MootJP2024: Call for Proposals

Call for Presentations
at the 16th MoodleMoot Japan, 2024

■The deadline for submissions is Sunday, 12th November 2023.

■Submission site: https://indi.to/mootjp2024
(We use the conference support system "Indico" for managing submissions. How to use Indico: Manual page) ■For submitting your proposal, please consider joining MAJ as a 2023 MAJ member or registering in the Moot 2024 as a perticipant. After the payment for the membership or registration is completed, your are enrolled in the Moot course as a "Participant" and the link to the submission site will be available here and/or within the top page of the Moot course. Please follow the next link to pay for the membership or registration: Memtership / Registration

We are looking for Moodle users who would like to talk about their Moodle experiences. We would very much like teachers, students, administrators, programmers, thinkers, and theorists... anyone who uses Moodle, to inform the MoodleMoot participants about how they use Moodle and how to use Moodle effectively. We are looking forward to submissions from all Moot participants.

Proposal Types

Attendees are likely to consist of some experienced users, some who have been using Moodle for a year or so, and quite a few people who have never used Moodle. MoodleMoot presentations will be in both English and Japanese.

Presentations can be 20, 40 or 90 minutes in duration. Case studies are 20 minutes and lightning talks are 5-10 minutes. Click here for more information about the proposal types and abstract lengths.Please indicate your preferred proposal type and duration on the submission form. However, depending on the number of participants and presenters, you may be asked to present in a shorter time slot and / or different presentation type.

Additionally, we will be having some "Moodle Showcase" sessions (similar to poster sessions) in which you will have the opportunity to show others what you or your institution / organization are doing with Moodle.

Are you a Moodle genius? There will also be a Moodle Genius Bar throughout most of the conference. If you are interested in sharing your skills and knowledge, please contact the Genius Bar and Workshop coordinator.

Themes and Topics

Submissions that cover at least one of the following themes will be preferred:

Installation and Administration

Administrating Moodle Sites from a System Engineer's Perspective
Configuring a server for Moodle
Moodle 4.1

Integrating Moodle

Moodle networks
Integrating Moodle with other systems (e.g. Mahara)
Integrating Moodle into educational institutions
Sharing 'reusable learning objects' within and between Moodle(s)

Moodle development

Developing third-party features for Moodle
Tinkering with Moodle for non-programmers

Moodle in non-traditional settings

Business & corporate training
Moodle in the community
Commercial products and services

Moodle in traditional educational settings

Blending Moodle into individual classes or entire courses
Fully online Moodle courses

Pedagogy and Moodle

eDelivery vs. eLearning with Moodle
Moodle as a constructivist tool
Moodle and learning theories
Using Moodle to support "higher-order thinking activities"

Using Moodle

An introduction to Moodle for teachers / school administrators
Getting started with Moodle – from 'finding a server' to content creation
How to use Moodle (workshops)
Using multimedia in Moodle
Using third-party modules and features

Students' perspectives

Student experiences of Moodle
Improving the learning experience

Other

Possible futures for Moodle - Moodle in 2029?

Notes:

All submissions must be within the specified word count. Please understand that any submissions that are too short or too long may be rejected. Please refer to this page for the submission length for each presentation type.
All co-authors are strongly encouraged to register AND to present at the Moot. Any co-author who has not registered to attend the Moot may not be listed in the program as a "co-author".
Submissions may be in English or Japanese. If accepted, you will be given the option of submitting a Japanese or English version of your abstract.

* Restriction of Submission

Individual members and Institutional members

As our conference grows bigger and more flourishing year by year, in the interests of quality, we’d like you to cooperate with our policy that, in principle, individual and institutional members can submit just ONE proposal for each type of presentation, that is to say you can submit a maximum of ONE regular presentation and/or ONE lightning talk and/or ONE showcase.

For group presentations, if you are listed as a co-presenter, i.e. not the main presenter, you are still eligible to submit different proposals as the main presenter. Also, there is no restriction on the number proposals for workshops and genius bar sessions. The restriction on presentation proposals is not meant to absolutely eliminate multiple submissions. Multiple submissions may have a chance to enter the program if they receive significantly higher ratings from reviewers.

By submitting a proposal to this conference, you are agreeing to abide by the following 3 guidelines: 

To keep presentations free of commercial bias.
To present content in a fair and unbiased manner if relevant financial relationships exist.
To declare that you are not receiving direct payments from a commercial entity with respect to the educational activity about which you are presenting.

Sponsors: Sponsors are eligible for one to two regular presentation(s), lightning talks, and one to two workshop(s) and lunch presentations depending on the levels of sponsorship. See the sponsor brochure for details.; Eligibility for Commercial Presentations (all forms of presentations including lightning talks, workshops, and others) are limited to the current Sponsors of the Moodle Association of Japan, or those who will complete application procedure by the time of Moodle Moot.

We ask for your understanding and call for vigorous submissions. Thank you.