Session Title: 

Moodle for Teachers - Learn to Teach Online 

Logo: 

Abstract:  

The goal of the session is to introduce Moodle learning management system for face-to-face, blended (hybrid), and fully online programs. Participants will learn how to teach online using the activities, resources, and blocks available on Moodle to develop their own individual or collaborative online courses. 

Target audience:

• Teachers of any subject area or age group (young to adult learners)

• Anyone interested in developing and teaching online courses for blended and/or fully online learning programs or the flipped classroom (paid and free courses).  

Session objectives: 

By the end of the workshop participants of the session should be able to:

• Discuss learning management systems for face-to-face, blended learning environments, and hyflex environments.  
• Compare the resources and activities in a Moodle course
• Discuss the role of a teacher in the classroom and in a Moodle course 
• Explore Moodle Tools in their courses on Teachers Teaching Teachers Moodle site https://onlinecourses4free.com
• Document the resources available in their courses on Teachers Teaching Teachers Moodle site https://onlinecourses4free.com by creating video tutorials using Screencast-o-Matic or any other screen recorder and publishing the videos on Youtube and/or Vimeo 
• Document the activities available in their courses on Teachers Teaching Teachers Moodle site https://onlinecourses4free.com by creating video tutorials using Screencast-o-Matic and publishing videos on Youtube and/or Vimeo.   
• Create a tutorial showcasing the blocks available on Moodle in the main course area as a student.
• Create a video tutorial showcasing the blocks available in their courses on Teachers Teaching Teachers Moodle site https://onlinecourses4free.com as a manager of the course by showing how to add blocks. 
• Prepare a syllabus for their course from a template provided on Google docs. 
• Develop an online course on Teachers Teaching Teachers Moodle site https://onlinecourses4free.com for English language learners.  
• Develop activities and add resources to online course on Teachers Teaching Teachers Moodle site https://onlinecourses4free.com.
• Develop activity completion with graded discussions.
• Develop course completion for the activities and resources
• Create a progress bar block for all the graded activities.  
• Create digital badges and a final certificate. 
• Showcase the final online course and reflect on the process.

Syllabus

Week 1: (January 9 - 15) Introduction

In week 1, participants will get acquainted with Moodle for Teachers Teach Online (M4TL2TO) Moodle layout, with the participants, and with the Screen Recorders (Screencast-o-Matic, Awesome, LOOM, Edpuzzle, Flip, and Vimeo) to create video tutorials.

• Participants will introduce themselves with a Voki avatar.

• They will discuss Moodle as a platform designed for team peer learning and learner autonomy 

• Participants will be introduced to screen recorders (Screencast-o-Matic, LOOM, Padlet, Flip, Edpuzzle, Awesome, and Vimeo) to create video tutorials

• Learn to navigate a Moodle course, use the rich editor, and record audio and video using PoodLL and the recorder, navigate and update personal Moodle profile, and post to the online discussion forums.
  

• Discuss the meaning of student engagement and brainstorm ideas for collaborative lessons and projects.

• Develop a syllabus for their online courses on how to teach English based on a template provided (fill it in) using Google docs. 

• Add the syllabus to the overview section of their courses 

Week 2: (January 16 - 22) Activities and Resources in a Moodle Course

In week 2, participants will receive manager rights, so you can try out and add resources and activities to the courses set up for all the participants on Teachers Teaching Teachers Moodle site https://onlinecourses4free.com. 

• Discuss the role of a teacher in the classroom and on an online course in a learning management system such as Moodle. 

• Set a title and short description for their courses on Teachers Teaching Teachers Moodle site https://onlinecourses4free.com

• Continue working on the syllabus and add it to the overview section of their courses.

• Add and label 5 topic sections 

• Label section 1 "introduction" and section 4 "showcase and reflect"  

• Explore the resources available in their courses on Teachers Teaching Teachers Moodle site https://onlinecourses4free.com by creating video tutorials using Screencast-o-Matic, LOOM, Vimeo, Edpuzzle, Flip, or Awesome and publishing them on Youtube and/or Vimeo 

• Explore the activities available in their courses on Teachers Teaching Teachers Moodle site https://onlinecourses4free.com by creating video tutorials using Screencast-o-Matic, LOOM, Vimeo, Edpuzzle, Flip, or Awesome and publishing videos on Youtube and/or Vimeo. 

• Participants will add 2 discussion forums, one for support and one with a rating for a grade.

• They will create a Poodll Read Aloud activity without a grade. 
• They will create a Poodll Wordcards activity without a grade.  

Week 3: (January 23 - 29) Blocks in a Moodle Course

In week 3, participants will explore blocks available in their Moodle courses, add the blocks, and document how they use them in their courses on Teachers Teaching Teachers Moodle site https://onlinecourses4free.com.   

• Explore and add blocks to their courses on Teachers Teaching Teachers Moodle site https://onlinecourses4free.com

• Participants will add a progress bar block and add the activities they created in week 2. 

• Participants will add an announcement block. 

• Participants will add an activity block that shows all the activities available in the course.   

• Document the blocks available in the block area as a manager of the course by showing how to add blocks in their courses on Teachers Teaching Teachers Moodle site https://onlinecourses4free.com.   

• Add a description for each topic section (1-4) 

Week 4: (January 30 - February 5) Users in a Moodle Course

In week 4, participants will continue working on their individual courses on Teachers Teaching Teachers Moodle site https://onlinecourses4free.com. They will document the process using Screencast-o-Matic, LOOM, Edpuzzle, Vimeo, Flipgrid, or Awesome and publish the recording as a team on Youtube or Vimeo as they work. 

• Participants will manually enroll 10 of the participants from M4TL2TO EVO23 session to their courses as students. 
• They will create 2 groups and add the participants to the groups.   
• They will create a discussion forum for group work. 
• Participants will create digital badges for each section based on the activity completions for the criteria.  
• They will create a course completion for the activities.
• They will create certificates for their courses based on criteria for the course completion. 
• Add the certificate to section 5 and label the section. 

Week 5: (February 6 - 12) Showcase and Reflect

In week 5, participants will create videos to showcase their courses, reflect, and share them on Padlet, Wakelet, Lino, Miro or any other curation tool and provide feedback. They will fill in the EVO23 feedback form. 

Media: 

• Moodle 

• ZOOM (directly from Moodle)

• GoBrunch https://gobrunch.com 

Other technology tools: 

1. Vimeo https://vimeo.com

2. Screencast-o-matic https://screencast-o-matic.com

3. Flipgrid: https://flipgrid.com

4. Edpuzzle: https://edpuzzle.com 

5. LOOM https://www.loom.com

6. Awesome https://www.awesomescreenshot.com (Chrome Extension) 

7. Voki https://www.voki.com

8. Canva  https://www.canva.com

9. IdeaBoardz https://ideaboardz.com 

10. Wakelet https://wakelet.com

11. Miro https://miro.com

12. Padlet https://padlet.com

13. Google (docs, slides, forms) https://drive.google.com  

14. Big Blue Button Meet https://bigbluebutton.org (in the course)

15. Jitsi Meet (in the course) https://meet.jit.si/.  

16. Microsoft Teams (in the course) 

17. Free Online Courses https://onlinecoursees4free.com 

18. Amanote
19. Annoto
20. Poodll Read Aloud
21. Poodll Wordcards 

Suggested sponsor(s): 

Moderators: 

Nellie Deutsch	nelliemuller@email.phoenix.edu	Canada	Immersive Technologies (IMT) MSc program of the Department of Computer Science of the  International Hellenic University	Continuing	Continuing	NellieDeutsch(Ed.D) has taught EFL in K-12 and higher education and has applied CALL since 1992.  She offers free online professional development programs on Moodle for Teachers. She combines learner autonomy team peer-based learning with technology and mindfulness. She’s the co-chair elect of TESOL CALL-IS & leads EVO23 coordination team.
Zeynab Moosavi	znb.moussavi@yahoo.com	Iran	University of Malaya	Continuing	Continuing	Zeynab Moosavi holds a Master’s degree in ELT, and is a doctoral student in Curriculum and Instructional Technology in University of Malaya, Malaysia. She has been teaching English at Language Centers and Universities in Iran and Malaysia. She is passionate about creating technology-enabled personalized learning environments to customize learning.
Kapoor, Harshita	sw.kapoor@gmail.com	India	CodeWiz Academy	Continuing	2020	Harshita Kapoor is the founder and chief catalyst of codewizacademy, an online coding platform for beginners. She is a dual Master degree holder,   in Education Technology and Computer Application. She is passionate about teaching and fosters the use of technology to achieve personalization in the teaching learning process.

Primary Contact 

Name of Lead Moderator: Nellie Deutsch

Email address: nellie.muller.deutsch@gmail.com

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