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Moodle: Engaging Students Online

Moodle: Engaging Students Online. Nathalie Rudner, Thornhill Secondary School Anita Drossis, Vaughan Secondary School York Region District School Board. What is Moodle?. an ABEL tool

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Moodle: Engaging Students Online

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  1. Moodle: Engaging Students Online Nathalie Rudner, Thornhill Secondary SchoolAnita Drossis, Vaughan Secondary SchoolYork Region District School Board

  2. What is Moodle? • an ABEL tool • a course management system that allows teachers to create quality online courses customized to meet their own specific classroom needs • can be used to deliver course content and/ or to supplement course materials

  3. How can Moodle engage students? Moodle: • provides a multimedia learning experience • extends our students’ learning beyond the classroom. • creates an interactive space for students to learn • provides resources and opportunities for students to review material taught in class • allows course material to be available to students at all times

  4. What can Moodle do for your Students?

  5. Address Different Learning Styles In Moodle, you can meet the needs of different students by: • providing a variety of resources that appeal to different types of learners • providing video and sound clips explaining concepts for visual and auditory learners • providing copies of class notes for students who have difficulty with note-taking or who miss class • providing interactive activities for students who learn by doing

  6. Grade 9

  7. Grade 11

  8. Class Notes

  9. SMARTboard Lessons

  10. Sample Solutions

  11. Improve Literacy Skills Using Moodle, provides opportunities for students to improve their literacy skills by: • providing different opportunities for students to communicate (projects, question and answer, definitions) • having practice questions for students to post answers a get feedback from other students and the teacher • having students write opinion pieces on an article, website or text • providing a database to students to present research information • providing a space for a glossary of terms as students learn new material

  12. Individual Wiki

  13. Databases

  14. Building Vocabulary

  15. Improve Literacy Skills Using Moodle, provides opportunities for students to improve their digital literacy skills by: • teaching students how to interact in an online environment • providing different media for students to communicate in (chat, messaging, discussion forums, wikis) • guiding students as they collect and analyze data from internet resources (students post their projects online as they work for teachers to give continuous feedback) • providing opportunities for them to use technology they will encounter in the workforce

  16. Digital Literacy: Student Perspectives “It gave me a different view on how we learn from the computer. Before it was just research, but now it's actually asking questions and interacting with the computer more.” ~Armin, Grade 11 ~ Ambika, Grade 11

  17. Discussion Forums

  18. Discussion Forums “My favorite activity in Moodle has to be the discussion forum. I'm the kind of guy that cannot sleep when things are on my mind...so I ask questions on Moodle and they are answered….” ~ Daniel, Grade 11

  19. Using Digital Tools

  20. Provide Access to Multimedia Resources In Moodle, you can build a resource library that could include: • course outlines and handouts • access to student/ teacher power point presentations • web links for research purposes that have been approved by you • video clips/ applets to support learning from sites such as www.unitedstreaming.com • links to online tutorials that reinforce concepts

  21. Video Clips “It was fun watching posted videos as well as being able to see other people's projects. “ ~ Iana, Grade 11

  22. Create Collaborative Workspaces In Moodle, you can create collaborative workspaces called wikis to encourage students to work as a team: • to research a topic • to create presentations • to draft documents • to develop a lab procedure • to edit each others work

  23. Group Wiki

  24. Group Wiki Example 1: Approved Example 2: With comments

  25. Provide Feedback to Students In Moodle, you can create opportunities for students to obtain formative feedback through: • practice quizzes • online games • peer/ teacher editing of written work • discussion forums • assignments with in-line comments

  26. Practice Quizzes “This feature on Moodle has helped me study for many quizzes and tests. I usually do the [practice] test first and whatever I don't understand I'll study it instead of wasting my time trying to figure out what to study for.“ ~ Bradley, Grade 11

  27. Games http://education.jlab.org/elementhangman/index.html

  28. Feedback from Students

  29. Feedback from Students

  30. Feedback from Students

  31. Feedback from Students

  32. The Student Perspective “I liked how it was really easy to communicate with the teacher and my peers when I needed help or had questions.” ~Iana, Grade 11 ~ Memy, grade 11

  33. A Teacher’s Perspective Narindra Dat, Chemistry/Science Teacher

  34. Getting Started An electronic version of “Moodle Pages” will be available online. If you have any questions or comments, please contact us at: nathalie.rudner@yrdsb.edu.on.ca or anita.drossis@yrdsb.edu.on.ca Participate in the ASI Moodle at: http://moodle.abel.yorku.ca/ in the Professional Learning category.

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