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MOODLE

Peter RichardsonTechnical Services

Rutgers Prep SchoolSomerset, NJ

Content Management Sys.

Controlled Access to Curriculum

Modules

Modules can be separately assessed

and recorded

Allows tracking of student activity

Content Management Sys.

Activities to facilitate, guide, and monitor

learning

Access to learning resources and

assessments

Communication between the learners and

teachers as well as between peers

MOODLE

Modular Object-Oriented Distance Learning Environment

Built on Constructivist Principles

Open Source

Multi-Platform: Apache, PHP, MySQL

Low buy-in for teachers

Constructivism & tionism

All of us are potential teachers as well as learners - in a true collaborative environment we are both.

We learn particularly well from the act of creating or expressing something for others to see.

We learn a lot by just observing the activity of our peers

Constructivism & tionism

By understanding the contexts of others, we can teach in a more transformational way.

A learning environment needs to be flexible and adaptable, so that it can quickly respond to the needs of the participants within it.

Moodle Modules

Assignment

Chat

Choice

Forum

Glossary

Lesson

Quiz

Resource

Scorm

Survey

Wiki

Workshop

Resource Module

Tool for bringing content into the course

Text files HTML files Links to web pages Video and audio clips Directory feature available

Forum Module

Provides areas for group discussions Can be restricted

Only teacher can postStudent can only post oncePosts may only be allowed in a

specific time framePosts can be rated

Glossary Module

Create course dictionaries Entries can be linked to use in

course Can search by key words Glossary additions can be restricted Can allow comments or ratings

Biology Course

English Course