Εισαγωγή στο Σύστημα Διαχείρισης Μάθησης Ευθύμιος Μαυρογεωργιάδης Εκπαιδευτικός Αγγλικής Γλώσσας

ESL: Early School Leaving “Early school leavers [are] people aged 18-24 who have only lower secondary education or less and are no longer in education or training. Early school leavers are therefore those who have only achieved pre-primary, primary, lower secondary or a short upper secondary education of less than 2 years” EU Education Ministers

EU Response Strategic Level Responses Statistic Measurements ESL Monitoring European Commission Coordination Policies

EU Response Preventive Strategies Targeted Approaches Mentoring or “Buddy” Programmes Extra Tuition and/or Financial Support Teacher Training Curricular Reforms

EU Response Reintegration Strategies Guidance and Counselling Cooperation with Parents or Student Guardians Cooperation with the Local Community

Learning Management Systems “School’s LMS help students at risk of ESL to structure homework and has disciplinary effect on attendance” Teachers spend “too much time on technology development” International Business College (Kolding, Denmark)

Moodle Used by more than 65 million people on all levels of education and entrepreneurial context around the world Free and simple to use Under continual review and improvement Available in a wide variety of languages Customisable to suit your needs Flexible and expandable Backed by a strong and helpful community Extensively documented

Moodle for Teachers of English Electronic portfolio Organize your work Supervise your students Encourage group work Instigate language production Motivate your students Integrate ICT in your lesson Help weaker students – Inspire stronger students Build a repository of activities Give and receive feedback

Moodle can be… Blog Forum Wiki Chat room Calendar Online quiz centre Messaging service Lesson dispenser Homework gradebook Research tool Fun!

Why Moodle? Absolute control over your student data Guided web surfing Accommodate different learning styles Differentiated learning Virtual cooperation locally and internationally Web 2.0 technologies in your hands Access to freely available extensions Use freely available courses Share your work with your colleagues Work from anywhere

Moodle Modular Object Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment

Our experience Two years and counting… Year-round astronomy CLIL course based on Moodle Online KPG past papers Immediate feedback for Modules 1 & 3 Interactive listening comprehension Writing activities corrected and commented upon electronically Online group work Immediate and direct communication Grammar and vocabulary activities to support and expand regular lessons

Our workshop Twenty ready-made Moodle websites are waiting for you together with 182-page long visual guidebook Your role: “Teacher” on your own website “Student” on our colleagues’ websites “Workshop Participant” on www.toe.gr Work simultaneously on: Your own website creating your course Act as student on our colleagues’ websites Tasks your receive through www.toe.gr

Guidelines Pay attention to instructions Don’t take notes Everything you need is included in your guidebook Use your guidebook if you have missed something Ask your colleagues or the facilitator for help Know your group members and help them Work swiftly during group work Think about your own teaching context and work to satisfy your own needs

Objectives Acquire an overview of Moodle’s features Familiarize yourselves with the Moodle working environment as Administrator Teacher Student Feel confident about creating your own courses At the end of the seminar, leave the ICT room with a fully working online Moodle website of your own And a certificate to prove it

Questions ?

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