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Using Moodlereader to Monitor and extensive reading programme at Sultan Qaboos University for the foundation programme.
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http:bit.ly//moodlereadermajlis
A Moodlereader based Extensive Reading Programme in SQU
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Agenda
I. Extensive Reading BackgroundII. MoodlereaderIII. Project ImplementationIV. Developments & IssuesV. The Next StepsVI. Q&A – Participants and All Presenters
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Extensive Reading…
is reading a lot of easy and enjoyable books.
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Intensive Reading Extensive ReadingCan be challenging Should be easy Slow FastAim is to teach specific strategies and skills
Aim is to build confidence and enjoyment
Material usually selected by curriculum/teacher
Choice of material to appeal to personal interests
Test focused Pleasure focused
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Easy!Comprehensible inputKrashen
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Reading fluency level Day
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The need for reading speed
Read slowly
Don’t enjoy
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Don’tread much
Don’t understan
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Read faster
Enjoy reading
Readmore
Understandmore
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Learners that engage in Extensive Reading….
improve reading rate
become more fluent readers
become better readers (and better readers are usually betters writers and betters spellers)
make gains in motivation and attitude toward reading and make gains in overall L2 proficiency
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The Past……..
• In class quiz• Book report• Book review• In-class discussion• Book “show and tell”
• Time consuming for students• Time consuming for teachers
• Sometimes demotivating for students
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The Present• Moodlereader
Moodle websites to support Extensive Reading: • moodlereader.org (M1.9)• moodlereader.com (M2,3)• local independent site
• MReadersimplified site for schools and small institutions, not using Moodle user management tools.
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The Choices
Whether to run a local site or use the Moodlereader server?
Would prefer to manage our own, but not allowed to run an internet access moodle site from within the University for security reasons
Choice between Moodle 1.9x and Moodle 2.x?
Originally chose M1.9 but volunteered to use upgraded M2.x site as quiz service is better optimized and quicker and we would be one of only a few institutions using the website so likely to have more bandwidth available
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The Site
• Free• Uses Open Source software (currently Moodle 2.3.1)• Has additional blocks and plugins to manage database
of book titles and levels and the quizzes.• Standard Moodle login and student management
tools, plus teachers’ ability to upload students into groups from the course page not just from the admin interface.
• Quizzes for c. 2,000 books from Beginners to Advanced
• Run by English teachers for English teachers• A community to which you can contribute
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Student’s Main Page
Search by title words
Search by publisher
Covers of books read successfully
List of quizzes taken
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Choosing a Graded Reader
Important information
1. Books are organized by TYPE and then MOODLE READER LEVEL 2. TYPE tells what kind of book: Action/Adventure (A) Horror (H) Human Interest (HI) Romance (R), Mystery (M) Short Stories (S) People/Places/Things/Ideas (P)
3. MOODLE READER LEVEL is NOT the same as the LC course level. The table below suggests the MOODLE READER LEVEL that will probably be comfortable for you in your course.
Your LC Course
Moodle Reader Level
120 Level 1 Level 2
230 Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
340 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4
450 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5
560/603 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6 Level 7
MOODLE READER LEVEL
TYPE
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The Books - 1
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The Books - 2
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The Books - 3
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The Quizzes
• Quizzes for over 2,000 books• Easy quizzes which can be done “open book”• Timed – usually 15 mins., some shorter• Usually 10 questions (4 types)• Adjustable success criterion (Ours is 60%)• Once only, repeats only in special circumstances
• Fairly standard format• Some MCQs• Some T/F• Some list choice, who said what to whom?• One - order the events
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Sample Questions 1
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Sample Questions 2
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Reports• Organised for your class
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Moodlereader At SQU• Attempted introduction prior to 2009• Introduced Spring 2011: Pilot Project• Change in Library Management and Policies• Incorporated in LC Curriculum Fall 2011• 4,130 users in 2011-13• 2,968 active users in all of 2012-3• 2,680 active users in Fall Semester 2013• 636 books where quiz taken and passed at least once
Winner: Dirty Money812: 94% passes
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Issues 1
• Quiz Quality Uneven• Significant quality control in progress
• Quizzes done where books not read?• Posssibly some cheat sheets circulating
• Direct Cheating• Some control with cheat feature (similar time / same quiz)
• Moodlereader hiccups at busy times• Control student timing – avoid need for rush periods
Popular but hard: David Beckham347: 82% passes
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Issues 2
• Password Control• Password emails blocked by
security systems outside Oman
• Setting the passmark• What level should it be?
• How many books• Was 4 (too few) per semester, now 8, enough?
• Dealing with late arrivals• Students miss briefing, some teachers don’t compensate
Impossible: The Cay99: 0% passes
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How about an extensive reading program in your school or college?
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The End
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Thanks to all the colleagues who
helped implement the system
and still help maintaining and
improving it.
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