ELL Action Research Introduction to Moodle
Aim
To familiarize participants with the Learning Management System (LMS) Moodle.
The Moodle discussion forum will be used to support the development of Communities of Practice (COP), through open and continued discussions in the Moodle discussion forums.
Unlike WhatsApp discussions, the discussion forum posts would be threaded which allows a reader to connect a post to its predecssors.
Materials Required
Time
one hour
Process
Explore the KOOL Moodle system, or the Teacher Network Moodle installation, understand its working, specially the discussion forum features.
Discussion on Moodle features
Discussion on developing MOOCs and how to do it - ELT program for teachers using KOOL?
Do all participants already know and use discussion forums?
- Basic level
- language learning concepts
- Advanced level
The discussion forums will be used to discuss the experiences of the participants in implementing the workshop learnings and assignments, and related activities.