E-Learning for Educators January 2017 Modules 3 - 4

Topic outline

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  • THE NEWS FORUM////MAKE SURE TO READ THE ANNOUNCEMENTS
  • THE MOODLE HELP DESK Forum
  • THE KITCHEN Forum
  • The Good Teacher (Optional Parable) URL
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  LYNDA.COM: MOODLE ORIENTATION TRAINING

  

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  Read steps, then go to the UW-Stout Lynda.com Portal

  1. The portal page opens in a new window or tab.

  2. Login using your D2L username and password.

  3. Leave the page open and return to Moodle.

  4. Once you have logged in to Lynda.com, the video tutorials will work properly. 

  • Lynda Video Tutorial: Moodle Course Overview URL

    This orientation video will help you see how the Moodle CMS works. 

  • Lynda Video Tutorial: Moodle Discussion Overview URL

    This video will quickly orient you to the Moodle Discussion system.

  • Lynda Video Tutorial: Manage Your Moodle (Clear the Clutter!) URL

    Learn how to customize the look of your Moodle page. 

  • Lynda Video Tutorial: Editing Your Profile URL

    Use the video to help you complete your Moodle Profile Assignment.

  • Module 3 Activity 2 -- Moodle Profile: Write a Draft of Your Instructor Biography URL

    Use information from your D2L Profile and your the Professional Biography Worksheet* you created in the last module to write a draft of your instructor biography for use in your Moodle Profile.

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  MODULE 3: ACTIVITIES TO ENGAGE ONLINE LEARNERS

  

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  Contents for Module 3: Please have your prompt posted no later than Wednesday.

  • Develop a prompt and facilitate a discussion.
    
  • Participate in your group's discussions.
    

  • Module 3 Introduction URL
  • Module 3 Activity 1 — Readings URL
  • Module 3 Activity 2 — Moodle Profile URL
  • Module 3 Activity 3 — Facilitate a Moodle Forum URL
  • Contact your group members ASAP: The Golden Rules of Collaboration: (Silence isn't Golden) URL
  • Module 3 Activity 4 — Self-Evaluate Your Discussion Posting (Instructor POV) URL
  • Module 3 Activity 5 — Reflective Journal URL
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  MODULE 3 WORK AREA

  Module 3 Green Group: Cory, Dayna, Heidi, Mona, Hassan
  

  • Post Discussion Topics Here Forum
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  MODULE 3 WORK AREA

  Module 3 Red Group: Angela, Brandon, Louise, Roxanne, Xavier
  

  • Post Discussion Topics Here Forum
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  MODULE 4: ASSESSMENT: MEASURING ONLINE LEARNING

  
  

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  YOU ARE NOW IN TEACHER MODE. Teachers see tools that are hidden from students. To use the tools you MUST 'Turn editing on' by CLICKING THE BUTTON IN THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE SCREEN.

  

  Contents for Module 4: Please have your assessment posted no later than Wednesday.
  

  • Build a Moodle assessment.

  • Take all assessments created by your group.

  • Offer peer feedback to all in your group.

  • Module 4 Introduction URL
  • Module 4 Activity 1 — Readings URL
  • Module 4 Activity 2 — Assignments and Assessments URL
  • Module 4 Activity 3 — RLO: Plagiarism and Paraphrasing URL
  • Module 4 Activity 4 — D2L: Reflective Journal and Midterm Feedback URL
  • Adult Learning Quiz

    Before you take the quiz, please read Adult Learning Theories, and then scroll down and take the quiz. 

    http://communitycolleges.wy.edu/Data/Sites/1/commissionFiles/abe/training/abe-ntt/mod-6-articles/ntt---module-6---fs-11-teal-center-adult-learning-theory-fact-sheet-air-logo-rev12-06-11.pdf

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  MODULE 4: LYNDA.COM TEACHER TRAINING: ASSESSMENT TOOLS

  

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  Read steps, then go to the UW-Stout Lynda.com Portal

  1. The portal page opens in a new window or tab.

  2. Login using your D2L username and password.

  3. Leave the page open and return to Moodle.

  4. Once you have logged in to Lynda.com, the video tutorials will work properly.
     

  • MOODLE SURVEY TOOLS

  • Understanding Choice, Feedback, and Survey activities: Lynda.com URL

    This overview of Moodle Assessment tools will help you get oriented to your new role as instructors.

  • Creating a Choice Activity URL

    The Moodle Choice tool makes it easy to create a simple one question poll. 

  • Creating a customized Feedback activity URL

    This is the first of six short videos explaining how to create a Moodle Feedback activity. 

  • Example Choice Poll: Which CMS would you prefer to drive?
  • Example Feedback: Digital Texts in the Classroom

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    MOODLE QUIZZES

  • Assessing Students with Tests and Quizzes URL

    This link takes you to the first for 13 short video tutorials that will walk you through the process of creating a Moodle Quiz. (Run time 1hr 4min.) You are not expected to create a long test. Instead explore question types as you create a brief assessment on a topic that interests you. 

    The Moodle Testing tools are powerful and complex. Choose this option if you are up for a technically challenging experience. 

  • Example Quiz: Creative Commons - by Jen Hegna
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  MODULE 4 WORK AREA

  Mod 4 Blue Group: Angela, Brandon, Dayna, Heidi, Mona 

  • Click the Add an activity... link in the lower right corner of this group work area 

  • Include your name in the title so we know which assessment is yours.  

  • Offer feedback to everyone in your group in the Peer Review discussion forum.

  • Peer Review of surveys and quizzes Forum
  • Heidi Moreau-Choice Assessment
  • Fire Safety - Hageman Quiz
  • Online Student Readiness by Angela Beyer Feedback
  • Dayna Adams-Feedback Survey
  • Mona Basta--Modules 1-3 Quiz

    This quiz is a review of Modules 1-3 on the following topics:

    1) Engaged Learning in an Online Environment

    2) Building Inclusive Online Communities

    3) Activities to Engage Online Learners

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  MODULE 4 WORK AREA

  Mod 4 Purple Group:Cory, Hassan, Louise, Roxanne, Xavier  

  • Click the Add an activity... link in the lower right corner of this group work area 

  • Include your name in the title so we know which assessment is yours.  

  • Offer feedback to everyone in your group in the Peer Review discussion forum.

  • Peer Review of surveys and quizzes Forum
  • Six Key Components of Effective Learning (Roxanne Raeside Wilton) Feedback

    In the January 2017 Getting Smart website article, "Six Key Components of Effective Learning," the guest author outlines the elements that comprise excellence in online instruction.  Read this article at http://www.gettingsmart.com/2017/01/six-key-components-effective-online-instruction/  and use its content as the basis for this survey.

  • Cory Willhite- The Online Learning Teaching techniques Feedback
  • 9 Tips to Apply Adult Learning to E-learning (Louise Bradley) Feedback

    Read the following article on adult learning and how it relates to e-learning.  After reading the article, answer the questions.

    https://elearningindustry.com/9-tips-apply-adult-learning-theory-to-elearning