MoodleWhat Is It? How Does It Work?

Workshop Agenda & Moodle OverviewChris WoodSpring 2010

Workshop Agenda• Thanks for coming down during your prep!• What is Moodle? (5 min)• Benefits of Moodle? (5 min)• Go Over Example of Moodle in Class (5 min)• Available Moodle Resources for Teachers (5 min)• Individual Moodle Work Time (Remaining 30

min of Prep)• Questions?

What is Moodle?

Source: (Thibault, 2007)

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What is Moodle?

• Moodle is an online Learning Management System (LMS) which allows teachers to create anything from an online quiz to an entire online course. (Clark - Pleasant Community School Corporation, 2009)

Benefits of Moodle

• Promotes a social constructionist pedagogy including collaboration activities, critical reflection, etc.

• Ideal resource to incorporate 21st Century skills into educational process.

• Suitable for 100% online classes as well as supplementing face to face learning.‐ ‐

• Simple, lightweight, efficient, compatible, low tech ‐browser interface.

• Source: (Horn, 2009)

Benefits of Moodle (cont.)

• Helps teachers save time and cut down on paperwork.

• Quizzes are graded automatically which allows for feedback to students at half the time.

• But more than that, it lets students learn together and independently at the same time.

• Source: (Smart Communications, Inc., 2009)

Moodle’s Versatility

Blocks Resources Activities

AdministrationCalendarHTMLLatest NewsMessagesPeopleRandom Glossary EntryRemote RSS Feed

Insert a label

Compose a web page

Link to a file or web site

AssignmentsChatChoiceDatabaseForumHot Potatoes QuizGlossaryLessonQuizWiki

Source: (Horn, 2009)

Moodle allows teachers many different ways to incorporate online learning into the classroom. Below is a breakdown of the different components that Moodle provides educators.

An Example of Moodle

• Log in to Moodle• Username: guest123• Password: guest• Select AP US History (C. Wood)

Available Moodle Resources

• Moodle Help Desk Web Site (C. Wood)–Includes:•Moodle How To Handouts• Variety of Video Clips To Help w/ Certain

Moodle Issues

Individual Work Time

• Please use the remainder of the time, to explore and begin thinking about how you could begin to integrate Moodle into your own classroom.

Questions???

• As you are working on your own today, please let me know if you have any questions.

• In addition, please feel free to contact me at anytime:– Chris.Wood@cpcsc.k12.in.us– 317-535-7562 (WCHS) Ext. 7112

Presentation Resources• Bibliography

– Clark - Pleasant Community School Corporation. (2009, July). Moodle 101: What is Moodle? How to Use Moodle? Whiteland, IN, United States.

– Geisbush, S., & Reich, J. (2009). TCEA Workshop Handouts (Document 90457). Retrieved March 25, 2010, from TCEA.org: http://www.tcea.org/convention/2009/Attendees/Pages/WorkshopHandouts.aspx

– Horn, K. (2009). TCEA Workshop Handouts (Document 90289). Retrieved March 26, 2010, from TCEA.org: http://www.tcea.org/convention/2009/Attendees/Pages/WorkshopHandouts.aspx

– Smart Communications, Inc. (2009, July 27). Smart Schools: SmartTools - Maximizing the Benefits of Moodle. Retrieved March 26, 2010, from Smart.com: http://smart.com.ph/SmartSchools/SmartTools/BenefitsMoodle.htm

– Thibault, J. (2007, September 17). YouTube - What is Moodle? Retrieved March 26, 2010, from YouTube.com: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXBdNdPUwKA