is your moodle course out of date
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Is Your Moodle Course Out of Date?
Is Your Moodle Course Out of Date?
Yong Liu
Is Your Moodle Course Out of Date?
Contents
• Teaching & learning in 2015
• Challenge of the current courses
• Moodle philosophy
• Conclusion
Is Your Moodle Course Out of Date?
Teaching & learning in 2015 (Laskaris 2014) (Spencer 2015)
• Big user data to process – Large number of users to process
o Needs tools to:
Analyze learning process
Track learner and group patterns
Personalized courses
Analyze feedback
Is Your Moodle Course Out of Date?
Teaching & learning in 2015
• Gamification
o “Game-like work would be more productive”
o “Online competitions fun”
Is Your Moodle Course Out of Date?
Teaching & learning in 2015
• Personalized Learning
o Instruction pace – more individualized
o Learning approach – differentiated instructions
o Users to choose learning path
o Content presentation type – text, audio, video
o Student interests and experiences
Is Your Moodle Course Out of Date?
Teaching & learning in 2015
• Mobile Learning
o Easy access – anywhere, anytime
o Contextual learning
o Digestible content – smaller screens, smaller chunks
Is Your Moodle Course Out of Date?
Teaching & learning in 2015
• ROI – Return-on-Investment
o Costs – Personnel, technology, content, other
o Benefits – Less travels, less trainers, less training logistics
Is Your Moodle Course Out of Date?
Teaching & learning in 2015
• APIs – Application Programming Interface (SCORM, Tin Can)
o Portable course contents
o Communication – Students, instructors, course notices,
feedback, Registrations, plug-ins
Is Your Moodle Course Out of Date?
Teaching & learning in 2015
• MOOCs
o Initially used by top universities
o Getting popular among companies and organizations Employee training
Social Responsibility
-- Share knowledge with community,
-- Promote brand
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Challenge of the current courses
• Course data analysis – learning process, learner and group
patterns, Personalization, feedback
• Attractive and competitive
• Personalization - Learning approach, pace, path, content…
Is Your Moodle Course Out of Date?
Challenge of the current courses
• Mobile learning support – QR codes, GPS, augmented
reality
• Efficient and effective
• Portable (exchangeable) and communication
supported
Is Your Moodle Course Out of Date?
Moodle philosophy (Dougiamas 2006) (Rush 2007)
• Constructivism
People learn best when (Rice 2008)
o Interact with the learning material,
o Construct new material for others,
o Interact with other students about the material
Is Your Moodle Course Out of Date?
Moodle philosophy
• How
o “Teaching by asking” or guided discovery – Let students
construct (Petty 2009).
o Requiring students to express their understanding to
each other or to the teacher
Is Your Moodle Course Out of Date?
Moodle philosophy
• Howo Group work requiring students to discuss the material --
constructs are made and peer checking and teaching takes place.
Is Your Moodle Course Out of Date?
Moodle philosophy
• Behaviourism – rewards and motivation
o Learners require some reward for learning –
reinforcement (Petty 2009)
o Reinforcement as soon as possible.
Is Your Moodle Course Out of Date?
Moodle philosophy
• Behaviourism – rewards and motivation
o Divide long tasks into a number of shorter tasks – Courses => modules
Never successful => give up.
Stress key points at the beginning and at the end
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Conclusion
• Implement constructivism and behaviorism
throughout your Moodle course
• Fully use Moodle activities/interactions
• Divide course into short modules
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Conclusion
• Give feedback/rewards ASAP
• Use Moodle tools to analyze student data
• Use graphics, images, audios, videos
Is Your Moodle Course Out of Date?
Questions
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Is Your Moodle Course Out of Date?
ReferencesAlessi, S. M., & Trollip, S. R. (2001) Multimedia for Learning: Methods and Development (3rd ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon, Inc.
Bloom, B. S. (1976). Human characteristics and school learning. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Dougiamas, M. (2006, 24 March 2011). "Pedagogy." Moodle Docs. Retrieved May 15, 2011, from http://docs.moodle.org/en/Pedagogy
Laskaris John ， eLearning Trends to Follow in 2015 ， eLearning Industry, URL: http://elearninginfographics.com/top-10-elearning-trends-2015-infographic/ ， Nov2014, Accessed on 20 June, 2015
Petty, G. (2009). Teaching today: A practical guide. 4th Edition, Nelson Thornes.
Rice, W. (2008). Moodle 1.9 E-Learning Course Development: A Complete Guide to Successful Learning Using Moodle 1.9.
Rush, M. H. D. (2007). Open Source VLEs (MOODLE) and student engagement in a blended learning environment. 2nd International Conference on e-Learning. D. D. Remenyi. Columbia University, New York, USA: 213.
Spencer Ruby, Top 10 eLearning Trends For 2015, eLearning Industry, URL: http://elearningindustry.com/top-10-elearning-trends-2015, Jun 2015, Accessed on 20 June, 2015