Teaching with Moodle

Page Objective: To organize and share resources and "good practices" so that teachers and students have a positive Moodle experience that enhances the learning process. The resources presented will focus on the pedagogical implementation of Moodle in a classroom setting (whatever that classroom may look like).

• The Good Teacher - The best place for a teacher contemplating using Moodle in their classroom to start learning as well as a great place for experienced Moodlers to remember why they began using it.

• Teaching Do's & Teaching Don'ts - Good general/pedagogical guidelines to consider when setting up a course in Moodle and introducing students to it.

• Learning Activities Overview - A list of the different activities available within Moodle, as well as what type of learning strategy they employ, suggested age level, and a link to each activity's pedagogy page.

• Case studies - This is a subset of the Moodle Stories forum. It contains a collection of innovative ways teachers are utilizing Moodle in their classroom. This is a great place for teachers who like the idea of Moodle and what it has to offer, but could benefit from ideas to start from.

• Common Teacher Questions (FAQs)

• Good Practices (K-12)

• List of example installations for teachers

• Notes from the NECC 2006 Birds-of-a-Feather Session - The focus is on using Moodle in educational settings with ideas about how to use it and hints too.

• Using Moodle How teaching is changing using Moodle forum discussion

• Educause Quarterly [1] contains good articles about Moodle and Instruction .

• Teaching Teachers on how to use moodle forum discussion with great how tos.

See also

• Moodle Exchange- a moodle.org course. Has forums with links to courses.
• Moodle for Language Teaching- a moodle.org course on teaching languages using Moodle.
• Moodle Moots! - Conferences for Moodlers, great places to exchange ideas.
• Moodle Teacher Certification - a moodle.org teacher certification program.

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