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Moodle 1.9 Teaching Techniques

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Moodle 1.9 Teaching Techniques

Overview of this book

Moodle is the world's most popular, free open-source Learning Management System (LMS). It is vast and has lots to offer. More and more colleges, universities, and training providers are using Moodle, which has helped revolutionize e-learning with its flexible, reusable platform and components. It works best when you feel confident that the tools you have at hand will allow you to create exactly what you need.This book brings together step-by-step, easy-to-follow instructions and learning theory to give you new tools and new power with Moodle. It will show you how to connect with your online students, and how and where they develop an enthusiastic, open, and trusting relationship with their fellow students and with you, their instructor. With this book, you'll learn to get the best from Moodle.This book helps you develop good, solid, dynamic courses that will last by making sure that your instructional design is robust, and that they are built around satisfying learning objectives and course outcomes. With this book, you'll have excellent support and step-by-step guidance for putting together courses that incorporate your choice of the many features that Moodle offers. You will also find the best way to create effective assessments, and how to create them for now and in the future. The book will also introduce you to many modules, which you can use to make your course unique and create an environment where your students will get maximum benefit. In addition, you will learn how you can save time and reuse your best ideas by taking advantage of Moodle's unique features.
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Moodle 1.9 Teaching Techniques
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
Preface
Index

Chapter 11. Portfolio/Gallery Solution

As you were putting together your workshop solution, you probably noticed that it has the perfect structure for showcasing and evaluating projects and other capstone-type student activities. Not only does it allow students to post and share their work, and to comment in an ongoing way, it also allows them to modify their displayed work and even to put together joint projects.

Now you can build a workshop, but instead of simply using it as a place to collaborate, you're using it as a place to display and showcase a body of work. How? The answer is really quite simple. It's in the palm of your hands.

Keep in mind that the biggest hurdle has already been overcome. You've already learned how to put together workshops, and you know how to implement strategies for encouraging students to contribute their work and ideas. Keep in mind that the workshop format is ideal for encouraging students to pursue their own interests and to choose topics that are relevant...