Title :
Using Moodle — An open source leaning management system in Australian Mining Engineering Education
Author :
Saydam, S. ; Timms, W. ; Raval, S. ; Daly, C.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Min. Eng., Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
Learning Management Systems (LMS) including Moodle and Blackboard are now almost ubiquitous in many K-12 and Higher Education institutions. They represent a suite of technologies, tools, and processes that, when implemented and utilised skillfully, can have a very positive impact on the ability to provide a quality teaching and learning environment. The University of New South Wales (UNSW), School of Mining Engineering in Australia has successfully implemented the open source Moodle as the sole LMS in both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. This paper presents an overview of the existing approach to learning and based on this experience, provides recommendations for the future advanced implementation of Moodle.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; distance learning; educational institutions; engineering education; further education; mining; public domain software; Australian mining engineering education; Blackboard; K-12; LMS; School of Mining Engineering; UNSW; University of New South Wales; higher education institution; learning environment; open source Moodle; open source leaning management system; postgraduate program; quality teaching; undergraduate program; Australia; Educational institutions; Internet; Least squares approximations; Materials; Streaming media; Discussion Forums; Distance Learning; Learning Management Systems (LMS); Moodle;
Conference_Titel :
MOOC Innovation and Technology in Education (MITE), 2013 IEEE International Conference in
Conference_Location :
Jaipur
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-1625-2
DOI :
10.1109/MITE.2013.6756373
