A Critique of the Proposed National Education Policy Reform
Workshop activity
1. Engage Participants with a Moodle
Workshop Activity
2012 Moodle Moot West Coast
Tuesday, July 31, 1 -3 pm, Oviatt Library Lab A
Presented by:
Floyd E. Saner
Learning Contexts, LLC
http://learningcontexts.com
fesaner@learningcontexts.com
2. Today’s Agenda
• Introductions
• Overview of the Moodle Workshop Activity
• Try it! You will be a student in a Workshop
• Break (somewhere in the sequence)
• Build it! Create your own Workshop
• Archive and download your Workshop
3. What is a Moodle Workshop?
It’s just another assignment type!
4. But… it has additional features
• Combined online text and file upload
• Grading rubrics can be used
• Multi-criteria assessments
• Enhanced grading feedback
• Peer and/or self assessment
• ‘Publish’ exemplary submissions
5. Why Use a Workshop?
Art
• Students post their work; peers review and
critique the work
• Analysis and critique of great works of art
• Students post instructions for creating art
(painting, drawing, ceramics) and peers
critique the instructions
6. Why Use a Workshop?
Communication
• Students video a speech and post the
video; peers critique the speech
• Students review and critique advertising
• Students review and critique campus
newspaper articles
7. Why Use a Workshop?
English Language
• Critique of essays or research papers
• Analysis and critique of literature
8. Why Use a Workshop?
Mathematics
• Critique of problem solving method or
proof
• Review the life of a prominent
mathematician
9. Why Use a Workshop?
Sciences
• Review lab procedures
• Critique lab reports
• Analyze and critique published research
10. Five Phases: Workshop Assignment
• Setup – instructor creates the assignment; not
available to students
• Submission – students submit their work; can
edit submitted work
• Assessment – instructor and/or peers assess
the submitted work
• Grading Evaluation – instructor reviews grades
• Closed – grades posted to the grade book