Blended Learning at IMU an update Workshop end2006

Blended Learning at IMU: an update

Workshop (end-2006) Decision • Develop exemplars in blended learning • Develop an integrated UMIS-VLE (commercial) to be hosted in Bt Jalil • Develop an open source CMS to be hosted outside IMU Bt Jalil

Developments in 2007 • Purchased Captivate, Articulate (with Quiz maker)and Mind Manager; conducted some training programmes • Moodle (an OS LMS) was launched and made available to programme managers for hosting their learning content (hosted externally on Skali, an established web hosting service provider)

Moodle • Nursing made available digital resources and learning activities to B. Nursing students • Clinical School made available Study Guides • Phase I timetables and Lectures were moved tto Moodle • Postgraduate Dept made available research modules to off-campus students • Pharmacy started e-PBLs

Integrated UMIS-VLE • Negotiations with OUM to use their integrated campus management system (which included a LMS) have been ended following failure to reach a satisfactory arrangement in spite of several months of negotiations – mainly due to OUM being unable to satisfactorily commit to deliver product meeting IMU’s specifications • IMU will now implement CMS, FIS, HRS and Moodle to meet its information system requirements

Videoconferencing • VC established between BJ, BP and Seremban CS to support Sem 10 students and for administrative purposes. • Unanticipated success and demand for more time slots cannot be met. • Expansion and upgrading of VC connections and equipment to take place early in 2008

AIR and MOFA • Existing online education activities continue to be available. Large number of additional questions added. • However these will have to move to Moodle in the coming year in stages. • Several hundred RLOs have been moved to Moodle and are accessible by academic staff. A resource of many additional RLOs from commercial sources have been accumulated.

Others • Community of Practice for Paediatrics hosted on MSN groups; now being moved to Moodle • Blog to support learning activities of Sem 10 students (ugmed. blogspot. com) • Web 2. 0 E-Learning 2. 0 (blogs, wikis, podcasts, U-tube, ustream, Skype, etc) – interactivity, collaboration, feedback, learnercentric

New E-Learning Projects • • Dietetics and Nutrition Statistics Health Informatics Medical Literature

Development of E-Learning Team • E-Learning Team: Manager, Multimedia Designer, Junior Multimedia Designer, Analyst Programmer and Media Officer + (to come) medical instructional designer

Professional Development and Benchmarking • Visit to University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine CME • Workshops – E-Learning 2. 0 – Optimising E-Learning Strategy • Training: E-Moderation, Office, E-Learning