with lawyers seeking to collect evidence that the bigger company may be engaging in unfair competitive practices My VLE is bigger than your VLE. My open source platform has more potential than yours. I am really tired of the rhetoric and really ready for collaborative learning platforms. Dispatches From the Course-Management Wars EDUCAUSE, Seattle, October 07 - Josh Fischman

Moodle.org –Sites: 35,143 –Users: 14,920,616 –Community members: 335,971 Size matters? (BRNO University, CZ) –Courses: 19,223 –Users: 41,305 Major market share?

Law Society Of Ireland

500 users 750 users 5200 users 1000 Users Since October 2005

What’s going on? Content Academic (Basic and enhanced) Admin information Communication Assessment (Formative and summative) 300 MCQs live now Group assessments Wikis Assignments (Clinical case uploads) 30,000 since Jan 07

Social uses 20,000 IMs per month

Support costs Third party support €50k pa 4 Moodle sites –1 site pending Providing… Knowledge base Disaster recovery Developments (SMS) Code “fixes”

Costs HEAnet Services€55k pa Network connection Server/back up €30k User support €?

We took a terrifying step…….. We asked the students what they thought! The Moodle effect part 1

Maybe its required action that scared us! We need 24/7 support technical support Moodle is ugly Too much dependence on Moodle It’s a ‘dumping ground’ for information Becoming a valid excuse for students who should be spending time on wards

How much space is there in a medical student’s head? What is the cost to the student if we try to overfill their head? “I feel like I am Married to Moodle”

Peripheral hospitals “To ensure proper use of Moodle and online resources students need consistent and reliable internet access on all RCSI sites. We need reliable connections!”

Wifi in 11 Clinical teaching sites €30k Cannot cover everywhere! 3G on all student laptops? €20 per month per students

Laptop ownership scheme Before Moodle laptop use was “optional” Heavy reliance on Moodle in clinical years –Clinical case uploads, MCQs –Elective sign ups –Video grand rounds/lectures “My four year old laptop is not up to the job”

Laptop ownership scheme Review of laptop scheme €700K –Standard PC on entry –Tablet PCyear 3 to 4 Can I have it in Red?

Moodle effect - Part 2 Research (Funding) Dedicated departmental staff and time? All staff taking ownership of content? Moodle administration Dedicated Moodle development team

Moodle effect - Part 3 Higher “production values” and costs Tools/training for staff –Camtasia –Audacity –Online assessment techniques Group based learning –eModerating skills Move away from traditional teaching techniques –Pre-clinical online courses

Student Management System Curriculum Mapping ePortfolio New ventures Competency Tracking Quality Assurance Future costs

RCSI has made 27 code changes to core Moodle code All these will need to be coded to Version 1.9 And all subsequent upgrades! This all costs €600 a day!!

TANSTAAFL What does Moodle really cost? There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch Robert A. Heinlein

“He who studies medicine without books sails an uncharted sea, but he who studies medicine without patients does not go to sea at all.” Sir William Osler Thank you for your time and attention Any questions?