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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
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Preface

Understanding your students, their technologies and their access


As you design your course, be sure to keep in mind the "real-world" realities of your students. What are their goals and interests? If you know that they are interested in ancient Greece, then you'll need to be sure to give them chances to have access to materials that help them achieve learning goals.

Also, keep in mind the kinds of access your students are likely to have. If they are not in the same time zone, be sure to build in asynchronous elements for the synchronous activities. For example, be sure to save and archive relevant Chat transcripts. If you use BigBlueButtonBN for web conferences or webinars, be sure to share and/or archive them so that students who are not able to participate live can go back and view them.

Tailoring your courses to meet the needs, interests, and technical realities of your students will help them feel comfortable and confident.