Moodle has established itself as a powerful LMS, providing a plethora of functionalities dedicated to enhancing the learning experience. However, its full academic potential has not yet been fully tapped, as its focus has been mainly on course management. In an academic context, however, there is a need for integrating course management within curriculum management. Past attempts at this have been ungainly, relying on impractical core changes. With Panorama 1.0, a Moodle plugin designed as a curriculum manager, users and administrators are given an overview of all courses, competencies, certificates, programs and diplomas, be this in a private business context or an educational institution.
Moodle Moots provide a space to connect Moodlers from Canada and beyond. This is a social sharing session to see how others are using Moodle. Presenters are given up to 5 minutes to show ANYTHING in Moodle they are proud of. You are invited to participate and say: What it is you want to share? Why you did it? How it works. No PowerPoint allowed! At the end, the crowd will vote for their favorite Moodle demo, and the winner will receive a prize sponsored by Lambda Solutions.
Please note: This session time includes the break.
Hosted on FreeMoodle.org, the Beauty Course incorporates a number of design elements into a unique open-access course that unpacks the notion of "beauty." It uses the phi ratio as a vehicle
for math, science, art, health and language arts outcomes for Gr. 6-8. These design elements include: activities for multiple intelligences; multiple (i.e. non-sequential) access points (logical, creative, social/reflective…); downloable manipulatives for geometry components; scaffolding for "comprehensive" (inc. critical) thinking; and creative expression, all in the context of measurable, performance-based assessment.
Moodle is more than content delivery; it is an effective tool to build cognitive learning processes. But how do teachers use this tool to create authentic learning opportunities and encourage student metacognition to ultimately build these processes? This presentation will focus on theory and practice in an attempt to answer that question. It will discuss the research behind higher order thinking and will show examples of how to engage students in the metacognitive processes of understanding themselves as learners through the use of Moodle. Examples will be drawn from secondary Social Studies, Mathematics and Science courses.
As the use of Moodle in Canada rapidly grows, so is our desire to share courses, materials and effective practice to avoid ‘recreating the wheel’. Moodle Users in Alberta are collaborating, using a Moodle Hub, to allow teachers to provide rich resources on-line to learners. Sharing can happen at any point – it does not have to be perfect. The process of sharing and tweaking is so important - one teacher starts a project/course/resource with the time they have, then another teacher adds their time and viewpoint into it. The accumulation of efforts works to improve teacher practice and ultimately, student learning. Professional discussions in the group have evolved beyond open sharing to a learning community for online education. Come and join the discussions!
Moodle is a very powerful tool when looking to assess and track participants both online and offline. Core moodle activities and modules will be discussed to implement an assessment regime that is simple to manage, and yet powerful enough to get meaning full data out of.
Four teachers, over a hundred students, and three rural school districts join together to move from despair to hope to action. Our mission: to make the world a better place --- together. Connected through Online Dystopic Literature Circles, students in three districts examine what’s wrong with the world, vision and learn how to make a difference through online cross-curricular learning experiences, and take action in their own communities and in the world. We’ll share the process of our journey, results in student achievement and engagement, and demonstrations of student learning. And together, we’ll make the world a better place.
Mobile is the new reality in the world of online learning. With a focus on user experience (UX), Paul will share his design insights and techniques on how to leverage Moodle to better support anytime, anywhere learning on an ever-expanding range of mobile devices.
Drawing from his own experiences in creating and designing mobile blended learning materials on a variety of platforms, Paul will present his preferred mobile design approaches and field-tested techniques. Topics will include the fundamentals of mobile learning UX, the on-going evolution of the “mobile first” design viewpoint, and the increased importance of design for emotion. Paul will also explore what open source responsive HTML frameworks, such as Twitter Bootstrap, can offer to Moodle.
A visual outline of this presentation is available at http://www.mindmeister.com/233818108/moodlemoot-2013-canada-mobile-learning-ux
