MOODLE Peter Richardson Technical Services Rutgers Prep School Somerset, NJ

Content Management Sys.  Controlled Access to Curriculum Modules  Modules can be separately assessed and recorded  Allows tracking of student activity

Content Management Sys.  Activities to facilitate, guide, and monitor learning  Access to learning resources and assessments  Communication between the learners and teachers as well as between peers

MOODLE Modular Object-Oriented Distance Learning Environment  Built on Constructivist Principles  Open Source  Multi-Platform: Apache, PHP, MySQL  Low buy-in for teachers

Constructivism & tionism  All of us are potential teachers as well as learners - in a true collaborative environment we are both.  We learn particularly well from the act of creating or expressing something for others to see.  We learn a lot by just observing the activity of our peers

Constructivism & tionism  By understanding the contexts of others, we can teach in a more transformational way.  A learning environment needs to be flexible and adaptable, so that it can quickly respond to the needs of the participants within it.

Moodle Modules  Assignment  Chat  Choice  Forum  Glossary  Lesson  Quiz  Resource  Scorm  Survey  Wiki  Workshop

Resource Module  Tool for bringing content into the course  Text files  HTML files  Links to web pages  Video and audio clips  Directory feature available

Forum Module  Provides areas for group discussions  Can be restricted Only teacher can post Student can only post once Posts may only be allowed in a specific time frame Posts can be rated

Glossary Module  Create course dictionaries  Entries can be linked to use in course  Can search by key words  Glossary additions can be restricted  Can allow comments or ratings

Biology Course

English Course