Using Moodle for Professional Development

September 20, 20119:00 – 4:00pm

Jeff AllenDirector of Educational Technology

Olympic ESD 114

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

Learning with Moodle

• What do you know?• What do you want to know?

Moodle: What is it?

Modular

Object

Oriented

Dynamic

Learning

Environment

… or we just say Moodle.

Professional Developmentwith Moodle

Professional Development with Moodle

• Online Courses– Participants access content

online– Facilitated or self paced– Offers flexibility in time and

content– Connects participants

(location not an issue)

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

Professional Development with Moodle

• Online Repositories– Providing easy access to files

and resources around a specific topic.

– Used as a supplement to a presentation.

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.

Professional Development with Moodle

• Online Social Networks– Leveraging Moodle’s

collaboration and discussion tools to form community.

Professional Development with Moodle

• Face-to-Face Portal– Portal to access

content and resources during a face-to-face presentation.

Professional Development with Moodle

• PLC Workspace– Leveraging Moodle’s

collaboration, communication and resource tools to facilitate the work of PLCs.

Pedagogy and Moodle