Using Moodle in the Classroom www.wtvi.com/teks/moodle A workshop presented by Wesley A. Fryer Last updated Friday, November 18, 2005 LISD Moodle - Our Class Moodle - Day 1: Online Instructional Design Workshop Description The goal of this workshop is to help participants develop skills and strategies, as well as understand the "menu of options" available to online and F2F instructors using Moodle in the classroom.   Outline Evaluation and Learning Points Improve and Encouraging Right Brain Thinking Moodle Examples & Tutorials Moodle "Content Delivery Options" Moodle "Activities" Moodle "Outcomes & Assessments" Other Resources 1. Evaluation and Learning Points What were your main learning points from yesterday? Rather than starting with an online survey, let's use Moodle discussion forums to post learning points and an evaluation of yesterday's workshop. When you are done: Read learning points and evaluations posted by others, and post follow-up replies to at least 2 other people's posts Quietly share something about what you wrote with someone sitting near you. (Results will be posted here)   2. Improve and Encouraging Right Brain Thinking The presentation slides will be available online, along with alink to the podcast audio! Links: About Daniel Pink's book "A Whole New Mind: Moving from the Information Age to the Conceptual Age"   3. Moodle Examples & Tutorials Current Moodle Statistics are available. An Introduction to Moodle: Podcast interview with Moodle creator/inventor Martin Dougiamas (Photo) Check out and explore Moodle demonstration courses. Next look at the Moodle Features Demo Course. Moodle icons for editing: QuickStart Tips: To edit, click TURN EDITING ON. Use the drop down menus ADD A RESOURCE and ADD AN ACTIVITY to add content Click the yellow circle and question mark to get more info about options When clicking the up or down arrows to move an element, next click the space where you want it to go. Use the jump menu in the upper right corner to quickly navigate to course content. Use the breadcrumb links at the top of each page to navigate also. Other Tips Copy web addresses first before pasting them into new resources Use the remote RSS feed block to provide dynamic content from blogs, del.icio.us accounts, etc. Use the COLLES survey to evaluate your course content and activities   4. Moodle "Content Delivery Options" We will brainstorm in groups and then together different content delivery options that we can provide for students: In face to face (F2F) instruction In online instruction We will differentiate or categorize these brainstormed results by whether they: Are asynchronous or synchronous Require a high or lowe level of technical skill to create and share as an instructor Require students to produce/create content or merely consume it Result links will be posted here as Inspiration diagrams and podcast audio content. In your own Moodle course, create / add at least 2 new course events to the calendar (make 1 a course event, 1 a user event) a link to a graphic image you upload to Moodle a link to an external website you want students to use a HTML webpage including some formatting and at least 1 other link to a Creative Commons friendly search page 5. Moodle "Activities" We will brainstorm in groups and then together different activites that we can provide for students: In face to face (F2F) instruction In online instruction We will differentiate or categorize these brainstormed results by whether they: Are asynchronous or synchronous Require a high or lowe level of technical skill to create and share as an instructor Require students to produce/create content or merely consume it Result links will be posted here as Inspiration diagrams and podcast audio content. In your own Moodle course, create / add a discussion forum a Wiki with a main page and at least 2 child pages   6. Moodle "Outcomes & Assessments" We will brainstorm in groups and then together different outcomes and assessment options that we can provide for students: In face to face (F2F) instruction In online instruction We will differentiate or categorize these brainstormed results by whether they: Are asynchronous or synchronous Require a high or lowe level of technical skill to create and share as an instructor Require students to produce/create content or merely consume it In your own Moodle course, create / add a quiz with at least 5 different questions, using at least 3 different question types   7. Other Resources Moodle.org Moodle Documentation for Teachers and Students Using Moodle from Moodle.org (forums) Martin Dougiamas' homepage - http://dougiamas.com Tim Wilson's blog and podcast "The Saavy Technologist" - http://technosavvy.org HSU's Faculty Guide to Moodle: Fall 2005 Digital Storytelling, Visual Literacy and 21st Century Learning by David Jakes     Tools for the TEKS home | Article Archive | Technology Workshops Mailing List | Feedback | Tools and Techniques | Technology Idea Exchange Contact me using this webform. Links to my blogs are also available. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.