The document discusses Moodle implementation at Purchase College. It highlights that Moodle was chosen to focus on teaching and learning through its robust activities and resources. It provides cost savings over Blackboard with no licensing fees and similar support costs. Moodle also allows for integration with other systems and flexibility through its open architecture. The implementation involved faculty piloting Moodle in 2009, transitioning courses from Blackboard over the next year, and ongoing faculty training through workshops. Moodle saves the college over $50,000 annually compared to Blackboard and provides benefits like risk management through hosting themselves versus a vendor.

1. Moodle @ Purchase Keith Landa Purchase College http://www.slideshare.net/keith.landa

2. Why Moodle @ Purchase? Focus on teaching & learning - Robust set of activities & resources - Add-on modules from the community - Moodle development pathway Costs - No licensing costs - Similar support costs Risk management - Risks of open source - Commercial products have different risks Integration - Other systems - Web 2.0 world Flexible open architecture

3. Background – Purchase – 2008 Liberal Arts and Sciences plus Arts Conservatories ~4200 FTE Web enhancement of F2F courses ERes electronic reserves

4. LMS review @ Purchase Fall 2008 : faculty task force established; faculty survey; discussion of selection criteria (functionality, technical requirements, costs) Spring 2009 : Moodle production system established; pilot Moodle courses (~20); student survey (key driver); ongoing communication; development of general sense among faculty that ‘we’re going with Moodle’…. Context : faculty dissatisfaction with Blackboard; superficial use of LMS; escalating costs Summer 2009 : summer faculty workshop series (new); course conversion and course prep; consolidation of electronic reserves into Moodle courses Fall 2009/Spring 2010 : transition year; immediate termination of ERes; one more year of Blackboard; faculty assisted to move courses to Moodle; ongoing Moodle workshops; termination of Blackboard at end of year

6. Student Survey Responses

10. Cost comparisons Switch to Moodle saves us over $50K each year (Blackboard and ERes licensing costs) Risk management: self-host vs vendor host http://goo.gl/tQ5uX Blackboard Moodle Licensing $40K $0K Server VM VM Staff Fraction FTE server admin 1 FTE instructional tech Fraction FTE server admin 1 FTE instructional tech Course migration NA $3K onetime (ERes, mostly) Faculty development ?? $3.6K summer 2009

11. Community contributed modules Community Modules and Plugins page http:// moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?id =6009 Map activity Lightbox Gallery resource

12. Bringing the cloud into the course

14. Focus on teaching & learning - Robust set of activities & resources - Add-on modules from the community - Moodle development pathway Costs - No licensing costs - Similar support costs Integration - Other systems - Web 2.0 world Flexible open architecture Why @ Purchase? Risk management - Risks of open source - Commercial products have different risks

16. Student Information System Library Information Systems Academic Analytics Campus Repository The View from 30,000 Feet

31. Questions? Keith Landa Purchase College SUNY 914-251-6450 [email_address]