Moodle 3.x Teaching Techniques - Third Edition
Susan Smith Nash
- 240 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
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Moodle 3.x Teaching Techniques - Third Edition
Susan Smith Nash
About This Book
Creative ways to build powerful and effective online courses with Moodle 3.0About This Bookā¢ Unleash your teaching talents and develop exciting, dynamic coursesā¢ Put together effective online courses that motivate students from all backgrounds, generations, and learning stylesā¢ Find powerful insights into developing more successful and educational coursesWho This Book Is ForIf you want to unleash your teaching talents and develop exciting, dynamic courses that really get students moving forward, then this book is for you. Experienced Moodlers who want to upgrade to Moodle 3.0 will find powerful insights into developing more successful and educational courses.What You Will Learnā¢ Create a dynamic learning environment using different techniquesā¢ Motivate your students to collaborate and demonstrate what they are learning and to create projects togetherā¢ Develop materials you can re-use in your future coursesā¢ Create online workshops and galleries for your students to make presentations about what they have learnedā¢ Engage your students in team work that helps them connect course content with their experiences and prior learningā¢ Develop high-quality courses that will last to create a personal inventory you can use and re-useIn DetailMoodle, the world's most popular, free open-source Learning Management System (LMS) has released several new features and enhancements in its latest 3.0 release. More and more colleges, universities, and training providers are using Moodle, which has helped revolutionize e-learning with its flexible, reusable platform and components.This book brings together step-by-step, easy-to-follow instructions to leverage the full power of Moodle 3 to build highly interactive and engaging courses that run on a wide range of platforms including mobile and cloud.Beginning with developing an effective online course, you will write learning outcomes that align with Bloom's taxonomy and list the kinds of instructional materials that will work given one's goal. You will gradually move on to setting up different types of forums for discussions and incorporating multi-media from cloud-base sources. You will then focus on developing effective timed tests, self-scoring quizzes while organizing the content, building different lessons, and incorporating assessments. Lastly, you will dive into more advanced topics such as creating interactive templates for a full course by focussing on creating each element and create workshops and portfolios which encourage engagement and collaborationStyle and approachWith clear, step-by-step instructions, this book helps you develop good, solid, dynamic courses that will last by making sure that your instructional design is robust, and that they are built around satisfying learning objectives and course outcomes. Packed with plenty of screenshots and practical examples, you will get solid understanding of developing courses that are a success in the real world.
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Moodle 3.x Teaching Techniques Third Edition
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Author Susan Smith Nash | Project Coordinator Bijal Patel |
Commissioning Editor Wilson D'souza | Proofreader Safis Editing |
Acquisition Editor Larissa Pinto | Indexer Monica Ajmera Mehta |
Content Development Editor Anish Dhurat | Production Coordinator Manu Joseph |
Technical Editor Murtaza Tinwala | Cover Work Manu Joseph |
Copy Editor Charlotte Carneiro |
About the Author
I would like to thank my online students and a very special thanks and appreciation to Lic. Miguel Hermosillo and Dr. Jeff Kissinger, director of the Rollins College, Instructional Design Certificate Program.
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