Teaching with Moodle: Tips for enhanced course design. Moodle sessions are popular at ed-tech conferences.
Live ISTE Blog – My first ISTE session was Teaching Moodle:Tips for Enhanced Course Design. My goal in attending the session was to get some ideas on how to create better quizzes, better use of blocks, and just creating a strong online experience for Moodle users. Michelle was very informative and knowledgeable about the Moodle Platform, and was well versed in good course design. Her main concept is creating courses that have a clear, consistent design, and are organized in a way in which your information is easy to find and understand. In thinking about my own course design, I still have many things to learn. The most important concept that I took away was breaking down the information. The hands-on activity was very useful for us. Link:Michelle Moore, Remote Learner John P. Cut and paste JavaScript-random quote. Mugatl: Course categories. A Moodle users group. Development Site. Fostering Student Feedback. At the end of the year, the student survey can be your best friend -- that honest and supportive friend that gives you meaningful feedback and leaves you with something to think about.
Your job is to set the stage for your friend to perform on, and then listen with an open mind. I've given surveys to every group of kids I've ever taught -- as young as second graders -- and I've found them invaluable in improving my practice. First, let's consider the purpose of the survey. Though it can be a tool for reflection, primarily, it's a way for students to give you feedback. An Opportunity to Reflect A reflection is mostly for helping the learner become aware of his or her own learning experience and communicate that to the teacher.
A survey, however, has the class, school, or teacher as its content. Here's my spiel when giving kids an end-of-year survey: "I need to know what you think about this class and my teaching this year. "I want to take you seriously. The Format of the Survey What to Ask? Avatars Teach Teens About Self-Image.
Even as the national beauty obsession grows, a new virtual world has emerged to give kids another perspective about image.
Credit: David Julian Eighth graders type furiously on the keyboards in a middle school computer lab. Their spirited online chat is all about appearances: Who looks gross? Who wants a makeover? Most teachers would ban this kind of digital discussion, but not health teacher Diane Whiting. One day in her class, five health students chatted about how they have manipulated their personal avatars -- online images that represent them -- to appear "more attractive. " Girl 1: I made myself taller and thinner. Whiting uses all the digital tools at her disposal -- from movies to instant messaging to virtual environments -- to get students thinking more critically about body image. Instead of blaming the messenger for the daily onslaught of impossibly beautiful images, Whiting uses digital media as her ally for combating stereotypes. A New Conversation Enter Teen Second Life. Home: More About Moodle. Moodle E-Learning Course Development.