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MOODLE. M odular O bject- O riented D ynamic L earning E nvironment. Adelaide Quansah-Arku Daphen Shum Rosemary Grealish. Objectives. Explain why we use Moodle Learn how to access VA Pharmacy Online Classroom Demonstrate navigating in Moodle Learn how to find a course
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MOODLE Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment Adelaide Quansah-Arku Daphen Shum Rosemary Grealish
Objectives • Explain why we use Moodle • Learn how to access VA Pharmacy Online Classroom • Demonstrate navigating in Moodle • Learn how to find a course • Demonstrate Enrolling and Un-enrolling in a course • Learn how to customize your personal learning environment
PBM Moodle Mania MOOOOVE over PBM Education Share Points Here comes a New Education Resource Super Highway
What is Moodle? • Virtual Learning Environment • Versatile • A complete online environment • Focal Point for online education • Repository for self study course material • Web-based • Very efficient platform to present relevant online resources
Virtual CONVENIENT - • Outside VA firewall • Access tools and resources any time, anywhere • Train at home, in your hotel room, on the subway • Check out the topics you may have been wanting to catch up on when your schedule hasn’t allowed you to participate in LIVE programs. • Educational and training programs located in one place • Collaborative, synchronous courses Independent, self-paced courses • Delivers just-in-time learning • Use smart devices/tablets
Versatile EXPANDED USE: • Variety of educational programs relevant to your professional interests • Many modalities available • E.g., Video, audio podcasts, discussion boards • Interactive • Designed to encourage collaborative learning • Easy way to communicate wherever you are • E.g., Forums, wiki, and chat
Efficient ACCESSIBILITY: • One-stop shopping for all PBM educational and training programs/materials • Replaces traditional learning that delivers in a specific location at a specific time. • Instead of reading 100+ email responses on the clinical pharmacy email group… I can go to MOODLE to stay up-to-date on relevant topics impacting my pharmacy practice • Easy way to manage your materials
How to Start with VA Pharmacy Classroom Online • Need a VA email account to access VA Pharmacy Moodle Site • Open any internet browser and go to: http://vapharmacytraining.remote-learner.net/ • Enter a username and password to create your Moodle account So …..Get on the fast track for your education and training needs. Get on Board!
Log-in pagehttp://vapharmacytraining.remote-learner.net/login/index.php
What Is a Course? • Course Structure: Weekly Format • Course Structure: Topic Format
Site Navigation • Manage your profile • View grade book • Blogs & Forums • Using text entry • Messaging • Useful blocks for students • Activities block • Participants block • Managing your Moodle “home page”
Course information Student view of course administration block in the “Settings" course
Messaging • Send messages to other Moodle users • May be done in Chat • May be sent from the Send Message link your profile page
Useful blocks for students • Activities block; The activities block shows the student all the activities available in a course.