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Using Moodle for Professional Development . September 20, 2011 9:00 – 4:00pm Jeff Allen Director 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
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Using Moodle for Professional Development September 20, 2011 9:00 – 4:00pm Jeff Allen Director of Educational TechnologyOlympic 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 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.