A summary of the workshop by David Brooks
at Hawaii TESOL Conference
Feb.14, 2009 12:40-1:20 UCB 114 (lab).
Handout: Moodle Quickstart Guide for AUB Faculty - PDF 836 Kb
This quickstart introduces you to the Moodle resources.
Find here the PDF version
This workshop puts teachers through basic steps involved in setting up, constructing learning activities, and managing an online course using Moodle. The free Moodle hosting service, Ninehub, has several advantages over trying to do so yourself. The presenter will briefly explain what a learning management system (LMS) like Moodle offers. He provides guidelines for choosing a selecting a Moodle host, and leads you through hands-on steps to accomplish enrolling students, organizing the course content, and managing assignments.
Moodle is an increasingly popular learning management system for schools and colleges, which exceeds its expensive rivals, Blackboard and WebCT. Not only is it free Open Source software, but it is based on a social constructivist theory of education. There is a simple-to-use test-making module within it for creating powerful online tests that include use of media files, multiple question formats, and both simple and sophisticated grading functions. Further, it has several useful activity modules for enhancing communication and student-teacher feedback, such as the forum, journal, and survey.
The presenter is using Moodle to help Japanese college students learn international communication in an EFL course. The workshop will be appropriate for teachers of any experience level wanting to add online components to a course or who would like to create a fully online classroom. Since it’s free to start and develop the course, you can begin small and build up your repertoire of skills and the level of student involvement.
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