moodle: engaging students online
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Moodle: Engaging Students Online. Nathalie Rudner, Thornhill Secondary School Anita Drossis, Vaughan Secondary School York Region District School Board. What is Moodle?. an ABEL tool - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Moodle: Engaging Students Online
Nathalie Rudner, Thornhill Secondary SchoolAnita Drossis, Vaughan Secondary School
York Region District School Board
Nathalie Rudner, Thornhill Secondary SchoolAnita Drossis, Vaughan Secondary School
York Region District School Board
an ABEL tool
a course management system that allows teachers to create quality online courses customized to meet their own specific classroom needs
can be used to deliver course content and/ or to supplement course materials
What is Moodle?What is Moodle?
Moodle: provides a multimedia learning experience extends our students’ learning beyond the classroom. creates an interactive space for students to learn provides resources and opportunities for students to
review material taught in class allows course material to be available to students at
all times
How can Moodle engage students?How can Moodle engage students?
Address Different
Learning Styles
Address Different
Learning Styles
ImproveLiteracy Skills
ImproveLiteracy Skills
ProvideAccess toMultimediaResources
ProvideAccess toMultimediaResources
CreateCollaborative Workspaces
CreateCollaborative Workspaces
ProvideFeedback to Students
ProvideFeedback to Students Moodle
can beused to
Moodlecan beused to
What can Moodle do for your Students?
What can Moodle do for your Students?
In Moodle, you can meet the needs of different students by:
providing a variety of resources that appeal to different types of learners
providing video and sound clips explaining concepts for visual and auditory learners
providing copies of class notes for students who have difficulty with note-taking or who miss class
providing interactive activities for students who learn by doing
Address Different Learning StylesAddress Different Learning Styles
Using Moodle, provides opportunities for students to improve their literacy skills by:
providing different opportunities for students to communicate (projects, question and answer, definitions)
having practice questions for students to post answers a get feedback from other students and the teacher
having students write opinion pieces on an article, website or text
providing a database to students to present research information
providing a space for a glossary of terms as students learn new material
Improve Literacy SkillsImprove Literacy Skills
Using Moodle, provides opportunities for students to improve their digital literacy skills by:
teaching students how to interact in an online environment
providing different media for students to communicate in (chat, messaging, discussion forums, wikis)
guiding students as they collect and analyze data from internet resources (students post their projects online as they work for teachers to give continuous feedback)
providing opportunities for them to use technology they will encounter in the workforce
Improve Literacy SkillsImprove Literacy Skills
Digital Literacy: Student PerspectivesDigital Literacy:
Student Perspectives
~ Ambika, Grade 11
“It gave me a different view on how we learn from the computer. Before it was just research, but now it's actually asking questions and interacting with the computer more.”
~Armin, Grade 11
“My favorite activity in Moodle has to be the discussion forum. I'm the kind of guy that cannot sleep when things are on my mind...so I ask questions on Moodle and they are answered….”
~ Daniel, Grade 11
Discussion ForumsDiscussion Forums
In Moodle, you can build a resource library that could include:
course outlines and handouts access to student/ teacher power point
presentations web links for research purposes that have been
approved by you video clips/ applets to support learning from sites
such as www.unitedstreaming.com links to online tutorials that reinforce concepts
Provide Access to Multimedia Resources
Provide Access to Multimedia Resources
Video ClipsVideo Clips
“It was fun watching posted videos as well as being able to see other people's projects. “
~ Iana, Grade 11
In Moodle, you can create collaborative workspaces called wikis to encourage students to work as a team:
to research a topic to create presentations to draft documents to develop a lab procedure to edit each others work
Create Collaborative WorkspacesCreate Collaborative Workspaces
In Moodle, you can create opportunities for students to obtain formative feedback through:
practice quizzes online games peer/ teacher editing of written work discussion forums assignments with in-line comments
Provide Feedback to StudentsProvide Feedback to Students
Practice QuizzesPractice Quizzes
“This feature on Moodle has helped me study for many quizzes and tests. I usually do the [practice] test first and whatever I don't understand I'll study it instead of wasting my time trying to figure out what to study for.“
~ Bradley, Grade 11
The Student PerspectiveThe Student Perspective
~ Memy, grade 11
“I liked how it was really easy to communicate with the teacher and my peers when I needed help or had questions.”
~Iana, Grade 11
Getting Started Getting Started
An electronic version of “Moodle Pages” will be available online.
If you have any questions or comments, please contact us at:
or
Participate in the ASI Moodle at: http://moodle.abel.yorku.ca/ in the Professional Learning category.