Using Choice: Difference between revisions
Tomaz Lasic (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
Helen Foster (talk | contribs) (Educational Benefits of Using Choice and See also moved from Choice module, improve template) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Improve}} | |||
{{Choice}} | {{Choice}} | ||
You will see the choice name and description as well as the options you can vote for. Clicking Save my choice saves the answer you have chosen. You can also 'View x responses' (where 'x' is the number of responses given to the choice). | |||
[[image:Choice_7b.gif]] | |||
==Educational Benefits of using Choice== | |||
Pedagogically, the choice activity can be used to provide an opportunity to share starting points through which learners are encouraged to think about and articulate existing knowledge and understandings of a topic. For example, you can ask students to make ‘choices’ about a statement such as “in learning to become a teacher, the most significant issue for me is” (giving the following choices): trust, theoretical underpinnings, communication or delivering materials to students. | |||
This has two benefits: firstly, it forces participants to engage with their choice and think, in advance of a further related activity (you might wish to follow up such a choice activity with a forum discussion or a reflective activity like the online text assignment), about the context and consequences of this choice. Secondly, it allows tutors and students to gain a better understanding of existing views/understandings/knowledge related to the question, idea or concept at hand in the Choice activity. | |||
The choice activity in Moodle only allows a participant to select one choice from a variety of options (that you provide), but you may set the activity so that participants can change their choices. You can also set the activity so that it ‘closes’ or ‘locks down’ on a specific date, making all choices final from that point on. This allows participants to change their minds several times before a final date. | |||
== See also == | |||
[[ | * [[Using Moodle book]] Chapter 14: Surveys and Choices | ||
[[ | * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shkelQDKbtM Choice module video] | ||
* [[Choice block]] - a 3rd party block | |||
Using Moodle forum discussions: | |||
* [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=43536 Have Your Students "Sign" an Agreement] | |||
* [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=145882 Creative Uses?] | |||
[[fr:Afficher un sondage]] | [[fr:Afficher un sondage]] | ||
Revision as of 14:27, 23 September 2011
This page really needs improving. Please see the page comments for suggestions of what to include, then remove this template when you're done.
You will see the choice name and description as well as the options you can vote for. Clicking Save my choice saves the answer you have chosen. You can also 'View x responses' (where 'x' is the number of responses given to the choice).
Educational Benefits of using Choice
Pedagogically, the choice activity can be used to provide an opportunity to share starting points through which learners are encouraged to think about and articulate existing knowledge and understandings of a topic. For example, you can ask students to make ‘choices’ about a statement such as “in learning to become a teacher, the most significant issue for me is” (giving the following choices): trust, theoretical underpinnings, communication or delivering materials to students.
This has two benefits: firstly, it forces participants to engage with their choice and think, in advance of a further related activity (you might wish to follow up such a choice activity with a forum discussion or a reflective activity like the online text assignment), about the context and consequences of this choice. Secondly, it allows tutors and students to gain a better understanding of existing views/understandings/knowledge related to the question, idea or concept at hand in the Choice activity.
The choice activity in Moodle only allows a participant to select one choice from a variety of options (that you provide), but you may set the activity so that participants can change their choices. You can also set the activity so that it ‘closes’ or ‘locks down’ on a specific date, making all choices final from that point on. This allows participants to change their minds several times before a final date.
See also
- Using Moodle book Chapter 14: Surveys and Choices
- Choice module video
- Choice block - a 3rd party block
Using Moodle forum discussions:
