Post on 26-Mar-2015
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Blended Learning at IMU: an update
Workshop (end-2006) Decision
• Develop exemplars in blended learning• Develop an integrated UMIS-VLE (commercial)
to be hosted in Bt Jalil• Develop an open source CMS to be hosted
outside IMU Bt Jalil
Developments in 2007
• Purchased Captivate, Articulate (with Quiz maker)and Mind Manager; conducted some training programmes
• Moodle (an OS LMS) was launched and made available to programme managers for hosting their learning content (hosted externally on Skali, an established web hosting service provider)
Moodle
• Nursing made available digital resources and learning activities to B. Nursing students
• Clinical School made available Study Guides• Phase I timetables and Lectures were moved tto
Moodle• Postgraduate Dept made available research modules
to off-campus students• Pharmacy started e-PBLs
Integrated UMIS-VLE
• Negotiations with OUM to use their integrated campus management system (which included a LMS) have been ended following failure to reach a satisfactory arrangement in spite of several months of negotiations – mainly due to OUM being unable to satisfactorily commit to deliver product meeting IMU’s specifications
• IMU will now implement CMS, FIS, HRS and Moodle to meet its information system requirements
Videoconferencing
• VC established between BJ, BP and Seremban CS to support Sem 10 students and for administrative purposes.
• Unanticipated success and demand for more time slots cannot be met.
• Expansion and upgrading of VC connections and equipment to take place early in 2008
AIR and MOFA
• Existing online education activities continue to be available. Large number of additional questions added.
• However these will have to move to Moodle in the coming year in stages.
• Several hundred RLOs have been moved to Moodle and are accessible by academic staff. A resource of many additional RLOs from commercial sources have been accumulated.
Others
• Community of Practice for Paediatrics hosted on MSN groups; now being moved to Moodle
• Blog to support learning activities of Sem 10 students (ugmed.blogspot.com)
• Web 2.0 E-Learning 2.0 (blogs, wikis, podcasts, U-tube, ustream, Skype, etc) – interactivity, collaboration, feedback, learner-centric
New E-Learning Projects
• Dietetics and Nutrition• Statistics • Health Informatics• Medical Literature
Development of E-Learning Team
• E-Learning Team: Manager, Multimedia Designer, Junior Multimedia Designer, Analyst Programmer and Media Officer + (to come) medical instructional designer
Professional Development and Benchmarking
• Visit to University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine CME
• Workshops– E-Learning 2.0– Optimising E-Learning Strategy
• Training: E-Moderation, Office, E-Learning