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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

Summary


In this chapter, we discussed how Moodle's glossary function can be useful in developing learning activities that help achieve course outcomes, particularly those that require students to identify terms, discuss them, and apply their own experiences and ideas to solve problems or provide an analysis.

This chapter encouraged you to think beyond using the glossary just for vocabulary and, to use it to help students master key concepts. Keep in mind that many different pieces of information can be made into a glossary. It can be a collection of brief material such as descriptions, concepts, definitions, illustrative examples, quotes, tips, short stories, rules, policies, examples, frequently asked questions, diagrams, and even brief "how to" instructions. If you're going to create a web page with a list of items, ask yourself whether you could use a glossary instead.

The big advantage a glossary holds over a simple web page is its constant presence in the sidebar. With Random Glossary...