Using Lego Serious Play to elicit Moodle site

Using Lego Serious Play to elicit Moodle site requirements: The ANU case of “Wattle they think of next” Dr Stephen Dann Senior Lecturer, Australian National University @moodlemootau | #Moot. AU 18 | @stephendann

To experience the workshop… P 6 Day 3 11: 30 am Ascertaining Moodle User Requirements: Exploring where next for Moodle with Lego Serious Play @moodlemootau | #Moot. AU 18 | @stephendann

Here’s the problem… My understanding of my student’s view My View • A giant pit of shiny variables and buttons! • Education and more! • WHAT IF WE ADDED A WIDGET THAT LINKS TO AN APP TO A GADGET TO A…. . @moodlemootau | #Moot. AU 18 | @stephendann

Hearing the voice of the student • Challenges we face • Do we know what we don’t want? • When do we get to ask the important question? • Student Evaluations of Learning Management Systems • Aka “We want it to work and when it doesn’t work, it’s your fault” • ANU Specific Challenge: Absence of ambient innovativeness @moodlemootau | #Moot. AU 18 | @stephendann

Expert Driven Moodle Design “This is what I want my students to want” @moodlemootau | #Moot. AU 18 | @stephendann

Moodle Toy Chest Mode @moodlemootau | #Moot. AU 18 | @stephendann

User Centric Design Or “Student Centric Responsive Design to “But I can’t find the syllabus” @moodlemootau | #Moot. AU 18 | @stephendann

The Game Plan • Get the students to design what they want to have in a subject • (Do they know or we know? ) • What modes and modules? • Rather, what outcomes and experiences? • Tell me what you want • What you really want @moodlemootau | #Moot. AU 18 | @stephendann

How it works @moodlemootau | #Moot. AU 18 | @stephendann

Lego Serious Play • Use Lego for story sharing • Process works through projective technique • Let the story come from the audience, in their words, in their way • Projective Technique • Set a challenge question • Use the available medium to build a response to the challenge • Explain the response to the people in the group • Document the response. • Capture the outcome @moodlemootau | #Moot. AU 18 | @stephendann

Lego Serious Play Backstory • The Problem • “A business of creativity with unimaginative processes” • Serious Play used by Lego • Created at Lego in 1996 • Patent in 2001 • Victor, B. , Roos, J. , & Rasmussen, R. (2001). U. S. Patent Application No. 09/772, 810. • Open Source in 2010 @moodlemootau | #Moot. AU 18 | @stephendann

How it worked Have I ever mentioned the absence of ambient innovativeness? @moodlemootau | #Moot. AU 18 | @stephendann

A choice of styles @moodlemootau | #Moot. AU 18 | @stephendann

Option 1: Small Scale @moodlemootau | #Moot. AU 18 | @stephendann

Option 2 Larger Scale @moodlemootau | #Moot. AU 18 | @stephendann

Option 3: Very Large Scale @moodlemootau | #Moot. AU 18 | @stephendann

Very Large Scale (cont) • A: Gradebook • I want to know how well I am doing so I know how much effort I need to spend on the subject • B: Files, folders, and resources • I want to be able to access class stuff from home, so I can get it all ready at work before I come to campus • C: Rubrics • I want to know the steps required to get to the top [in an assignment] • D: Feedback • I want to know where I could do better next if I do something like this again in the future @moodlemootau | #Moot. AU 18 | @stephendann

Interpretation Note: The value lies in the story told, not the number of pieces in the model made by the story teller @moodlemootau | #Moot. AU 18 | @stephendann

How can it work for you @moodlemootau | #Moot. AU 18 | @stephendann

Implementing Using an LSP facilitator Everything in moderation • Setting the right questions • What experience can support your learning? • What was a good experience? • What was a bad experience • What could improve your experience? • How does Moodle support the way you like to learn? • What can Moodle do to support your education? @moodlemootau | #Moot. AU 18 | @stephendann

Roll your own Home brew • Roll your own Lego Set • Shared resource or equal resource • Minimum three steps • Always have time to share the story @moodlemootau | #Moot. AU 18 | @stephendann

Homebrew Sequence Houserules • Builder owns the meaning of the model + nobody gets to say what someone else’s model means • Sequencing • Models are • • made, explained, documented deconstructed Minimum 3 step Techniques 1. A warmup exercise • Use the bricks • Tell a story 2. A practice exercise • Share a story • Ask and answer questions • It’s always fair for part of the model to have no meaning (Just a brick) 3. The Pay Day • Create to explain @moodlemootau | #Moot. AU 18 | @stephendann

How to interpret the outcomes Interpretations No data resides in the bricks • Capture story through • Video • Verbal • Written notes @moodlemootau | #Moot. AU 18 | @stephendann

Capturing the Moments @moodlemootau | #Moot. AU 18 | @stephendann

Things yet to be determined • Sample versus Cohort • Timing – Pre-semester versus in-Semester • Impact on Outcomes • Do we know what we want before we’ve started wanting it? @moodlemootau | #Moot. AU 18 | @stephendann

Questions? @moodlemootau | #Moot. AU 18 | @stephendann

ANU Research School of Management Stephen. dann@anu. edu. au www. rsm. anu. edu. au @moodlemootau | #Moot. AU 18 | @stephendann