Yesterday was Day 1 of our course Introduction to Moodle at Moodlerooms.com It was an interesting day as participants came into the course room and began introducing themselves to one another. Like the first day of kindergarten, learners quickly sorted out their common interests and connections in the introductory forum.
Congenial and often funny, participants added their personal avatars or photos as they signed into this asynchronous, online course with participants around the country. Participants range from college professors, IT directors, adult ed trainers, high school teachers and corporate trainers to native American community educators. It's an interesting mix of people in this online course. I look forward to working with them over the next fourteen days.
One idea we had early in our company was to help instructors from schools, businesses, corporations or faith-based and community organizations learn how to use Moodle and design a course for their constituents
Over a three year period, we've instituted a sequenced , scaffold instructional design for our introductory courses. Our deliverable was for participants to have designed a usable course after 28 days of participation in two Moodle courses, each lasting for 14 days. . In addition, we're concerned about best practices in online instruction. Research says that in order to teach online, you must learn online.
When we started our online courses early in 2006, there were few people using Moodle as an LMS online. Moodlerooms however was the first to offer instructor led, asynchronous instruction online with a deliverable,( a usable course) as the outcome
Now, fast forward to 2008 and there are more Moodle Partners offering online courses. They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!
Here at Moodlerooms we also have MRCTs (Moodlerooms Certified Trainers) facilitating instruction in the online courses. These Moodlers make everyone feel at home as they welcome participants to the course and answer any questions new Moodlers may have.
More later....
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