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Wendy and I will be using this blog to set tasks, suggest resources and post news and other information about the Blog-On! project.

Feedback from Session Four - Thursday 29th July

Below is the feedback from Session Four on Thursday 29th July.

Please leave a comment if you have any corrections, or anything you'd like to clarify or add.

What I Liked

- Moodle is easy to use, easy to set up and flexible
- Shorcut to cut out bureaucracy
- Good to have control yourself
- Presentation took out terror of process of setting up web host and Moodle
- Presentation showed you don't have to be a tech-head to run your own Moodle site


Challenges

- Time needed to learn it
- Politics of implementation
- Tech support for students, especially distance education
- Minimum system requirements - accessibility


Bright Ideas

- Create a how-to-use tutorial for students

Participants in Session Four - Thursday 29th July

Glen Cassidy - Ultimo
Diann Payne - Ultimo
Bob Thomson - Ultimo
Susan Johnston - Ultimo
Lindy Peterson - OTEN

Followed by afternoon session (1.30 to 3.30pm)

Deborah Wall
Glen Cassidy

Feedback from Session Four - Tuesday 27th July

Below is the feedback from Session Four on Tuesday 27th July.

Please leave a comment if you have any corrections, or anything you'd like to clarify or add.

What I Liked

- Moodle is easy to use and navigate, accessible, intuitive/logical
- Moodle has multiple group uses
- Setting-up Moodle is easy, exciting & liberating
- Presentation made setting-up process very tangible and reveals it doesn't have to be too hard
- Liked provision for individual follow-up
- Activities: great ideas, show's what's possible, caters for different levels, great for mainstream course, not just YAR

Challenges

- Some terms (e.g. "force" group)
- Computer screen too bright
- How to curb enthusiam for registering
- Activities interface difficult to use, could require certain level of competence

Bright Ideas

- Screen grabs in notes
- Beginners need more time
- Work on a project when working with students
- Give accreditation for e-learning for this course
- Put activities online

Participants in Session Four - Tuesday 27th July

Sue Ellyard - Access
Deborah Wall - Ultimo
Heather Beebe - Ultimo
Peta Smith - Ultimo
Louise Wadley - Petersham
Tridzia Scelzi - Petersham
Patricia Kenny - Petersham (1 hour)

Followed by afternoon session (1.30-4.30)

Louise Wadley
Sue Ellyard
Trevor Payne
Deborah Wall
Susan Leslie

Feedback from Session Four - Monday 28nd June

Below is the feedback from Session Four on Monday 28nd June.

Please leave a comment if you have any corrections, or anything you'd like to clarify or add.

What I liked

- Moodle - liked, neat program, versatile, easy to use, works smoothly
- Moodle can be used to create a whole course
- Moodle a great way to teach teachers about online possibilities
- Moodle gives students more control over learning - a sense of control
- Good modelling of Atris demo system
- Great to see getting a domain name and web host is so easy and straight forward
- Workshop very well prepared

Challenges

- Couldn't keep up when trying to write notes

Bright Ideas

- Need to find easiest way to duplicate courses

Participants in Session Four - Monday 28nd June

Glen Cassidy - Ultimo
Myrna Kennedy - Ultimo
Kate Neville - Ultimo
Trevor Payne - Ultimo
Elizabeth Mulrennan - Petersham
Susan Leslie - St George
Katherine Smith - Hornsby
Malcolm Smith - AVP

Afternoon Session Tuesday 22nd June

Just recording that at today's afternoon session from 1.30pm until 3.30pm we had IanMacNeil, Kate Neville, Susan Leslie and Dian Payne. Many thanks for a great learning atmosphere.

Feedback from Session Three - Tuesday 22nd June

Below is the feedback from Session Two on Tuesday 22nd June.

Please leave a comment if you have any corrections, or anything you'd like to clarify or add.

What I liked

- Writing HTML great for students - demystifies HTML
- CSS have an exciting potential
- Blog templates are excellent
- A really positive outcome for students
- An appetiser for IT courses
- Outstandingly useful
- Excellent! Outstandingly useful

Challenges

- Need to pay attention to detail when writing HTML tags
- Setting up document for firstweb page not clear
- CSS intro a bit fast - provided background knowledge / overview only
- Blog templates a bit confusing

Bright Ideas

- Printouts of how HTML tags will look when displayed
- Screen dumps
- Save HTML examples as an HTML file to be practiced on later
- Emphasise inportance of refreshing the "reviewing" page

Participants in Session Three - Tuesday 22nd June

Deborah Wall - Ultimo
Peta Smith - Ultimo
Alison Wood - Ultimo
Kate Neville - Ultimo
Elizabeth Mulrennan - Petersham
Patricia Kenny - Petersham
Louise Wadley - Petersham
Susan Leslie - St George
Malcolm Smith - AVP

Afternoon sessions Tuesdays 8th and 15th June

We have started having sessions on Tuesday afternoons for people who want to practice or who can't make it to the main sessions.

Tuesday 8th June we had a session from 1.30pm until 3.30pm. The following people attended and did session 1:
Kate Neville
Trevor Payne

Tuesday 15th June we had a session from 1.30pm until 3.30pm. The following people attended and did session 2:
Kate Neville
Denise Domingo
Shaun Russel
Diann Payne

Feedback from Session Two - Thursday 17th June

Below is the feedback from Session Two on Thursday 17th June.

Please leave a comment if you have any corrections, or anything you'd like to clarify or add.

What I liked

- Pace good
- Student/teacher ratio good & important
- Innovative approach to training
- Welcome great
- Tool mystery out (sic)
- Liked notes
- Notes reinforced by blog
- Made it very easy
- Course very well planned & organised
- Storing images is great - getting easier
- Good to practice adding images
- Good demo on how to create a jpg file
- Team blog - great
- Embeds other computer skills
- Feedback works well
- Catering fine

Challenges

- Gaps in computer knowledge e.g. not knowing how to use multiple windows

Bright Ideas

- Post computer skills inventory
- Demonstrate on a model blog how formatting helps
- Post sample text for exercises
- More time to practice

Participants in Session Two - Thursday 17th June

Alison Wood - Ultimo
Glen Cassidy - Ultimo
Ian MacNeill - Ultimo
Elizabeth Mulrennan - Petersham
Patricia Kenny - Petersham
Susan Leslie - St George
Katherine Smith - Hornsby
Malcolm Smith - AVP

Team Members Information

Now for some direct input from our team members. Can everyone please:

1) Fill in the Demographic Survey.

2) Add a comment to this post with a brief statement of your personal learning goals for this project.

Feedback from Session Two - Tuesday 15th June

Below is the feedback from Session Two on Tuesday 15th June.

Please leave a comment if you have any corrections, or anything you'd like to clarify or add.

What I liked

- Good pace
- Good amount covered
- Technical dificulties gave opportunity to anticipate and cope with hitches
- Can see lots of uses
- Clear notes
- Ripway file host easy to use

Challenges

- Technical hitches - computer/network problems

Bright Ideas

- Shut down browser and log-on from scratch for each exercise to reinforce learning
- Email yourself and flag follow-up to remember to log-on to Ripway to keep account active