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Slide 1: Moodle for Teachers (Basic Moodle Skills) WikiEducator, IT Moodle, WiZiQ September 14, 2009
Slide 2: Welcome & Class Overview Part I: What and Why Moodle?- Review •Warm Up: How People Learn? •What Impacts Teacher’s Course design Part II: Teaching with Moodle •Student Orientation •Instructor Orientation •Resources •Activities •Demonstration & Settings, not how-to •Activities on Moodle Workshop: Moodle for Teachers ( Basic Moodle Skills )
Slide 3: Review: What is Moodle? Type in on the White board what you learned about Moodle: explain what Moodle stands for, what philosophy/approach it is based on, how it is set up: what parts of the Moodle interface are, how to sign up for Moodle, etc. Workshop: Moodle for Teachers ( Basic Moodle Skills )
Slide 4: Warm up for Week 2 Take a guess: Percentage of what we learn which is retained in memory: • • • • • • • When we read: When we hear: When we see: When we see & hear: When we discuss: When do things: When we teach others: _______ % _______% _______% _______% _______% _______% _______% Workshop: Moodle for Teachers ( Basic Moodle Skills )
Slide 5: Warm up: Learning Pyramid What are the implications for Teaching? Workshop: Moodle for Teachers ( Basic Moodle Skills )
Slide 6: To Sum UP! • Learning is an active and interactive process of accessing, processing, organizing, and reflecting on the information that results in meaningful, long-lasting changes in knowledge, skills, dispositions, beliefs, values and the like. • When learning occurs, there are changes in what we perceive, how we act, and how we organize our environment. "To have knowledge nowadays is to make it, to construct it, not to record, absorb, or memorize it. Teaching is not simply telling " (Martin Bickman). Workshop: Moodle for Teachers ( Basic Moodle Skills )
Slide 7: To Sum UP! A. Churches l lo BB B.. B om oom J. Bruner Workshop: Moodle for Teachers ( Basic Moodle Skills )
Slide 8: To Sum UP! MODELS Behavioral Direct /Dedu InformationLectures, ctive Presentations, Processing Indirect/Induc Inquiry, tive METHODS WebQuests Social Indirect/Intera Interactive Jigsaw, Role ctive Play Indirect/Independent Study Personal Workshop: Moodle for Teachers ( Basic Moodle Skills ) Strategies
Slide 9: Teacher Experiences: Moodle Tools Workshop: Moodle for Teachers ( Basic Moodle Skills )
Slide 10: Student Experience • 3-Column organization Content in center by “Topic” or Module/Week (Up to 20) • Left/right columns supplementary “Blocks” • Can restrict view to one topic • Examples: Online/Blended Classes (see in the tutorials) Workshop: Moodle for Teachers ( Basic Moodle Skills )
Slide 11: Moodle Course Interface Workshop: Moodle for Teachers ( Basic Moodle Skills )
Slide 12: Moodle Course Interface, E.g. Workshop: Moodle for Teachers ( Basic Moodle Skills )
Slide 13: Instructor Orientation NB! Turn Editing On • Topics named with edit icon • Content added to each section with add resource/add activity • Course Design Decision: Course Format • Present each topic as a week; as a unit, or according to the type of resource Workshop: Moodle for Teachers ( Basic Moodle Skills )
Slide 14: Moodle Course View: Editing Turn Editing ON
Slide 15: Resources 3 Main Ways to Display Content Book - Present content directly within Moodle with easy-tonavigate TOC * No delay in viewing the content (as a file, you have to wait for the software to open it) * The student does not need any special software to open it. * Changes can be made quickly and immediate directly within Moodle Link to a file or website: * Add a Word doc, PPT, spreadsheet, etc. o When a student opens a file, it will ask them if they want to open it or save it to their computer. This means they will need software in order to open the file. * Link to a website: Link to journal articles, blogs, or institutions o Open in a new window or directly within Moodle Compose a web page - Present content directly within Moodle. * Advantages: o Copy/paste to preserve content from a web page that has the potential to expire o Same advantages as book ! Use Labels to make your course visually appealing.
