By Frankie Kam20th January 2010

Stamford College Malacca

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Learning Outcomes. At the end of this session, you will know…

1. what Moodle is

3. what Moodle can be used for

4. how to use the SCM Moodle site to-create a simple course-create a simple link to a website-create a simple forum

2. where the SCM Moodle site is, and what it looks like

OO means a collection of objects and the interactions between them

PART I

Created by teachers for teachers

In Social Constructivism…

• the learner is actively involved in a joint enterprise with the teacher of creating ("constructing") new meanings.

• The role of the teacher is to enter into a dialogue with

the learner, trying to understand the meaning to that learner of the material to be learned, and to help her or him to refine their understanding until it corresponds with that of the teacher.

• Teacher: “I will actively interact with you to help you know what I know”

Social Constructivism – learning theory that emphasizes that learning is an active social process in which individuals make meanings through the interactions with each other and with the environment they live in.

Knowledge is thus a product of humans and is socially and culturally constructed.Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism_(learning_theory)

Do you agree with the last statement?

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http://scm.moodlehub.comPART II

http://scm.moodlehub.com

An actual Forum

Posts inan actual Forum

Students collaboratingon a Wiki (shared webpage)

An actual quiz (MCQ)

Detailed Quiz results (MCQ)

Summary Quiz results

(MCQ)

Playing videos off Youtube or your

local PC (harddisk)

Playing MP3 files

With Moodle, you can

Create a course that is the online equivalent of a real-world course that youteach (with a weekly layout)

Extend the class activity beyond the standard classroom hours (via homework)and supports asynchronous learning (usefulfor part-timers and those who missed class)

Allow collaborative learning and knowledgesharing via wikis

PART III

With Moodle, you can

Create online, self-marking and passworded Quizzes (activated on a specific date/time)

Get students to upload softcopy workor assignments, where the grade can be given.

Upload documents, PYQs, past test questions for students to view or download.

Monitor students’ online activities (via activity logs)

With Moodle, you can

Have online chat with logging of chat sessions (useful only in teacher-studentsschedule chats, otherwise is a waste of time)

Have students record their thoughts andmake notes in the Moodle blogs (built-in)

Interact with students by replying to postsIn forums that you create

With Moodle, you can

Link to educational videos from Youtube.com or TeacherTube.com.

Use educational games to complement theLearning (built-in Millionaire quiz, Sudoku, Hangman, Crosswords, etc.)

Allow students to leave voice recordings (Nanogong)

With Moodle, admin staff can

Create sections (courses) that are password-protected so that only those knowthe password can access (download) files. E.g., Excel, Word, Powerpoint, etc.

Store promotional or marketing material or work files, again secured by passwords

Store training materials for future reference(e.g., all staff development powerpoint presentation files)

In Conclusion, with MoodleMoodle,

Academic staff can create a learning environment for students where self-directed learning activity can be monitored – no programming needed;

Administrative staff can create password protected areas to store work-related files or training material that can be accessed by others in a team

Does this sound like a lot of work? Yes it is. But once the initial hurdle is cleared, it becomes easier as you slowly addmore resources and activities to your Moodle course.

My advice is - start small. “Life’s a climb, but the view’s great!”

Questions?

Okay, so how do you think you can use

Moodle in your work at SCM?

You can log in using yourStamford email address

(minus the @stamford.edu.my part). Password is the same.

E.g., zuraika.abu.bakar

PART IV How to use the SCM Moodle site:http://scm.moodlehub.com

Alternatively, you cancreate your own user name, but you have to inform me so that I can set you as a course

creator

This is what main page looks like. You can see who has logged in in the past 2 hours

All SCM staff are automatically course creators. Click the Courses link to add a new course

Click here

Enter course details

Set the start and end of the course

Password protect the course with an enrolment key (password)

Click

Your course page. Notice the weekly layout?

As a course creator, you must turn editing on in order to add objects.Click the“Turn Editing on”button

Now you can add resources and activities!

Select a resource from the drop-down box

Choose “Link to a file or a website”

Type the nameof your course

Type a generaldescription

Type the web address

Click the Save button

There’s your link!

Clicking on theLink brings you to the History Channel website

You can also add an activity! Choose “Forum”

Type the name of the forum…

..then a short introductory text…

Click Save

Now that the forum is ready, add your discussion topics (also called discussion threads)

Discussion topic title

Detail instructions on what you want students to answer (post) in the forum

Click “Post to forum” to save

Topic confirmed saved

You can also add a whole list of activities!

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