Do not be afraid of lessons

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Lesson module is one of the oldest and most complicated tools that Moodle provides. Thus many teachers avoid it. Yet, it is an extremely valuable tool that can strengthen your course and help students learn. From a pedagogical perspective is one of the most powerful tool that Moodle provides. It can be used with so many ways: from content delivering, as a simple resource, until personalised training. Lesson activity can support scaffolding, self-directed learning, self-assessment and formal assessment, role playing, decision making exercises, scenario's based learning, different learning styles, reflection. In this presentation we'll try to organise the steps on how to build a lesson and several ideas on how to utilise it.

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  • 1. NOTDoBe AfraidLessons!ofby Anna Krassa MCCC Mentor Assessor23-26 May 2013This work is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.

2. NOTDoBe AfraidLessons!ofby Anna Krassa MCCC Mentor Assessor23-26 May 2013This work is licensed under aCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. 3. Page 1Page 2Page 4Page 3Lesson inLesson inplain english...plain english... 4. Page 1Page 2Page 4Page 3Lesson inLesson inplain english...plain english...ContentQuestionQuestionContent 5. Jumps orJumps orlesson s jigsawlesson s jigsawContent 1Question 1Question 2Content 2Content XQuestion AQuestion B 6. Prepare your content1Setup a draft lesson2Fill the draft lesson3Lesson inLesson inthree stepsthree steps 7. Prepare your content1Setup a draft lesson2Fill the draft lesson3 8. TipOften people is confused because lessonscan follow different paths. No matter thepaths youll eventuall choose your stuffshould be organised in a sequential order,since this is the only order you can add yourstuff in system.Dont get confused by lessons icon. 9. Content BContent CContent DSplit the content into pages1.1Content A 10. Split the content into pages1.2Content AContent BContent CContent D 11. Content B Q2Content CContent DDecide where to add questions1.3Content A Q1Q3Q4Self - studyingInteractivity Add some interaction in a dull reading stuff Helps students test their knowledge as they goDecision making scenario Provide a scenario where participantss decisions canlead to different solutions 12. Decide where to add questions1.4Formal assessment Provide content in a sequence and provide questionsin the end in a sequencial or random orderContent BContent CContent DContent AQ2Q3Q4Q1Content review / sum up Provide the content initially and then use somerandom questions to help students recall what theyhave learnt, summarizing up the main points. 13. Add your questions in text1.5 14. TipWhen adding questions in the text usemeaningful titles for your pages (contentand questions).Specially a sequential numbered order inquestions (Q1, Q2, Q3 etc) may beparticularly helpful later. 15. TipWhen preparing your questions, do it well!Although questions can be pretty simple, it worthmaking them complete:Consider the type of question youll useMark the right question andNote the feedback for correct and wrong answers 16. Add your questions in text1.6Content AContent BQ1Q2 17. Prepare your content1Setup a draft lesson2Fill the draft lesson3 18. Add a lesson2.1 19. Add a lesson2.2 20. TipWhen setting up the draft lesson all you got to becarefull with is to use the real page names. Forexample:Flame robin [C1]Question 1Taxonomy [C2]Question 2 21. TipWhen setting up the draft lesson dont worry aboutthe jumps, leave the default jumps as they are.Next pageThis page etc 22. TipIf you decide to use many lessons in your course, thenperhaps it worths to make the draft lesson (step 2)dublicated as many times need and fill them up. 23. Prepare your content1Setup a draft lesson2Fill the draft lesson3 24. Fill the draft lesson3.1 25. Fill the draft lesson3.2http://www.moodlebites.com 26. TipWhen filling up the lesson, make sure that firstanswer is always the correct answer. Specially inMultiple choice questions this will save you a lot oftime! 27. TipIn order to have a real student example do checkit as a real student. The "change role" in this casewont cover your experience. 28. PrepareContentPrepareDraftFill Draft 29. Questions? Thank you!