Book Image

Moodle 2.0 E-Learning Course Development

By : William Rice
Book Image

Moodle 2.0 E-Learning Course Development

By: William Rice

Overview of this book

<h2>Enhance your teaching with the Moodle 2.0 E-Learning Course Development book and eBook</h2> <p>Moodle is the leading Open Source e learning management system. Using Moodle, teachers and professors can easily construct richly textured web-based courses. A course can consist of a number of lessons, with each lesson including reading materials; activities such as quizzes, tests, surveys, and projects; and social elements that encourage interaction and group work between students.</p> <p><strong>Moodle 2.0 E-Learning Course Development</strong> shows you how to use Moodle as a tool to enhance your teaching. It will help you analyse your students' requirements, and come to an understanding of what Moodle can do for them. After that you'll see how to use every feature of Moodle to meet your course goals. Moodle is relatively easy to install and use, but the real challenge is to develop a learning process that leverages its power and maps effectively onto the content-established learning situation. This book and eBook guides you through meeting that challenge.</p> <p>The latest edition of the ultimate introduction to Moodle will show you how to add static learning material, interactive activities, and social features to your courses so that students reach their learning potential. Whether you want to support traditional class teaching or lecturing, or provide complete online and distance e learning courses, this book will prove a powerful resource throughout your use of Moodle.</p> <p>A complete guide to successful learning using Moodle, focused on course development and delivery and using the best educational practices.</p>
Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Moodle 2.0 E-Learning Course Development
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
6
Adding Interaction with Lessons and Assignments
7
Evaluating Students with Quizzes, Choices, and Feedback
8
Adding Social Activities to Your Course
Index

Moodle 2.0 E-Learning Course Development

Copyright © 2011 Packt Publishing

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews.

Every effort has been made in the preparation of this book to ensure the accuracy of the information presented. However, the information contained in this book is sold without warranty, either express or implied. Neither the author, nor Packt Publishing, and its dealers and distributors will be held liable for any damages caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by this book.

Packt Publishing has endeavored to provide trademark information about all of the companies and products mentioned in this book by the appropriate use of capitals. However, Packt Publishing cannot guarantee the accuracy of this information.

First published: August 2011

Production Reference: 1180811

Published by Packt Publishing Ltd.

Livery Place

35 Livery Street

Birmingham B3 2PB, UK.

ISBN 978-1-849515-26-9

www.packtpub.com

Cover Image by Filippo ()