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How to use Moodle to engage students

Each new version of Moodle allows teachers to create more engaging online courses, and do so more easily as Moodle becomes more user-friendly. It also puts extra strain on the server(s) it runs on. I have been asking myself for a while: "Just how much more horsepower do each new versions of Moodle require?" October being Oktobertest for me, I thought I'd investigate further and run some tests of my own.

Writing learning objectives that not only provide context, but create a roadmap to engaging activities and online content.

iMoot is an annual event where the Moodle community of over 32 million users are provided the opportunity to join together on a global scale. This web based event engages a global audience of Moodle practitioners, administrators and decision makers in one event for an online e-conference with a difference!

 iMoot is an annual event where the Moodle community of over 32 million users are provided the opportunity to join together on a global scale. This web based event engages a global audience of Moodle practitioners, administrators and decision makers in one event for an online e-conference with a difference! The core aim of the iMoot is to ignite the sense of community and sharing for which Open Source and in particular Moodle is famous for.  An event for a meeting of minds to share the best of each of us with the others. With a new iMoot event comes a new site. Please make sure to point your browser to http://www.imoot.org to check out our new site. The forums are operational and registrations are open, this year with earlybird rates for those who want to get in before the rush.

Interactive websites for student engagement - by subject

Moodle comes replete with blogs, forums, RSS feeds, wikis and more that enable it to be seen as an "absolute good" that opens the door, that enables powerful ideas to slay the fears our IMHO - slay the fears that leaders hold. In many schools, it can become the technology that ensures communication, collaboration, and global learning do become the predominant learning task, without losing that academic focus.

"Email alone is no longer an effective tool to reach today's students and many students rarely log into your institution's learning management system, however, they do check their phones and Facebook accounts multiple times per day. ConnectYard's QuickConnect Widget can help your institution make its learning management systems more social, interactive and engaging. QuickConnect allows any user within a course to post homework and study questions using a simple HTML badge that can be easily added to popular learning management systems, including Blackboard, Moodle, Sakai and others. Those questions are then delivered to other class members through their favorite social networking site, mobile phone or email. Both students and instructors have the option of replying to questions via Facebook, Twitter, text message, or ema"

#ictcurric is a group of enthusiastic, practising ICT teachers dedicated to developing a dynamic and engaging ICT curriculum.  This website is a resource bank of materials created by them. All materials here are available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License.  Click the image below for details of what this allows you to do with our work.