MOLE - Social Tools

Simon Warwick | Learning Technologist | CiCS

The tools

• Blogs• Discussion Boards• Wikis

• Plugins• Embedded

Why social / collaborative learning?

Change the pace of learningShared responsibility for learningReflectionExperience diverse learning stylesMore individualised feedback

Blogs

Individual• Can be private• Reflective• Inform final

assessment• International

Students

Group• Diary of activity• Project progress• Community of

learning

Wikis

Multi page collaborative tool.

• Group Project• Link, reorder and

reuse content• Individual or group

marks

Discussion Boards

Assessment Q&AModule topic boards

• Set out engagement

• Reason for viewing

• Marks towards assessment

Tools to embed

PadletPoppletGoogle Docs

MOLE Tools or Plugins?

MOLE• Familiar interface• Secure

environment• Small learning

curve

Plugin• More flexible

space• Will work on

mobile devices• Transferable

Student engagement

Yes• For Assessment• Regular Updates• Module / Industry

Relevance

No• Little guidance• No updates• Seen as an add

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