2. Work Group 3 Project Analysis and Evaluation OMDE 606 November 26, 2013 Sherma Edwards Ralph Hameni Bieleu Horst Lemley Moodle on the Rise: Global Studies 1

3. Moodle on the Rise: Global Studies 1 Work Group 3 Dynamics & Assignments  Work Group Personnel Transition  Work Group Project Assignments Sherma Edwards – Project Overview Ralph Hameni Bieleu – Cost Analysis Horst Lemley – Power Point Presentation  Work Group Communication Interactions were responsive & continuous Utilized Gmail, Yahoo, UMUC, AOL, Comcast

4. Moodle on the Rise: Global Studies 1 Economy & LMS Model  “ The World Bank reckoned that Kenya’s illiterate girls, if educated, could boost that country’s economy by $27 billion in the course of a lifetime; whether an emerging nation likes it or not, its girls are its greatest resource.” - M. Arana, The Washington Post  Greater numbers of educated people = economic growth and economic success  The Moodle Learning Management System will enable smooth conversion to Distance Learning

5. Moodle on the Rise: Global Studies 1 Course Analysis  Moodle LMS is user friendly  Beneficial to those not familiar with utilizing a computer  Pedagogically sound; collaborative and student-centered  Learners can be teachers and teachers can be learners

6. Moodle on the Rise: Global Studies 1 Course Analysis  Total course time frame: 6 years  Course size: 160 students  Accumulative student total over a six year course time frame: 960 students  Individual course semester length: 15 weeks  Each course begins with an introduction to the Moodle Learning Management System

7.  Week 1-2: Introduction to Moodle  Week 3-4: Preliminary Overview  Week 5-6: Full Immersion  Week 7-8: Utilizing Moodle with Course Concepts  Week 9-10: Independently Using Moodle  Week 11-15 Written and Verbal Exams Moodle on the Rise: Global Studies 1 Course Analysis

8.  Course manager and secretarial support staffing calculated per personnel at.5 inputs per annum salary  Development cost course manager and secretarial support calculated at 1.25 inputs Per annum salary  Course overhead fixed cost per each staff course manager: Total $65,000  Staffing secretarial support: Total $40,000  Course development cost: $81,250 for 6 year period for course manager & $50,000 for development of secretarial support Moodle on the Rise: Global Studies 1 Course Analysis - Staffing

9.  Development of Print: $16,650  DVDs Cost Development: $7,000  Moodle Service: $61,600  Computer Applications are: Ctools, Cres, CMA, ICMA, CAL/CBT, & MM  Development of Assignments: Calculated per assignment & by 4 inputs @ $900 per input  Development of Assignments Total: $3,600 Moodle on the Rise: Global Studies 1 Course Analysis – Development & Production

10.  Maintenance Costs (Author, Editing & Design, Study Guide Copyright, Development of Content, Instructional Design, Production, DVD Copyright): $9,400 Starting Year 3 Going Forward  Annual Presentation Costs Student Support/Marking of Assignments & Tutor/Instructor: $400 Total Replication & Distribution: $14.32 Learning Management System: $48.38  Income (Per Student for Each Semester: $1,350 Moodle on the Rise: Global Studies 1 Course Analysis – Maintenance, Presentation, & Income

11.  Year 1: -$472,625 Loss  Year 6: $200,207 Profit  Year 1 Average Cost: $4,304  Year 6 Average Cost: $1,141 Moodle on the Rise: Global Studies 1 Course Analysis – Graphs, Losses, Profits

12. on the Rise: Global Studies 1 Conclusion  Year 1 Loss of $472,625 leaped to a profit of $200,203 in Year 6.  Distance Learning with the Moodle Management System proved to be profitable within a 6 year time span.