E-learning materials reflect the content and form of a textbook, and add the necessary feedback which in a real class would be provided by the teacher.
E-learning can offer resources in any format, from text and images up to online videos and interactive test. Neverthless, all these can always be found somewhere... what remains REALLY important is not the material, but the supportive STRUCTURE of the course.
When creating an e-learning course, we usually use one of the free platforms available; during the years, Moodle became probably the best known and most used platform. The platform enables the user to create a course in the same way we create textbooks or worksheets: adding information, resources, references, tasks, tests...
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A quotation from the discussion forum:
The difference between online learning and classroom based computer generated material
francis charters
Neděle, 25. říjen 2015, 02.37
I am a newcomer to Moodle and I am confused.
I have been teaching, and using computer generated materials in the classroom for many years. Since looking at the Moodle sites of various colleges I have seen a lot of tutors putting exactly the same online as they used in the classroom. Is this common practice?
Surely a powerpoint, for example, that has me in front of it talking about it, eliciting discussion about it, verbally picking out specific parts of it, should be a largely different design to a powerpoint that is meant to be accessed by a student with no tutor input?
How much can the tutors be asked to produce/edit material so that the students are progressing online efficiently?
Any thoughts?
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When creating the material, we consider (apart form the learner, aims, teaching situation and other features of the real life) the FORM and CONTENT.
The FORM includes the logical organisation, navigation, graphics, icons, images...
The CONTENT includes the topic, the information we present, and the ways they are processed.
TASKS:
1. Go to https://moodle.org/login/signup.php?
Create your personal moodle account.
2. While the accout is being processed, find out more about Moodle at moodle.org. Explore the site. You might try this page first: https://docs.moodle.org/28/en/Features
3. Log in at moodle.org. Explore the site again; read the discussion at https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=322107.
Then go to http://school.demo.moodle.net/ - Mount Orange School - and explore how Moodle works; view the courses from several different roles!
Example of a simple course
4. Use the Mount Orange site as sandbox.
Experiment with the courses, tests and various settings. READ the available comments!
5. What did you learn about Moodle?
What features surprise you?
What new aspects apear in e-learning, comapred to your experience and expectation?
Write your answers into the comments to this blog entry.
More links:
Moodle home
General features
Sandbox
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