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Moodle 1.9 Teaching Techniques.

Creative ways to build powerful and effective online courses.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Nash, Susan Smith
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Birmingham : Packt Pub., 2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Moodle 1.9 Teaching Techniques; Moodle 1.9 Teaching Techniques; Credits; About the Authors; About the Reviewer; Preface; What makes this book different than a typical software tutorial; How Moodle can help me in ubiquitous learning; What this book covers; What you need for this book; Who is this book for; Conventions; Reader feedback; Customer support; Errata; Piracy; Questions; 1. Developing an Effective Online Course; The Moodle advantage; What will we accomplish with this book; Some Moodle requisites; Standard modules; Instructional principles and activities.
  • How does learning take place in an online course?How people learn; Categories, classifications, schemata; Social learning; Emulatory learning; Communities of practice; Social practice; Experiential learning; Conditions of learning; Behaviorism; Course-building components in Moodle; Resources; Book; Link to a file or website; Activities; Assignment; Choice; Database; Forum; Glossary; Quizzes; Journal; Lessons; Wiki; Course Timetable; Instructional principles and activities mapped to Moodle features; Summary; 2. Instructional Material; Selecting and organizing the material.
  • Using forums to present your materialCreating a separate group for each student; Enrolling students; Creating a group for each student; Guiding and motivating students; Creating the learning environment; Asking permission and setting a policy; Type of forum; Single simple discussion forum; Standard forum; Keeping discussions on track; Use a custom scale to rate relevance; Split discussions; Will splitting change the meaning; Will splitting move replies you want to keep in place; Monitoring student participation in a forum; Who has posted to a forum; What postings has a student made; Summary.
  • 3. Collaborative ActivitiesInteraction involves collaboration; Uses of chat; Test preparation and online study groups; Creating study groups; Groups carried over to other activities; Key settings for study groups in chat; Assigning review topics; Kinds of questions; Reviewing papers and other assignments; Creating a one-on-one chat; Workaround 1: Using groups; Workaround 2: Hiding the chat; Guest speakers; Including chats from previous classes; Copying a transcript; Foreign language practice; Preparation for foreign language chat; Compiling and reviewing chat transcripts.
  • Copying chat transcriptsAssigning a chat transcript as an editing exercise; Tips for a successful chat; Basic chat etiquette; Prepare for a definite starting and ending time; Limit the number of participants; Prepare a greeting for latecomers; Focus; Insert HTML; Summary; 4. Assessment; Keys to successful assessment; Taking the fear out of assessment; Assessment with quizzes and distributed practice; Advantages and limitations of distributed practice; Opening and closing quizzes at predetermined times; Indicating that a quiz is closed; Use quizzes for frequent self-assessment.