The Art of Instant Moodles Bethany Smith College of Education http://www.flickr.com/photos/21897443@N06/2445622127

How is Moodle different? http://www.flickr.com/photos/47658930@N00/476481053

Flexible http://www.flickr.com/photos/12912012@N08/2596854044

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How Moodle tries to support a Social Constructionist view http://docs.moodle.org/en/Pedagogy http://www.flickr.com/photos/22339026@N00/119961396

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We learn particularly well from the act of creating or expressing something for others to see http://www.flickr.com/photos/86891211@N00/70158224

Sharing Forums provide spaces for discussion and sharing of media and documents Wikis are collaboratively-built pages useful for group work and other negotiations. Glossaries are collaboratively-built lists of definitions that can then appear throughout the course. Databases are an extension of this idea allowing participants to enter structured media of any type

Forums provide spaces for discussion and sharing of media and documents

Wikis are collaboratively-built pages useful for group work and other negotiations.

Glossaries are collaboratively-built lists of definitions that can then appear throughout the course.

Databases are an extension of this idea allowing participants to enter structured media of any type

We learn a lot by just observing the activity of our peers http://www.flickr.com/photos/8070463@N03/2525932730

Students as individuals Participants page Online Users Block Recent Activity Block

Participants page

Online Users Block

Recent Activity Block

By understanding the contexts of others, we can teach in a more transformational way (constructivism) http://www.flickr.com/photos/17983499@N00/42208498

There are many different ways to find out about people User Profile Individual Blogs Activity & log reports Survey Module

User Profile

Individual Blogs

Activity & log reports

Survey Module

A learning environment needs to be flexible and adaptable, so that it can quickly respond to the needs of the participants within it

Basic Course Resources (Documents) Passive Forum Assignments

Resources (Documents)

Passive Forum

Assignments

Taking a course to the next level http://www.flickr.com/photos/25722359@N00/2052675171

Forums Creating a Scale Best of Forum Splitting Forums

Creating a Scale

Best of Forum

Splitting Forums

Glossary Student Profiles Quiz Question Bank List of References

Student Profiles

Quiz Question Bank

List of References

Groups Choice activity Have students sign-up for group projects Separate Forums for group projects

Choice activity

Have students sign-up for group projects

Separate Forums for group projects

Bethany Smith [email_address] http://transparentlearning.blogspot.com