1. Implementation of Moodle in a government school
Chris Simpson Craigieburn Secondary College Leading Teacher (e-Learning)

2. Session Outline Why I choose to use Moodle
What were the preconditions at the school
The technical infrastructure and the need for willing technicians
Getting staff ‘buy-in’
The development cycle in a government school
How I ‘forced’ staff to interact with system by stealth
The cultural shift of the college

3. Why I choose to use Moodle
Working in an Australian school in the UAE was my first introduction to Moodle
Moodle was chosen for me
Choice driven by price
Brief – “Make it work”

4. What were the preconditions at the school
1:1 funding through NSSCF for year 9-12
2 full time techs and 1 that came 1 day per week
5 computer labs
Network drives (some files more than 5 years old)
Beginning to use SharePoint as online platform

5. The technical infrastructure and the need for willing technicians
Mistakes made in the UAE
Whole set up lost by external contractor...twice!
Little change was actually needed to the existing infrastructure at CSC (SIPS rating: 3-stars [60%])
Moodle was installed on Virtual Server
Mistakes made at CSC
Initially set up on Windows Server 2003
Technicians were willing to have-a-go
Would have been impossible otherwise

6. Getting staff ‘buy-in’
Having ‘Buy-In’ requires selling
Why Moodle over SharePoint which had time already invested
Be ‘Available’ and provide training
Model behaviour, find ‘Champions’
Use KLA Managers/Co-ordinators
Investigate any projects occurring in the school and see how Moodle can add value
Maths/English Help Pages (see links)
Static Pages, Calendars

7. The development cycle in a government school

8. How I ‘forced’ staff to interact with system by stealth
Default Homepage
Removed all Network drives at the end of year 1
All resource bookings now online (MRBS)
Students Account details (Database)
Common login (LDAP Sync)

9. The cultural shift of the college
Students: “Will that be on the LMS?” ,or, “Why haven’t you put it on the LMS?”
Student Extended Absences and Illness
Staff now come to me to find out how they can use Moodle in their projects

10. Where to NOW?
Over 70% of staff/students login regularly, now work on ‘late adopters’
Looking at quality of interactions with the system
Common platform with increase of BYOD
Greater use of mobile devices in the classroom
Getting parents online

11. Thank you
Chris Simpson Craigieburn Secondary College Leading Teacher (e-Learning)