Moodling
An interesting fact…
Source: home School Progress Report 2009: Academic achievement and demographics, Home-School Legal Defense Association http://www.hslda.org/docs/study/ray2009/default.asp, Visited 10 May 2010
Instead of replicating what already works well outside school,
We need to focus on what can’t be replicated outside of school.- From a webinar on Schools 2.0
Moodle in Two Minutes
What is Moodle…?
• Learning Management System (LMS)• Open Source (freely available and modifiable)• One of most widely used LMS (Moodle)• Eaglenet is hosted at
MoodleRooms (USA)• A Platform / Tool
Serves content, assignments, quizzes,grader, questionnaires, activity logs,news, roles (eg. parents), blogs, RSS
“The design and development of Moodle
is guided by a ‘social constructionist pedagogy’”
Philosophy
5 Principles of Moodle (From “Forums, the heart of Moodle”)
1. We are all potential learners and teachers2. We learn a lot by watching others3. We learn well by creating and expressing for
others4. Understanding others transforms us5. We learn well when the learning
environment is flexible and adaptable to suit our needs
How do you use Moodle?
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