BECOMING A MOODLE WIZARD

Michelle Moore

@michelledmoore

Annie Sheffield

@sheffield_annie

The Vision for Moodle Moodle is not meant to be a place where teachers just give you the information.

Moodle is meant to be a place where the students are creating the information and working together. Martin Dougiamas Moodle founder Spain MoodleMoot 2013 http://mootes.mediacore.tv/media/martin-kids

Typical Teacher Progression • Resources and SCORM • Passive forums • Quizzes and Assignments • Wiki, Glossary, and Database • Facilitate forums • Activity sequences • External activities • Survey and reflection • Peer review • Sharing in the community

The Problem

95% of all LMS activity revolves around document management and instructor communication.

Charles Severance & Stephanie D. Teasley

http://misc.si.umich.edu/media/papers/p758-severance.pdf

Is Training the Answer?

What If There Was a Wizard!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/trainman/284128903

Like “Clippy”

But not . . .

More Like LinkedIn

Examples Collection of

Files?

Recommend a Folder

Try a Book

Multiple Assignments?

Consider a Forum instead

Check out the

Workshop

Try a Marking Guide

Quizzes

Explore the Question

Creator Role

Learn more about the statistics

Import questions in

a flash!

Project Idea • Not a wizard, but a “prototype” • Adaptive, personalized content • Progress bars and checklists • Badges and certificates • Leverage Moodle community resources

Course Overview

• Topic: Moodle course development • Audience: Moodlers • Purpose: Build better courses

https://www.flickr.com/photos/grrrl/211330471

Course Goal Assist those developing courses in Moodle in moving beyond Moodle’s ‘entry-level’ content delivery tools by encouraging the exploration, selection, and implementation of Moodle’s more advanced, interactive, constructionist capabilities.

Learning Objectives Learners will: • Create a course in Moodle. • Participate in a community of practice. • Assess and reflect on Moodle skills.

Course Design • Theory: Situated learning • Platform: Moodle • Schedule: Six weeks semi-self-paced • Technology:

• Moodle lessons • Embedded YouTube videos • Images and screen captures • Links to Moodle community resources • Synchronous meetings

Course Design

1. Introductory Information

2. Defining Your Course

3. Adding Content 4. Communication 5. Assessment 6. Collaboration 7. Forum Facilitation

8. Adaptive Instruction 9. Surveying Learners 10. Peer Evaluation 11. Power to the Learner 12. Course Management 13. Support and

Resources

Instructional Materials • “Choose your own adventure”

• Adaptive, personalized content • “Chunked” to meet various needs • Interconnected content

• Tracking, Navigation, and Usability • Course map • Lesson menus • Embedded prompts • Progress bars • Completion tracking

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Activities • Project

• Develop a course in Moodle • Interaction and Collaboration

• Discussion forums • Learner-generated FAQ • Messaging

• Assessment • Checkpoint quizzes • Evaluation of project course • Completion tracking

Learner Support • Content scaffolding • Discussion forums • Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) • Synchronous meetings

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Next Steps • Becoming a Moodle Wizard Course

• Complete development • Test it out • Release it to the wild

• The Moodle “wizard” • Define the design • Map the interactions • Work with developers to implement

Questions?

Contact Details • Blog

• http://learningbysharing.com • Intro to Online Teaching Course

• http://learningbysharing.com/teachingonline

• Michelle Moore • michelle@elearningconsultancy.com • http://slideshare.net/michelledmoore • Twitter: @michelledmoore

• Annie Sheffield

• anneliesesheffield@my.unt.edu • http://www.slideshare.net/AnnieSheffield/ • Twitter: @sheffield_annie

Resources and References • Situated Learning:

• http://www.learning-theories.com/situated-learning-theory-lave.html

• Communities of Practice: • http://wenger-trayner.com/theory/

• Icons: • Education by Freepick via Flaticon.com (CC attribute)