USING MOODLE FORE-LEARNING
Janet Murphy
Anita Drossis
Extend the learning beyond yourclassroom walls
Moodle can be used to:
provide classroom resources: websites, videos, classnotes...
post due dates and test dates in the calendar
provide online collaborative spaces
discuss course related issues as a class or in groups
submit assignments (including Turnitin assignments)
create Wiki’s for projects
formative assessment and feedback for students
and to....
Engage Students
Improve Student Learning
Engage Students: Improve Learning
Engaging students can be done by:
providing a “one stop shopping” approach forresources
demonstrating effective use of technology forlearning
creating collaborative on-line spaces for students
differentiating for students’ different learning styles
improving students’ digital literacy skills
providing ongoing formative assessment
“One Stop Shopping”: Resources
Grade 11 Physics
Effective Use: On-line project
Grade 9 Science
On-line Collaboration: Wikis
Students work in groups to post lab results
On-line Collaboration: Forums
Groups post information about energy resources tomake an opinion about energy production in Ontario
On-line Collaboration: Forums
Students post their information
Different Learning Styles: Videos
Different Learning Styles: Applets
Smart Board Lessons keep the interactive part
Link to applet in SB lesson remains
Different learning styles: Forums
Grade 9 science with Gizmos
OSAPC: 7-12 Math & Science
Digital Literacy Skills: in Math
Digital Literacy Skills: in Math
Students’ postings:
Digital Literacy Skills: Glossary
Glossaries in Science and Math
Formative Assessment: Draft of Project
Grade 12 Physics Project
Formative Assessment: Making Connections
Grade 11 Physics – discussion forum
Formative Assessment: Making Connections
My feedback to students:
Formative Assessment: Practice Quizzes
Grade 9 Math – practice quiz with Hot Potato Quiz
Formative Assessment: Practice Quizzes
Hot Potatoes
http://hotpot.uvic.ca/index.php