What level is Moodle likely to contribute?
With the integration of Moodle into our course we are seeing a huge change to our digital connection with our students. This is a decision that has been in the making for a few years and through engagement with students and other key stakeholders we are finally seeing it become a reality.
A report by Mason, Fleming Paxton & Singh (2017) talks about the importance of engaging not only students and key stakeholders but also experts in digital technology. What this report highlighted to me was there are many positives and negatives to a digital approach. The issues raised in the report were also similar themes discovered when conducting our own needs assessment into the benefits of Moodle.
Key themes included:
Moodle hands down was able to offer us the complete one stop shop learning management system. As discussed in previous posts we wanted our students to be able to have access to course materials, upload assessments via Turnitin, have discussions with other students, quizzes, access to webinars both live and pre-recorded all in the one location. Moodle has afforded us this and so far seems extremely user friendly to navigate.
What Moodle has provided is not only cost effective and time effective for us as a Unit and Educators, but overall it has allowed us to redesign the learning space for our students which is contemporary and far more engaging to this day and age in the education and learning environment.
References
Mason, C., Fleming, A., Paxton, G., & Singh, J. (2017). Lifelong Participation Through Digital Technology. Melbourne: CSIRO.
Morrison, G.R., & Ross, S.M. (2013). Designing Effective Instruction (7th ed.). USA: John Wiley & Sons.
A report by Mason, Fleming Paxton & Singh (2017) talks about the importance of engaging not only students and key stakeholders but also experts in digital technology. What this report highlighted to me was there are many positives and negatives to a digital approach. The issues raised in the report were also similar themes discovered when conducting our own needs assessment into the benefits of Moodle.
Key themes included:
- Reducing the geographic distances of our students
- The ability for digital technologies to limit physical and cognitive barriers
- The ability for students to have instant information and education with a click of a button
- Issues with internet connectiveness due to remote and isolated locations
We worked extremely close with our Instructional Design Team using the ADDIE Model. The ADDIE Model follows the following principles:
- Analysis
- Design
- Development
- Implementation
- Evaluation
ADDIE as discussed by Morrison and Ross (2013) and highlights the constructivism theory which resonates with styles of learning for our students. Currently we are sitting in the Development and soon to be Implementation phases of ADDIE. Evaluation has been ongoing since the inception of this project and will remain an integral part of our course.
Moodle hands down was able to offer us the complete one stop shop learning management system. As discussed in previous posts we wanted our students to be able to have access to course materials, upload assessments via Turnitin, have discussions with other students, quizzes, access to webinars both live and pre-recorded all in the one location. Moodle has afforded us this and so far seems extremely user friendly to navigate.
What Moodle has provided is not only cost effective and time effective for us as a Unit and Educators, but overall it has allowed us to redesign the learning space for our students which is contemporary and far more engaging to this day and age in the education and learning environment.
References
Mason, C., Fleming, A., Paxton, G., & Singh, J. (2017). Lifelong Participation Through Digital Technology. Melbourne: CSIRO.
Morrison, G.R., & Ross, S.M. (2013). Designing Effective Instruction (7th ed.). USA: John Wiley & Sons.
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