Post on 22-Jul-2015
Tilahun Mamuye
Moodle – Key Facts History
Open Source
Modularity
Support
Focus on pedagogy
Social Constructivism
Community Driven
Growing internationalcommunity
Why has Moodle been so Successful? Cost?
Ease of use – flat and like a scheme of work
Functionality
Adaptability
The name?
Support and community
Moodle at Worcester College of Technology 1000 Courses
13 000 hits a day across our Moodle platforms
2 000 online assignments
415 Glossaries
400 Forums
485 Quizzes
49126 Resources
Christmas Day in our Moodle!
Why Moodle? Reaching students anywhere
Learning at a time, place and pace to suit the needs of the student
Vast amount of freely available content for teachers to add to courses
Multimedia Content e.g. YouTube, TED, iTunesUetc
Great for collaborative learning
Keeping a competitive advantage
Free Content www.jorum.ac.uk
http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/
http://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm
http://www.ocwsearch.com/
http://www.oercommons.org/
www.youtube.com
www.ted.com
E-learning Models Simple Moodle Support
Blended learning
Flipping the classroom
Fully on line
m-learning