1. From eLearning to Social Learning:
An Open-Source Trilogy
- Moodle, Mahara, Elgg at Paris Descartes University
Eric Cherel, CIO
Thierry Koscielniak, ICT for Education Exec. Director

2. Contents
S The Trilogy within the Pedagogical Information System
S Moodle architecture
S Moodle skill assessment
S Mahara linked to Moodle
S Elgg’s public view of the ePortfolio

3. The
OpenSource
Trilogy
Use"
Online Courses"
Users"
Teachers +"
Students"
Visibility"
Internal"
ePortfolios
Management"
Academic "
social network"
Students +"
Descartes Community"
Orientation People"
+ Alumnis"
Internal"
Internal and public!

4. Pedagogical
Informa:on
System
Personal Learning Environment

5. Moodle
2
virtual
servers
architecture
S
Modularity
S
Redundancy
S
S
Scalability
High
Disponibility
The LMS is a vital
service for students
and faculty. This
architecture
provides all the
security needed for
a 24/7 load of the
plateform for more
than 40,000 users.
HTTPS
Heartbeat
STUNNEL
STUNNEL
HAProxy
HAProxy
Virtual IP
HTTP
…
NFS
Credits : Mr Mohamed Lamaachi, IS Architect

6. vMoodle
Topography
One
can
authen*cate
to
any
node
of
the
constella*on
and
navigate
seamlessly.
Credits : Mr Valéry Frémaux, Consultant

7. Moodle
virtualiza:on
The
access
through
the
Medecine
node
(right
red
arrow)
is
redirected
to
the
Medecine
data
via
the
virtual
configura*on
from
the
Moodle
admin.
The
admin
is
master
to
perform
network
services
:
deploy
plugins,
updates.
Credits : Mr Valéry Frémaux, Consultant

8. Skill
workbook
:
Student’s
view
Skills reference bar
green : validated
red : declarative item
grey : to be validated
Credits : Mr Jean Fruitet, Nantes University

9. Skill
workbook
:
Teacher’s
view
Students
selection boxes
- Edition
- Validation
- Comments
Credits : Mr Jean Fruitet, Nantes University

10. Student’s
Outcomes
Outcomes imported
from Moodle to Mahara

11. Student’s
Workspace
and
ePorfolios
Tools
Internal contents
S
Some internal contents come
from Moodle activity assessed
by the teacher
S
Some external contents come
from the PLE* of the student
* Personal Learning Environment
External contents

12. Student’s
ePorEolio
Outcomes
One skill per tabs
Skills
Carnet2 contents
External Network
Profile

13. The
Academic
Network
S The network is focused on the
student-tutor relationship ePFMG
http://www.educause.edu/annual-conference/2012/learningsocial-network-using-e-portfolio-medical-practitioners-studies
S Working groups
S Users’ shared knowledge
S Public profile visibility for
researchers
Works on an elgg platform
Open Source Social Networking Engine

14. The
History
From RenéD.blogs to
Carnets2 Descartes
and Carnets d’anciens"
"anciens = alumni"

15. The
Strategy
S Carnets2 has been defined by the President of the University as a
strategic tool to build strong academic bonds between faculty,
students, alumni and partners.
S A process has been set up to enable alumni to activate their previous
academic account and interact within the community.
"
"
"http://armada.parisdescartes.fr"
S All faculty and researchers are asked to fill in and keep accurate their
Carnets2 profile in order to share academic informations : research
topics, publications, international collaborations, association
memberships.
"

16. Account
ac:va:on
page
for
alumni

17. Carnets2
Profile
and
Dashboard
Profile
Web site +
ePortfolio
Contents
Networks links
Publications
Contacts
Tags
Wikis
Groups
Twitter feed

18. Contact
us
IS Office
ICT for Education Paris Descartes
Eric Cherel, CIO
Thierry Koscielniak, PhD, Exec. Dir.
eric.cherel@parisdescartes.fr
thierry.koscielniak@parisdescartes.fr
Bruno Bouret, Dev. Mng.
Bruno.bouret@parisdescartes.fr
Valéry Frémaux, Consultant
vfconsulting@mylearningfactory.com
Yann Sallou, Lead dev.
yann.sallou@parisdescartes.fr

19. Paris
Descartes
University
S Multidisciplinary
university
S
Spread over 9 colleges
and 1 institute of
technology
S 38,900 students
S
200 PhD + 600 MD
granted each year
S 5,600 members
S
Faculties, researchers,
staff and technical
people
S 1,300 researchers
S
www.parisdescartes.fr
82 research labs

20. Paris
Descartes
University
Institute of Technology
Biomedecine
Maths & Computer Sci.
Human & Social Sciences
Headquarters + Medecine
Pharmacy
Psychology
Sports
Odontology
Law – Economics
www.parisdescartes.fr