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Moodle 3.x Teaching Techniques - Third Edition

By : Susan Smith Nash
Book Image

Moodle 3.x Teaching Techniques - Third Edition

By: Susan Smith Nash

Overview of this book

Moodle, the world's most popular, free open-source Learning Management System (LMS) has released several new features and enhancements in its latest 3.0 release. More and more colleges, universities, and training providers are using Moodle, which has helped revolutionize e-learning with its flexible, reusable platform and components. This book brings together step-by-step, easy-to-follow instructions to leverage the full power of Moodle 3 to build highly interactive and engaging courses that run on a wide range of platforms including mobile and cloud. Beginning with developing an effective online course, you will write learning outcomes that align with Bloom's taxonomy and list the kinds of instructional materials that will work given one's goal. You will gradually move on to setting up different types of forums for discussions and incorporating multi-media from cloud-base sources. You will then focus on developing effective timed tests, self-scoring quizzes while organizing the content, building different lessons, and incorporating assessments. Lastly, you will dive into more advanced topics such as creating interactive templates for a full course by focussing on creating each element and create workshops and portfolios which encourage engagement and collaboration
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Moodle 3.x Teaching Techniques Third Edition
Credits
About the Author
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Preface

Student-created extended definitions


You can use a glossary as a collaborative activity. In this case, it is similar to a wiki, but you can impose stricter guidelines and add very specific instructions.

For example, in the case of a definition of EcoTourism, students can contribute their own experiences and also add links to blog posts that illustrate their experiences. The student can first add the official definition and then an example in a very succinct manner. Continuing with EcoTourism:

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EcoTourism- Ecologically sustainable approach to tourism that targets places that are unique because of their ecology. The touristic experience focuses on active participation and has a goal of building cultural understanding, appreciation, and conservation.

Here is an example of protecting endangered sea turtle hatchlings in the Pacific coast town, Lo de Marcos, in Nayarit, Mexico. Here is a blog post I wrote about the experience (http://fringejournal.blogspot.in/2015/12/tortuga-twilight.html ):

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