Date post: | 12-Jun-2015 |
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Moodle Moodle for for
Fire and EMSFire and EMS
Moodle is ideal for Fire & EMS Education
• Easy to use by students• Available 24/7 via web• Activity tracking• Secure • Content is easily transferred• Previous web content experience
Madison
• Madison is the Capital of Wisconsin
• UW Madison• Population 228,000• 85 sq. miles
Fire Department
• 335 members• 11 Stations• 5 Training Officers• 25,000 calls for
service
• 24 hour shifts
• 48 hour week
• Required training– WI Department of Commerce – National Fire Protection Association– Insurance Service Office
How do you Train 335 Members?
• Travel to Training Division• Training Officer to Station• Company Officer in-house• Outside education• Video Conferencing• Online Training
Madison's Experience
• Blackboard– EMT basic refresher
content– ICS training– Harassment
• Video Conferencing– Meeting– Paramedic Education– Guest Speakers– Company training
• CD/DVD training– EMS– Fire
• Moodle (iTrain)– EMS– Fire– Information resource– Professional
development– Recruit Academy– Community Education– Collaboration/Partners
Advantages of Moodle
• May be Asynchronous– Instructor not present when student is.
• Economy of scale• Can be available 24/7• Can be available outside station• Sharable content• Instructional design support available
How did we end up here
• Blackboard becomes unavailable
• Contacted various providers
• Moodle use in Wisconsin
• Local contacts
• Gar Green
Tools used with Moodle
• Camtasia Studio – Tech Smith• Articulate Studio• Audacity – • Adobe Photoshop LE• Adobe Premiere LE• Adobe Dreamweaver
Some Department using Moodle
• City of Madison Fire Department
• Dane Co. (WI) Paramedic Services
• Raleigh Fire Department, NC
• Peoria Fire Department, AZ
• Hall Co. Fire Department, GA
Secure Track-able Login
Content
Web Sites
Media
Glossary
Quiz
Flash Cards
Grades
Reports/Tracking
Roles
Reusable
• Multiple classes
• Review & Update– New info– Student feedback
• Sharable