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Epik_Teacher
Joined: 28 Apr 2010
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 Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 5:51 pm Post subject: Anyone Use Moodle to Teach Online? |
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| Just wondering if anyone has put any material online and if so, do you use Moodle to do it? Seems like a useful program. |
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lifeinkorea
Joined: 24 Jan 2009
Location: somewhere in China
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| Posted: Thu Dec 09, 2010 6:10 pm Post subject: |
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I can't seem to find a use for it. It looks like an outdated version of a community site. I would prefer to use something like Ning. However, they charge now. It's not free.
I have been using WiZiQ.
WiZiQ has a free classroom you can enter and teach. I suggest you try it.
http://www.wiziq.com
Their pay service has some perks, but I would test out the free version first and see if you really need more.
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deizio
Joined: 15 Jun 2007
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We used Moodle as the mainstay of our computer lab courses (university, 200-300 students per semester), online homework submission, audio files, teacher-student feedback, posting school documents etc. etc. Endless training sessions were a pain in the a** but it's a very functional system.
We shelled out something like $75/mo for some kind of premium package which seemed to be required if you were using it for all the stuff we did. |
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RobertGR
Joined: 03 Jun 2009
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 5:35 am Post subject: Former Moodle user |
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Used Moodle in a university for several years. Basically a good program. You do need to run it on a server though.
I don't know if it's been translated to Korean. It would be much better than the p.o.s. I'm stuck with here though. |
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Mr. Pink
Joined: 21 Oct 2003
Location: China
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| Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 7:32 pm Post subject: |
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| I use it with my courses, but I am not teaching online, I am using it to supplement my classes. Especially for an AP class I am teaching. I like it. |
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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| www.edu20.org does the same basic things as Moodle, and it is much easier to use. |
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Space Cowboy
Joined: 27 Mar 2010
Location: On the blessed hellride
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| Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2010 11:28 pm Post subject: |
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I just started using Moodle this semester as a supplement to in-class instruction. I haven't tried the other programs mentioned on this thread, but compared to the Blackboard-based eLearning courses I managed for the previous 2 years, Moodle is a godsend. I think there is a lot of room for improvement (quizzes, for example, take way too long to put together), but there are a lot of positives, especially the functionality of the forums, the assignment pages, the file storage system, and the ability to group students.
My favorite aspect of Moodle - one that may or may not differentiate it from other eLearning software - is that I can create interclass activities; I love that students from all of my writing classes can interact - and occasionally compete - with one another. |
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winterfall
Joined: 21 May 2009
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I use Moodle Reader to monitor ERP. I needed some kind of benchmark to make sure the students were actually reading and not just borrowing books to return them a week later.
The layout is clean, it's hellishly easy to use, students seem to like it (At least the ones that do it), they like that they get picture trophies of books they've read, and it saves me the work of making dozens upon dozens of comprehension quizzes
http://moodlereader.org/index.html/ |
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lifeinkorea
Joined: 24 Jan 2009
Location: somewhere in China
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| Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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| winterfall wrote: |
I use Moodle Reader to monitor ERP. I needed some kind of benchmark to make sure the students were actually reading and not just borrowing books to return them a week later.
The layout is clean, it's hellishly easy to use, students seem to like it (At least the ones that do it), they like that they get picture trophies of books they've read, and it saves me the work of making dozens upon dozens of comprehension quizzes
http://moodlereader.org/index.html/ |
I see interesting pictures at the top, I see a list of locked pages associated to different schools.
Yes, the layout is clean, but I don't see how to use that site. What do I click to get the ball rolling? |
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winterfall
Joined: 21 May 2009
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| Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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| lifeinkorea wrote: |
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I use Moodle Reader to monitor ERP. I needed some kind of benchmark to make sure the students were actually reading and not just borrowing books to return them a week later.
The layout is clean, it's hellishly easy to use, students seem to like it (At least the ones that do it), they like that they get picture trophies of books they've read, and it saves me the work of making dozens upon dozens of comprehension quizzes
http://moodlereader.org/index.html/ |
I see interesting pictures at the top, I see a list of locked pages associated to different schools.
Yes, the layout is clean, but I don't see how to use that site. What do I click to get the ball rolling? |
Read the top
You have to email them, [email protected]. If you don't have a school based email address, you have to explain why not. They're very protective against vandals. After you've explained to him. Ask him for the login information for the "Sample course." It's listed directly under "Extensive Reading Courses"
Play with that for awhile to get a gist of how it all works.
If you like what you see, then you've got to send him what graded readers you'll be using (Series), expected number of students, and your schools name and info.
Then you'll have to walk your students through how to use. That's the easiest part. It takes about 10 minutes. They just have pick which reading they did from a list and answer a small list of comprehension questions (Multiple Choice). I think if they get 2 wrong, they're fail. And that proves they didn't read it.
And there's a tool for you to see what score they got on what test |
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lifeinkorea
Joined: 24 Jan 2009
Location: somewhere in China
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| Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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| I think if they get 2 wrong, they're fail. And that proves they didn't read it. |
They can still not read it. What they do is split the reading up into parts. Then they answer the questions collectively. I have never found a good way to get around this. High school students are more conditioned to obey, but the younger ones, while being advanced, are still not mature enough to do things on their own. |
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winterfall
Joined: 21 May 2009
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| Posted: Sun Dec 12, 2010 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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| lifeinkorea wrote: |
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| I think if they get 2 wrong, they're fail. And that proves they didn't read it. |
They can still not read it. What they do is split the reading up into parts. Then they answer the questions collectively. I have never found a good way to get around this. High school students are more conditioned to obey, but the younger ones, while being advanced, are still not mature enough to do things on their own. |
That's the great thing about this. There's more than 1 quiz for a given reading. I don't know know exactly how many, but every time they take the quiz, the questions are randomly generated. So it could have x # of questions from the first part, x from the mid, x from the last
Of course, there's always that chance that the students cheated but, this helps crunch it down.
This program has has 'Okay' success at a tech high school. And if you heard anything about these kids, they're almost exactly the same as kindergartens (Very, very, very dependent on the teacher, little to no motivation, little to no critical thinking skills, spoon feeding, single minded focus, no self discipline, and focused on very, very short term goals). Really makes you wonder how they've made this far in life 
Edit: Here's a introduction video on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxCM906lYkE |
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