Moodle Good Practice

Originally posted on Wikispaces at http://moodlegoodpractice.wikispaces.com/ in 2011 but migrating here due to Wikispaces' sad but inevitable impending closure. Many links may no longer work. This is more for the historical record.

SOME EXAMPLES (and they were hard to find, or extract from people!)

1. Open Learn – the Open University http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/
Lots of unfacilitated open courses to browse. Check out their excellent list of Learning Tools.

2. On Moodle’s own demo site at http://demo.moodle.org/ there are just two courses offered (use logins provided at site):
i) a Moodle Features demo
ii) Film Studies Module

A more recent demo site from Moodle is at http://school.demo.moodle.net/

3. On the Moodle commons I found this good example on Digital Photography
http://moodlecommons.org/course/view.php?id=5
4. There are some showcase geography Moodle courses on Wycombe High School moodle here I came across the other day:
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http://whs.moodledo.co.uk/course/category.php?id=106

5. Two great examples from Wallace Web Design: (thank you Richard)

i) Career Awareness
ii) Using Quizzes and Assessments in Moodle

More examples from Wallace Web Design at http://moodle.wwdad.net/moodle/

6. Online Facilitation course & others on OER site in NZ
Online Facilitation course by Joyce Seitzinger (little old now, we've made improvements since, but still)
Instructional Design for Blended Learning course by Sue Dark & Anouk Janssens
7. UVCMS Online demo courses : http://test.uvcms.com/mhr/

8. A selection of Moodle sites on a slideshow from Miguel Guhlin. (Links on the sites shown in the slides are clickable.) Useful to see the various ways teachers have exploited the basic Moodle interface. Download Moodle courses you can restore from backup here . Also, a wealth of Moodle related resources, including videos online at http://mguhlin.net/moodle

9. Linux for Education - this site has a bunch of courses, no authentication/login/registration is necessary.

10. A Moodle for a primary class - Second grade in Tampa, Florida. Our wireless has been bad for weeks, so I don't add as much content as I should. Week 6 is a good example of what the Moodle looks like during a week of full connectivity.

User name: pbguest
Password: guestpb

11. Leeds City College - check guest courses

That’s all I’ve been able to find so far that I think are worth showing. There have to be hundreds more. PLEASE ADD THEM.

( Very few did. - Ed) 

What is a blog?

Originally posted on Wikispaces at http://blogsineducation.wikispaces.com/ in 2007 but migrating here due to Wikispaces' sad but inevitable impending closure.

What is a blog?


A blog is an abbreviation of ‘weblog’. It is a web based journal or diary where entries are posted and arranged chronologically. They are typically free, and are found all over the Internet. The most common free blog hosting services is Blogger, but many educators are using Wordpress (http://wordpress.com/) or Edublogs (http://edublogs.org/) for educational blogs. These days many LMSs now have blog tools built in to them.


Why would I use a blog for my students?

• To have all their work in one place (writing, images, video, etc)
• So students have a portable ongoing record of their work (like an e-resume, or eportfolio)
• So students can read and comment on each others’ work
• Perhaps make student work available to a wider audience beyond the institution or college
• To improve student writing skills
• To encourage and promote digital literacy
• To use as a reflective journal for students who may be off campus
• For a teacher to write regular reflections, summaries, etc about the class
• A way to give students ownership of a personal space - a web site that encourages active engagement by the students and teacher

Some Examples of the use of Blogs in Education

• Bakery: http://www.thebakerscrust.blogspot.com/ (seems to have grown crusty) (Hunter TAFE, NSW))
• English as a Second Language: http://ourclass08.blogspot.com/ (Sydney Institute of TAFE)
• Business English course, Argentina: www.busyenglish.blogspot.com
• Professional Development - Designing for Flexible Learning Practice: Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Learning and Teaching, Otago Polytechnic in Dunedin, NZ. http://flexible-learning-course.blogspot.com/
• TAFE SA staff: for info on using blogs in IVEC and Cert 3 Womens Studies contact Karen Middleton

Resources:

• Why Should Students Blog? - http://classroomblogging.wikispaces.com/
• WIKIS AND BLOGS - Tools for learning: http://margoconnell.wikispaces.com/wikisandblogs=