56-Moodle+and+the+Online+Classroom


 * Dorothy DeGroot (ddegroot@aea8.k12.ia.us)**

**I. What is Moodle? (KNOW) ** ** ... ** // Modular object oriented dynamic learning environment // Moodle is a Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a Free web application that educators can use to create effective online learning sites. (Have you taken a course through Blackboard??)

View introductory and other learning tutorials: []

Atomic Learning ([]) Search: Moodle/Intro

**II. Why Use Moodle? (UNDERSTAND) ** // ...To Add Teaching Options... // **[|Evan Abbey's blog]​** **[|Degrees of Moodle Use in the Classroom]I** ...repository...links to websites...classroom calendar...digital assignment dropbox...classroom discussion board...enrichment...supplement...full online course

//To Integrate What We Know About Learning Into Our Teaching Practices...// **[|George Siemens and Peter Tittenberger (U of Manitoba) Handbook of Emerging Technologies for Learning]** social between networks of learners...situated within contexts or actual situations of use...**reflective** to allow learner time to assimilate new information and to share it...multi-faceted theory/engagement/"tinkering"/active construction (p. 9).

//To Evolve Our Pedagogy...and Ask Better Questions// **[|Blended Learning: where online and face-to-face instruction intersect for 21st century teaching and learning]** develop teachers' roles in facilitation...student mentoring...differentiating instruction...flexibility for learners...personalization of students' learning experiences (This article is one of a K-12 Leadership Series, Eduviews, published by Blackboard. It has an excellent list of sources in the endnotes.)

**III. How to Use Moodle (DO) ** ...//Examples// Heartland AEA11 - Moodle - Iowa Core Courses and OLLIE

Prairie Lakes Moodle Site: []

NorthWest AEA Moodle Site: [|http://moodle.nwaea.k12.ia.us]

//Moodle and Mentor Texts: Help Me, Mr. Mutt!// (School Library Journal, October, 2009). Persistant Link for this article can be found in Ebsco: [] This lesson can be used as a creative introduction to Moodle or as a lesson to teach difference between formal and informal writing/letter-writing for Grades 2-3.

**Guidelines for hour determination (Iowa Online Learning Council)** These are some guideline averages for time involved for asynchronous collaboration.

• Threaded discussion: 15 min. per 100-word per post 30 min. for reading a post & 10 responses, and writing your own responses

• Wiki collaboration: 1 hour per 1000-word collaboration page, including links

• Blogging/commenting: 30 min. per 300-word blog, including links 10 minutes to read/respond to one blog

• Other online collaboration: The instructor should try completing the project as a student to determine the time commitment that would be involved.

**IV. Additional Resources** ...//where do I go to learn more?// Moodle Teaching Techniques (William H. Rice IV), Packt Publishing, c2007. e-Learning and the Science of Instruction: proven guidelines for consumers and designers of multimedia learning, 2nd ed (Ruth Colvin Clark & Richard E. Mayer), Pfeiffer, c2008. Successful Online Learners - [|**http://www.butte.edu/departments/distance/online_student.html**]


 * V. Technology Literacy Standards from Iowa Core**
 * Creativity and Innovation
 * Communication and Collaboration
 * Research and Information Fluency
 * Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making
 * Digital Citizenship
 * Technology Operations and Concepts


 * webteachertools.com/tt - Kark Kaemingk - Unity Christian**