1. Minding your (Department) Business with Moodle Dana Bryant, Ph.D. Science Education Technology Specialist Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Program Spelman College Baltimore Moodlemoot July 2013

2.  Describe using Moodle as a digital meeting space and repository for the Biology Department at Spelman College initially for department review.  Highlight some of the Moodle tools used  Lessons learned from this case will also be discussed Overview

3.  Science Education Technology Specialist role  Instructional design and technology direction & faculty support for technology enhanced instruction  Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Physics  Spelman College, Atlanta GA  www.spelman.edu www.spelman.edu  Women only, HBCU, Liberal arts college  Using Moodle as LMS since 2011 Background

4.  Departmental Review for Biology  Fall 2012-Spring 2013  Discussions with biology chair about how to best manage document collection & collaboration  Desired “living” dept review report, but concerned about security Proposed Project

5.  Collaborative, dynamic, secure space already used by department faculty  Requested department page (vs. course page) from campus LMS administrator  All Biology faculty & staff  Organized by topics Solution: Moodle

6.  Adding Resources  Forums  Latest News  Messaging Moodle Functions Used

11.  Was not initially embraced by all  Encouraged more LMS usage + training moments  Housekeeping and maintenance essential  Facilitated community of practice (COP) Lessons Learned

12.  Keeping site as departmental resource  Department meeting minutes repository  Collaboration + communication for sub committees  Good News! (Announcements)  Plan to document and explore use of Moodle within academic science community of practice Going Forward

13.  Biology Department @Spelman College  http://www.spelman.edu/academics/majors-and- programs/biology http://www.spelman.edu/academics/majors-and- programs/biology  HHMI  http://www.hhmi.org/ http://www.hhmi.org/ Acknowledgements