Make the most
out of the lesson tool in Moodle:
Two Buzz words thrown around in E-learning are Chunking and
Branching. These are two of the most effective methods of displaying learning,
especially with modern Technologies. Chunking and Branching can be optimised
with the technology used, coupled with human interaction with these devices.
Moodle lesson tool allows you to develop excellent modules that
will embed learning functionality. The branching lesson allows you to embed
good formative and summative learning. Examples would be how I would test topics
learnt and mid formative checks during the learning phase. During classes a good activity would be
Flashcards to check learning and progress. This can be done within Moodle.
This tool is exceptionally useful for branching quizzes, diagnostic
testing and case study work. It’s quite good to open up a lesson and really
develop the scenario through branching, having the multiple options and
potential inputs.
Another excellent use would be customer support, health care, IT
Support simulations these could be developed step by step gaining good
experience. The potential mistakes could be branched to potential failures as
can good decisions. A good example of this is developing a business enterprise
branching courses coupled with gamification the course was a bit like playing
monopoly without a dice, but really embedded business sense into learners.
Lessons can be chunked and broken down into manageable parts for
learners to complete as they progress through the course. Moodle lesson
supports this functionality well.
Moodle Workshop
Activity
Moodle workshop activities allow an excellent method of collaboration,
teamwork and overall work-group environment. The use of peer assessment coupled
with the platform setup on Moodle allows good peer to peer learning, if setup
correctly it allows the development of a learning community that learns from
itself, the level of knowledge and experience is phenomenal.
To develop and use the workshop activity well, you are required to
develop an effective communication strategy from the beginning. It is important
to embed collaboration and group work from the start of the course. Have
activities that require Learners to collaborate early on, ice breaker
activities such as motivations for completing the course, hobbies and support
orientated tasks. Furthermore this needs to develop into communication that
directly impacts learning and should be moving towards formal peer to peer
assessments.
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