This unit will introduce you to Google Sites, a simple and free tool that you can use to design your own website. You will explore the possibilities of using this resource for both teaching and learning.
n Unit 44 you learned about creating your own online learning environment using a open source tool called Moodle. This unit is intended to get you started on your journey of using Moodle. We will be covering simple tasks such as how to insert content, create a quiz and use an interactive tool such as forums.
Module 12, that is Units 50-54, is meant to be experienced in sequence as the units are designed to work together. They identify a number of issues that need to be addressed when designing an online learning environment that embraces 21st Century Skills. In this unit we will look how students might use, 'Critical thinking, problem solving, reasoning, analysis, interpretation, synthesizing information' and 'Research skills and interrogative questioning' by tackling a real world problem. Then in subsequent units we will create an online environment to provide the digital tools to help the students find a solution to an identified real world problem.
This unit is the second in a series of five. Module 12, that is units 50-54, is meant to be experienced in sequence as the units are designed to work together. They identify a number of issues that need to be addressed when designing a learning environment that embraces 21st Century Skills. In this unit we will look how teachers and students can design an online learning environment to interact with both class members and potentially the community.
This unit is the third in a series of five. Module 12, that is units 50-54, is meant to be experienced in sequence as the units are designed to work together. They identify a number of issues that need to be addressed when designing a learning environment that embraces 21st Century Skills. In this unit we will look how students can build an online learning environment to interact with both class members and potentially the community. Such an activity does have the potentials for students to elicit the following specific 21st Century skills:
Oral and written communication, public speaking and presenting, listening;
Leadership, teamwork, collaboration, cooperation, facility in using virtual workspaces;
Information and communication technology (ICT) literacy, media and internet literacy, data interpretation and analysis, computer programming
This unit is the fourth in a series of five. Module 12, that is units 50-54, is meant to be experienced in sequence as the units are designed to work together. This unit is different from the others in this series as we encourage participants to implement the learning environment they have built up in the previous units. We want to know what happens!
This unit is the fifth in a series of five. Module 12, that is units 50-54, is meant to be experienced in sequence as the units are designed to work together. In this unit we will look how the learning environment might be improved and revised based on lessons learned during the implementation.
Learning goes beyond what we learn in traditional classroom settings, and even beyond e-learning. There are opportunities to learn in everyday life, and education is not something that can only be found in textbooks or in a classroom, but everywhere.
As teachers, we are tasked with making education as engaging and effective as possible. Any tools that help us to do this are worth exploring and implementing in the classroom. This unit is going to focus on an interesting pedagogical concept called the “Flipped Classroom”.
First impression matters! Learn 3 quick and easy ways to create attractive and professional-looking PowerPoint title slide. These PowerPoint templates are open educational resource, created for educators, researchers and students. These templates accompanied an online workshop (see the embedded video) to learn how to make your slides look professionals.
This page is meant to be an entry point into the creation of accessible content with familiar tools such as Microsoft Office and Google Docs.
This course introduces how to make accessible PowerPoint Presentations that are easy to use for everyone, including persons with disabilities.
Learn how to make your posts on a number of social media platforms more accessible by including alternative text for images, properly using hashtags to make your posts searchable and more.
Information and video tutorials to help teachers create closed captioned videos.
This activity focuses on one of the many free web mapping applications available: Google My Maps. Here you will learn how to create your own personalized maps in Google My Maps, complete with linked photographs and YouTube videos. The applications are endless: from your local running/biking routes to a map of your field area, complete with sample locations, sample data, and photographs. You can easily share your map with the rest of the world!
This resource will help you in creating questions in gift format to bulk upload questions to Moodle course question bank.
Steps to create Moodle Quiz
This is a lesson plan teaching students to use iMovie to create a Book Trailer as an alternative to the traditional book report.
ISTE Standards for Educators - Standard 6: Facilitator b. Manage the use of technology and student learning straategies in digital platforms, virtual environments, hands on makerspaces or in the field.This lesson is an introduction to Google Classroom for teachers. The Google Classroom app is a digital tool that allows teachers and students to learn and create in a paperless environment.
On Episode 2 of the Sustainable Funding Vlogcast for Media, Educators, Technologists, and Creators, author of Animals of the Great War - Maria Grazia Suriano talks about creating a social economy with crowdfunding and OER (Open Educational Resources) with vlogcast host Erica Hargreave. Over the course of their conversation, Maria and Erica explore everything from the concept behind Animals of the Great War, teaching about othering, instilling empathy, what school kids responded to about the book, the importance of open access in education, crowdfunding in Italy, lessons learned from running a crowdfunding campaign, and various avenues to explore in creating a social economy. Scroll down for a time coded breakdown of key chatting points from this interview.