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Kristi ShawAssistant Professor-Marian

UniversityEducational Technology

Kristishaw.wikispaces.com/moodle

Moodle – Student Benefits

Caters for varied learning styles.

Provides opportunity for extension.

Provides opportunity for revision.

Moodle appeals to the Digital Native.

Children/young people involved in social

networking; collaboration and communication.

Gives learners a sense of ‘ownership’… their

class

Moodle, their content, their personalized space.

Offers flexibility and 24/7 access.Adapted from: www.cleo.net.uk

Provides a vehicle for embedding ICT across the

curriculum.

Reduction in workload (long term)

Responsibility is on student/parent

Features and functionality provide tools for

teaching.

Motivation

WON’T teach the class though!Adapted from: www.cleo.net.uk

Moodle – Teacher Benefits

Supports home/school links

Gateway for information and communication

Secure Environment

Adapted from: www.cleo.net.uk

Moodle – Parent Benefits

Building courses DOES take time

Think of something you already teach that could

be enriched by using Moodle

Choose one area/topic/issue to start

Don’t necessarily put everything online in the

topic: have some offline work too where appropriate

Moodle - What now?

Adapted from: www.cleo.net.uk

Deployment

Delivery of integrated distance learning

Collaborative framework for student projects

Foundation for student support

Provide a platform for summative and formative assessment

A shell for computer based learning resources

Communication between students, teachers and network contributors

Gateway to online materials

Interactivity and Collaboration

Complexity

Document repository

Chat roomsForums

Hyperlinks QuizzesLessons

Peer review tutorial

JournalsWorkshops

Scorm

Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3

From Cultural Learning Objects to Virtual Learning Environments for Cultural Heritage Education: Fabrizio Giorgini, PhD.

The Rollout Plan