1. Using Moodle for Professional Development September 20, 2011 9:00 – 4:00pm Jeff Allen Director of Educational Technology Olympic ESD 114

2. Agenda Introductions/Overview What is Moodle? Professional Development with Moodle – Break (10:30 – 10:45) Looking at the tools Creating/Editing a course – Lunch (12:00 – 1:00pm) “Advanced” cool stuff Working on your course

3. Learning with Moodle What do you know? What do you want to know?

4. Moodle: What is it? … or we just say Moodle.

5. Professional Development with Moodle

6. Online Courses – Participants access content online – Facilitated or self paced – Offers flexibility in time and content – Connects participants (location not an issue)

7. Professional Development with Moodle Hybrid/Blended Courses – Some learning takes place online (synchronous or asynchronous) – Some learning takes place face-to-face – Leverages the best of both modalities

8. Professional Development with Moodle Online Repositories – Providing easy access to files and resources around a specific topic. – Used as a supplement to a presentation.

9. Professional Development with Moodle Online Modules – Short “packages” of content that complement a presentation. – Could be used in conjunction with a Hybrid/Blended PD experience.

10. Professional Development with Moodle Online Social Networks – Leveraging Moodle’s collaboration and discussion tools to form community.

11. Professional Development with Moodle Face-to-Face Portal – Portal to access content and resources during a face-to-face presentation.

12. Professional Development with Moodle PLC Workspace – Leveraging Moodle’s collaboration, communication and resource tools to facilitate the work of PLCs.

13. Pedagogy and Moodle