the art of instant moodles
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This presentation covers the basics of Moodle, and how to build on Moodle's social constructivism pedagogical backgorund.TRANSCRIPT
The The ArtArt of of Instant MoodlesInstant Moodles
Bethany SmithCollege of Education
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How is Moodle different?How is Moodle different?
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FlexibleFlexible
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How Moodle tries to support a How Moodle tries to support a Social Constructionist viewSocial Constructionist view
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Pedagogyhttp://docs.moodle.org/en/Pedagogy
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We learn particularly well from the We learn particularly well from the act of creating or expressing act of creating or expressing something for others to seesomething for others to see
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Sharing
• Forums provide spaces for discussion and sharing of media and documents
• Wikis are collaboratively-built pages useful for group work and other negotiations.
• Glossaries are collaboratively-built lists of definitions that can then appear throughout the course.
• Databases are an extension of this idea allowing participants to enter structured media of any type
We learn a lot by just observing We learn a lot by just observing the activity of our peersthe activity of our peers
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Students as individuals
• Participants page• Online Users Block• Recent Activity Block
By understanding the contexts of By understanding the contexts of others, we can teach in a more others, we can teach in a more
transformational way transformational way (constructivism)(constructivism)
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There are many different ways to find out about people
• User Profile• Individual Blogs• Activity & log reports• Survey Module
A learning environment needs to be A learning environment needs to be flexible and adaptable, so that it can flexible and adaptable, so that it can quickly respond to the needs of the quickly respond to the needs of the
participants within itparticipants within it
Basic Course
• Resources (Documents)• Passive Forum• Assignments
Taking a course to the next levelTaking a course to the next level
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Forums
• Creating a Scale• Best of Forum• Splitting Forums
Glossary
• Student Profiles• Quiz Question Bank• List of References
Groups
• Choice activity– Have students sign-up for group projects
• Separate Forums for group projects
Bethany [email protected]
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