Teaching with Moodle – Theories & Practice 

Presented by:Diethild Starkmeth


Friday, August 17 2012| 12:00 PM (EST)

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About the Class

Teachers are people who are constantly exposed to new challenges. They are people who are skilled in delivering curricula, motivating learners, and successfully guiding them through the learning process. Above all, teachers are education practitioners with a wide range of experience. Therefore, they tend to explore new challenges from the point of view of explorers, confiding in empirical information. Many teachers think that theory should be left to theoreticians. We learn to think of theories as “removed from reality”, “useless for specific practical issues”, and “belonging to the realm of research”. At university, theories are often presented as ideas someone had and wrote a book about it.

What if theories were more than just ideas published in scholarly articles?

This interactive presentation explores two theories, instructional design theory and sociocultural theory, in the context of teaching and learning with the asynchronous learning management system Moodle. The two theories will be outlined, and the participants will explore how theories can contribute to the understanding of course designers, teachers, and learners of the teaching and learning process in Moodle courses.

Language of instruction: English

Keywords: mmvc12, moodle, it4all

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CataDumitriu
By: CataDumitriu
273 days 23 hours 48 minutes ago

Great class about teaching.

Dean Hebron
By: Dean Hebron
273 days 23 hours 47 minutes ago

Perhaps a little more integration of theory and practice would help.

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Integrating Technology for Active Lifelong Learning (IT4ALL) is a network of educators that provides free and low-cost professional development courses on how to integrate web technologies into full and blended online learning (BOL) courses and workshops using Moodle and WizIQ.

The network provides courses on Moodle for Teachers, Moodle for Administrators, Sloodle for Moodle, Academic Writing, APA style, English Grammar, Learn English Online (LEO), Teaching Online, WizIQ Live Class, WebQuests, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), ESOL, Integrating Technology into the Classroom, Blogging, Teaching Online Business, Web 2.0 tools, Math, English and other subjects.

The staff at IT4ALL are volunteers, who are passionate about instruction and learning and making a difference in the world of online education. The network was founded by Dr. Nellie Deutsch in 2006. Dr. Nellie Deutsch (a Canadian instructional designer and curriculum development leader, who has been teaching English and integrating technology into her classes, and presenting, researching, writing, and providing consultation on Moodle for teachers. WebQuests, blended learning, and e-portfolios),

The team at Integrating Technology also organise online conferences such as the annual Connecting Online (CO09-CO13) and Online Moodlemoot (MMMVC11-13).

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