Slide 16: Building your Course - Activities •Used to engage learners with resources, to show their learning, to assess learning and give feedback. • most can be graded • some allow students to rate the works of others and provide feedback • Major Course Design Decision which activity would best fit with the learning objective? Workshop: Moodle for Teachers ( Basic Moodle Skills )
Slide 17: Choice Uses • Poll student opinion • Stimulate thinking about a topic in advance of a related activity by giving a pre-question, ideally can connect to prior experience. • Assess prior knowledge • Sign up for a topic or presentation date Workshop: Moodle for Teachers ( Basic Moodle Skills )
Slide 18: Choice Settings •Show results to students or not • Anonymous or Show Picture/Name • Reveal always or make them choose first •Choice on the Moodle course Workshop: Moodle for Teachers ( Basic Moodle Skills )
Slide 19: Collaborative Activities Moodle Activities Icons • Chat • Forum • Wiki • Glossary Workshop: Moodle for Teachers ( Basic Moodle Skills )
Slide 20: Standard Forum: E.g. Workshop: Moodle for Teachers ( Basic Moodle Skills )
Slide 21: Forum Uses •Tool for collaboration and peer review oEnforce groups so that students can collaborate on projects oRequire the posting of a project as a discussion topic, require feedback to fellow learners. •Problem based learning oAssign groups to solve a problem, identify and correct a misconception, etc. oQ & A Forum Type: Students must post answer before see others •Weekly reading discussion oapply concepts from the reading odiscuss a case study ouse as resource to collect questions for in-class discussion Workshop: Moodle for Teachers ( Basic Moodle Skills )
Slide 22: Forum Uses •Tool for class-wide FAQ oHave one for whole class and/or ones for particular units oHave them consult the forums and the responses before sending you an email. •Interview a guest expert •Social Forum ofor chatting non-class issues oIcebreakers •Management tips: oView all forum posts by a student in profile Workshop: Moodle for Teachers ( Basic Moodle Skills )
Slide 23: Wiki •A wiki is a page (or pages) that several people can edit together. •Each of the changes are saved in versions of the page, and the old versions can be retrieved to be re-examined. •Types: oClass collaboration oIndividual/Teacher collaboration oGroup collaborationfor Teachers ( Basic Moodle Skills ) Workshop: Moodle
Slide 24: Wiki Uses •Lecture Notes •Brainstorming •Group Projects oRecord research, create outlines oProduce a guide, article, brochure, etc. Consider asking to have best of submitted to Wikipedia or another web wiki oCollaborate on assignments that are submitted to forum posts or uploaded to assignments •Portfolio - Student-teacher, student collects artifacts in Wiki •Journal Workshop: Moodle for Teachers ( Basic Moodle Skills )
Slide 25: Activities For today’s session on the Moodle Course Site 1. Check what groups you are in (under Profile) 2. Use the Group Chat room - in your group chats discuss your future/current course design ideas. Designate a facilitator of your group to report to the rest of the class on WiziQ. (10 min) If time permits: 3. Go to “Category.” Find your Sandbox and create an introduction to your course/subject. Type in the title of the course/discipline, your name, contact info, add a picture, etc. • Add a resource – a file, add a web resource, etc.; • Add an activity (a DF, or choice, or a wiki, etc.). Workshop: Moodle for Teachers ( Basic Moodle Skills )
Slide 26: Activities For week 2 on the Moodle Course Site 1. Complete the readings and activities connected with them 2. Read the articles, view the tutorials and visit the sites on how to use Moodle to engage students in active learning. 1.Get in the assigned groups, schedule at least one meeting using the Moodle chat, or WiZIQ platform to complete a group collaborative assignment. - A4 2.Start contributing to a class wiki. - A5 3.Share your experience on the class Forum “Feedback” and Week 2 DF. Workshop: Moodle for Teachers ( Basic Moodle Skills ) A1, A2, A3
Slide 27: Resources How-to Tutorials: • Moodle for Teachers workshop site Week2 • moodletutorials.org • Moodle Book: http://moodle.org • Hosting/Support: • http://moodlerooms.com • http://www.globalclassroom.us/ • Moodle Playpen: http://playpen.moodle.com.au/moodle/ • Teaching with Moodle Pbworks Workshop: Moodle for Teachers ( Basic Moodle Skills )
Slide 28: See you next week Workshop: Moodle for Teachers ( Basic Moodle Skills )