moodle best practices from edtechmasters students national university

eLearn Las Vegas, 2013Cynthia Sistek-Chandler, Ed D, cchandler@nu.eduNational University Online Masters Program

Moodling Masters of Ed Tech: Best Practices for Online and

Blended Learning

Session Outcomes Learn a little about Moodle and why we are using it

Projects Demonstration

Moodle Project, “Introduction to Astronomy” Middle School

Share Best Practices

Theoretical Underpinnings: Constructing Knowledge

Q & A and Sharing

Sample Projectshttp://www.nusoe.org/

What is Moodle? Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning

Environment

Content Management System

Learning Management System

Open Source

Server Upload and Download Interoperability when extracted and uploaded

Why Moodle? Global Use

Educators need a system that when they create their content they can easily move to another location

Many tools are built in

Have a Moodle Server

Have a Moodle Manager who maintains uploads, back-up etc.

All skills learned with Moodle are transferable to other systems such as Haiku, Blackboard, eCollege, and others

Resources Galore!

Tim Clifton, MS EIT, NBCT, HS Educator, W. VA

www.Tinyurl.com/moodleclifton

http://mhstgj3m.wikispaces.com/

Social Constructivist Model

1. Design and Technology2. Pedagogy and Instruction3. Student Centered Learning4. Assessment and Evaluation

Role of Instructional Design

Pedagogy and Instruction

Student Centered Learning

ResourcesClifton, T. (2013). Astronomy Course, National University

Masters of EDT Capstone Project, La Jolla, CA.

Dick, W., Carey, L., & Carey, J. O. (2005). The systematic design of instruction (6th ed.). New York: Allyn and Bacon. 

Horton, W. (2012).E learning By Design. Wiley and Sons, San Francisco, CA.

Jonassen, D. H. (1999). Designing constructivist learning environments. In C. M. Reigeluth (Ed.), Instructional Design theories and models, Volume II: A new paradigm of instructional theory (pp. 215-239). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.  

ResourcesSistek-Chandler, C, Amber, Tolbert, D. (2009). Interactive

Learning: Taxonomy for Application and Analysis in Online Environments. http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Research/NECC_Research_Paper_Archives/NECC2009/SistekChandler_NECC09.pdf

 Sistek-Chandler, C., Amber, V.K., Tolbert, D. (2012). Online learning is not flat: an analysis of online learning that promotes interactivity, Distance Learning, Vol. 9,4.

Williams, R. (2012). The Non-Designers Design Book (3rd Edition), Peachpit Press, Berkeley, CA.