Slightly romantic view of a day in the life of a student. Part of the 'Introducing Moodle" series.

1. A day in the life of . . . . A student view. Derek Chirnside, University Centre for Teaching and Learning, University of Canterbury December 2009 – From the “Introducing Moodle” series

2. A composite story, based on true events from several different lives Slightly romanticised (very romanticised)

3. Making no value Judgments . . .

4. Things start early

5. Checking TradeMe . . .

6. And e-mail . . .

7. A message from Moodle . . .

8. A message from Moodle . . .

9. One click . . .

10. and we are in Moodle

11. A quick reply . .

12. Later . . .

13. 8.55 am, class

14. 10.00 – 12.00

16. After Lunch . . . .

17. Group work in German, teacher away. .

18. Online, each group has their own wiki

19. Easy to set up One process adds one wiki per group.

20. 2.00pm, an online assessment

21. 4.00pm, grades available to class

22. 8.40 Had a little quiz, grades available to class after marking . . .

23. 8.45pm

24. Did miss one class, but luckily . . . 

25. 8.55 – lost paper, download a copy . .

26. Maybe a chat message . . .

27. A long term project

28. With a weekly reflection in a course forum . . . .

29. 9.30pm

30. One last assignment to upload

31. And so to bed

32. That’s the student view

34. There’s a lot going on underneath the surface. Or at least we hope there is. The End