Mariflor Domingo Carol Dollentas Erika Marie Bernardo

MOODLE is an Open Source Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE).

It has become very popular among educators around the world as a tool for creating online dynamic web sites for their students. MOODLE

To work, it needs to be installed on a web server somewhere, either on one of your own computers or one at a web hosting company. MOODLE

What is Moodle? The focus of the Moodle project is always on giving educators the best tools to manage and promote learning, but there are many ways to use Moodle.

is a software package for producing Internet-based courses and web sites. It is a global development project designed to support a social constructionist framework of education. MOODLE

is provided freely as Open Source software (under the GNU Public License). Basically this means Moodle is copyrighted, but that you have additional freedoms. MOODLE

You are allowed to copy, use and modify Moodle provided that you agree to: provide the source to others; not modify or remove the original license and copyrights apply this same license to any derivative work.

The word Moodle was originally an acronym for Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment, which is mostly useful to programmers and education theorists. MOODLE

It's also a verb that describes the process of lazily meandering through something, doing things as it occurs to you to do them, an enjoyable tinkering that often leads to insight and creativity.. MOODLE

Who’s the Man? Moodle was originally developed by Martin Dougiamas to help educators create online courses with a focus on interaction and collaborative construction of content, and is in continual evolution.

As such it applies both to the way Moodle was developed, and to the way a student or teacher might approach studying or teaching an online course. Anyone who uses Moodle is a Moodler MOODLE

Assignment submission Discussion forum Files download Grading Moodle instant messages Online calendar Online news and announcement (College and course level) Online quiz Wiki Features

activities (including word and math games) resource types question types (multiple choice, true and false, fill in the blank, etc) data field types (for the database activity) graphical themes authentication methods (can require username and password accessibility) enrollment methods content filters Plug-ins

Some of the question types offered by Moodle include: Multiple Choice questions Short Answer questions True or False/Matching questions Numerical questions Embedded answer questions QUIZ FEATURES

The administrator - The administrator controls the creation of courses and creates teachers by assigning users to courses and giving them a role for that course. Course Creator - A course creator can create courses, teach in them and assign others to teacher roles Teachers - A teacher is a role in a specific course Students - Students can participate and view activities but not create them. Guest - A guest is a view only role. This person cannot participate in the course. PERSONS in Moodle

Lower total cost for ownership Higher levels of security Peer review Greater flexibility Ability to customize by modifying code Audit ability and code availability Technical support Well-tested updates and plug-ins Variety of capabilities and tools Advantages

The ability to integrate with human resource systems The ability to integrate well between student administration systems and Moodle student information The ability to support specific and complex business-process models The ability to use a distributed administration model to support multiple “schools” and “departments” The polished look of proprietary software, (it has a flat structure for organizing and navigating learning materials) Sophisticated assessment and grading capabilities Efficient use of space, e.g., a fixed block at the top that wastes valuable screen “real estate” Disadvantages

To the Institute Saves paper and toner costs Saves answer sheet costs Utilizes Institute’s computer and internet Benefits

To the Students Saves students pencil costs Students become familiar with standard teaching software that is in wide use at schools internationally and via distance learning systems on the Web. Gives students immediate, detailed washback: –They see their results immediately. –Their grades are centralized and accessible to them (during class) and easy for them to keep track of. –Computer tests are easy to repeat. –Each and every student gets individualized attention from the teacher through the mooodle quizzes. –They see the correct answers to items they got wrong immediately after completing a quiz. Benefits

To the Instructors No photocopying No answer sheets Don’t have to carry the test around No need for the test marking device Grading automated Can shuffle test items and/or responses in items. Can time test. Students know when it’s over and they don’t ask for extra time. Can analyze student’s responses to see which items produced most incorrect responses. This could be useful for planning lessons to review material. Benefits

The design and development of Moodle is guided by a "social constructionist pedagogy". This page attempts to unpack this concept in terms of threemain, related concepts: constructivism, constructionism, social constructivism.

Contructivism From a constructivist point of view, people actively construct new knowledge as they interact with their environments.

Constructionism Constructionism asserts that learning is particularly effective when constructing something for others to experience.

Social Constructivism Social constructivism extends constructivism into social settings, wherein groups construct knowledge for one another, collaboratively creating a small culture of shared artifacts with shared meanings.

Conclusion Moodle doesn't FORCE this style of behaviour, but this is what the designers believe that it is best at supporting. In future, as the technical infrastructure of Moodle stabilises, further improvements in pedagogical support will be a major direction for Moodle development.

Mariflor Domingo Carol Dollentas Erika Marie Bernardo