This document discusses best practices for designing online courses in Moodle. It recommends starting with clear learning objectives and considering the learner's stage of learning. The key sections to include are an introduction, outline of topics related to objectives, activities and resources to engage learners, and assessments to evaluate if objectives were met. A variety of activities should be chosen to match different learning objectives and styles. The course structure and components should be tested and revised based on learner feedback.
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1. Moodle MagicMoodle Magic oror MoodleMoodle
MadnessMadness
Building MindfullyBuilding Mindfully
Mary M Rydesky
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mrydesky@akdistancelearning.net
2. Course DesignCourse Design
Start with the end in mind
What will change for learners?
How will learners engage?
How will you know it happened?
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A timeless solution&
basic:
Did you write a lesson
plan?
3. Learner Stage is KeyLearner Stage is Key
Introductory
Intermediate
Expert
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More germane than
V-A-K
Left/right brain
Generational
4. Save Time for LearnersSave Time for Learners
Provide navigation clues
Top outline section
Identify course
Checklist or syllabus
Forum (s)
Tools for use throughout
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11. What to Do?What to Do?
Refine objectives
Determine assessment of each
Consider learners stage of learning
Picks tools in support of these
Observe, test, & revise
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Keep learning!
12. ResourcesResources
Blooms http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom%
27s+and+ICT+tools
Bowman, S. Preventing Death by Lecture. (2008)
Bowperson Publishing.
Clark, RC. Evidence-Based Training Methods. (2010)
ASTD Press.
Huggett, C. Virtual Training Basics. (2010) ASTD
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Learning Styles Don't Exist http://www.youtube.
Com/watch?v=sIv9rz2NTUk&feature=related
Ward, D & Elkins, D. E-Learning Uncovered: From
Concept to Execution. (2009). Alcorn, Ward. &
Partners. Alaska Distance Learning Network
13. Contacting MeContacting Me
Mary M. Rydesky
Alaska Distance Learning
Network
mrydesky@akdistancelearning.net
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Editor's Notes
#2: Lillian Bernstein was a woman whose life was dedicate to training teachers. Lillian, by stature, made me look statuesque! She lived in Brooklyn, commuted to Manhattan, and prepared undergraduates to face NY public schools. And her impact on teaching made her as tall as the skyscrapers surrounding us.
Lillian had a vision of teaching that was effective, engaging and enjoyable for both student AND teacher. And she identified a major adversary to reaching this end. Her message has stuck with me throughout years of teaching in K-12, higher learning, and workplace environments. What do you think she held up as the roadblock?
#8: Bloom's Taxonomy in its various forms represents the process of learning. It has been simplified in some case like the Three Story Intellect (Oliver Wendell Holmes and Art Costa), but it still essentially represents how we learn.Before we can understand a concept we have to remember itBefore we can apply the concept we must understand itBefore we analyse it we must be able to apply itBefore we can evaluate its impact we must have analysed itBefore we can create we must have remembered, understood, applied, analysed, and evaluated.Some people may argue about that you do not require some of the stages for each and every task, action or process; some too may argue about the necessity to reach the creation level for all activities. This is the choice of the individual.