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History Teaching with Moodle 2

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History Teaching with Moodle 2

Overview of this book

Moodle is an open source virtual learning environment that is coming to be used in more and more schools worldwide. History and Moodle complement each other perfectly in terms of content and delivery. This book will show you how to set up tasks and activities that will enable your students to forge a greater understanding of complex issues, bringing History into the 21st century.History Teaching with Moodle 2 presents new and exciting ideas for the delivery of History content making use of tried-and-trusted methods of teaching the subject. By following a sample course, you will find it easy to transform your existing lesson plans into a Moodle course that will become even more efficient, attractive, and useful over time. Make the past come to life using a range of tasks and activities that can consolidate learning for some, enhance understanding for others, and enthuse all. Learn how to add an RSS feed to your home page to display daily 'On this day in history' posts. Create a one-minute quiz about how the Second World War began. Post video footage of a trip to a castle and set some questions for students in anticipation of their next visit. Set up a wiki so that student groups can create their own story about 'murder at a monastery'. Moodle's built-in features allow students to get a better grasp of historical concepts and will rejuvenate their interest in the subject.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)

A dictionary style glossary


A dictionary style glossary is a useful resource that students can use to look up key terms and find answers to particular questions they may have. A glossary in Moodle can be much more than a word processed document with lots of terms in alphabetical order with explanations for each. Who is responsible for the definitive version of the glossary? Is the glossary in fact, an ever changing and dynamic tool that is being continually updated and refined by other students rather than a static document that some read and others ignore?

A random glossary adds another dimension to this because it sits on the page attracting attention to itself and thus enabling students to absorb information and fuels their need to know more about a particular topic, issue, or question. A course about the Cold War could have a random glossary of quotable quotes from the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Setting up a glossary

We are going to set up a glossary that students can use to quickly find information...