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Abstract
Moodle for Teachers (M4T) online workshop will take place on a Moodle website called Integrating Technology for Active Lifelong Learning (IT4ALL). The aim of the M4T workshop is to provide participants, who have never used Moodle or who would like to enrich their previous Moodle experiences, with the knowledge and skills to navigate a Moodle course, access resources and activities from a student perspective, and practice the same resources and activities in the team and class sandboxes as teachers. The participants will collaborate as they develop a lesson on the Moodle. Participants who complete all the activities of the workshop will receive a certificate of completion.
The workshop will include both asynchronous (not dependent on time) and synchronous (time dependent) learning environments. The asynchronous will be conducted on the Moodle and the synchronous learning environment will be conducted on WizIQ through the M4T workshop. Participants will watch tutorials, post to the discussion forums, and practice Moodle toolsin the individual and class sandbox areas. The participants will also use Google docs for support (24/7) and collaborative work (planning and presenting the lesson).
Target Audience
Teachers in the K-12, higher education, private and/or public sectors
Skill level: familiarity in using the keyboard and/or mouse/keypad
Optimal size of the audience: unlimited
Interest Section Sponsors
TESOL CALL IS
Syllabus
Weekly Outline
- Develop a working knowledge of Moodle as a learning management system for fully online and blended learning environments (a combination of face-to-face and online learning)
- Explore and apply Moodle features such as profile, navigation, browsers and settings, participants, discussion forums, assignment drop box, chat, wiki, and blog.
- Create content using Moodle activities and resources.
- Work collaboratively on a lesson with emphasis on group work, collaboration, communication, sharing, activities, and critical reflection.
Outcome: Creating a lesson using Moodle resources and activities.
Week 1 (Jan 9 - 15, 2012)
- Introduction to online facilitation and Moodle as a constructivist approach.
- Register for an account
- Learn how to navigate a Moodle course, update your Moodle profile, and post to the online discussion forums.
WiZiQ Live session 1
Week 2 (Jan 16 - 22, 2012)
- Discuss the meaning of authentic learning and brainstorm ideas for a collaborative lesson.
- Explore the resources available on Moodle (labels, web links, file links, compose web pages)
- Explore the activities available on the Moodle (3 kinds of discussion forums, wikis, blogs, choices, upload assignments)
WiZiQ Live session 2
Week 3 (Jan 23 - Jan 29, 2012)
- Research and discuss the terms "authentic learning," cooperative/collaborative learning."
- Determine a topic for a collaborative lesson plan.
- Develop a collaborative lesson plan using the Moodle activities and resources.
- Work collaboratively on Google docs.
WiZiQ Live session 3
Week 4 (Jan 30- Feb 05, 2012)
- Work collaboratively in the sandboxes on the lesson.
- Design collaboratively a Google docs presentation of your lesson.
WiZiQ Live session 4
Week 5 (Feb 06 -12, 2012)
- Share presentations via WiZiQ.
- Reflect on the workshop
Join this session
Sign up for the session starts on Jan 2nd, 2012 .
The action starts on Jan 9, 2012.
Note:
When you register for the group, you will have to be approved by the moderator in order to reduce the possibility of "unwanted" members (such as spammers).
Moderators
Nellie Deutsch, Ed.D., is a Canadian who has been teaching English to speakers of other languages since the mid 70s. She has been integrating technology into her classes since the mid 90s. Nellie earned her doctorate in education and educational leadership with a specialization in curriculum and instruction from the University of Phoenix from the School of Advanced Studies in 2010. Her dissertation research (available on ProQuest) focused on instructor experiences with integrating technology in blended learning contexts in higher education around the world. Nellie is the founder of Integrating Technology for Active Lifelong Learning (IT4ALL), an informal network of volunteers that provides free professional development workshops for groups around the world, generally in conjunction with different projects and initiatives. Dr. Deutsch is also founder and current coordinator of the annual Connecting Online for Instruction and Learning and Moodlemoot free online conferences, hosted online by IT4ALL and supported by WiZiQ online learning platform. Dr. Deutsch has provided consultation on how to integrate Moodle and Elluminate learning environments for distance education at Open University of Israel at WikiEducator.org, supported by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Otago Polytechnic (New Zealand), and Athabasca Open University (Canada) in developing online courses and facilitation. She is also an educational consultant, mentor, instructional course designer, and online facilitator on how to integrate technology into the face-to-face and online classroom using Moodle, WebQuests, Professional Electronic Portfolios (Mahara), web 2.0 tools, social networks, and wikis. In addition, she is an accredited PAIRS (Practical Application of Intimate Relationship Skills), conflict resolution, and Reiki practitioner, who practices and teaches Mindfulness Meditation and the Alexander Technique. Dr. Deutsch has written chapters on Moodle for Teachers and WizIQ in Education for a Digital World 2.0: Innovations in Education (edition 2), published July 2011, is available in both print and PDF format from OpenSchool BC and the use of technology and research in Janet Salmons' Cases in Online Interview Research published by Sage, and has peer reviewed articles and books. Dr. Deutsch also serves as chair for doctoral students. Finally, Dr. Deutsch has presented on integrating technology into the classroom and educational leadership at conferences in the United States and virtually around the world. Nellie organized and led a panel discussion on the merits and challenges of technology to improve instruction and learning at the International Leadership Association (ILA) in London, in 2011 and will be a panellist at the TESOL, Philadelphia conference on culture in the English classroom in 2012.
Ludmila Smirnova, Ph.D., is Professor of Education at Mount St. Mary College in Newburgh, N.Y., where for the past 11 years she has taught courses in Curricular Planning, Methods of Teaching and Teaching with Technology. She has become increasingly recognized for her leadership in the application of emerging Internet technologies to instruction. Ludmila leads numerous workshops on the application of Smart Technologies (Smart Board Certified Trainer) and Web 2.0 tools in college and primary/secondary classrooms. Prior to this, she was professor of education at Volgograd State Pedagogical University (Russia), where she also served as Dean of the School of Foreign Languages training teachers of English, German and French. She taught English in a school and University settings and also at the Center of the Intensive Language Learning back in Russia. She taught Russian in the Netherlands (1992) and in the U.S. in 1998, 2000. During her 25-year career in Russia, Ludmila was known for her reintroduction of Montessori education in southern Russia and the design of innovative themed “charter” schools. Her prolific publications include books, chapters, papers and conference presentations world-wide. She is a partner, co-designer and co-facilitator of the Moodle for Teachers workshops at IT4ALL Integrating Technologies for Long Life Learning.
Communication Media Used
MOODLE, Google Docs, WiziQ
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