Knowledge, paying it forward!
I sat down at my computer this past week and attempted to load Moodle on my hosted web site. Luckily, for me, the process is quite simple. Click the link that reads, “Install”. The short of the long story here is I was successful in installing Moodle but that is not the real reason for this post. The real reason for the post is the reason for installing Moodle in the first place. I have created two classes and placed them on my Moodle Server for all to enjoy.
The first class is titled Exploring Web 2.0 and when I started to write this class, my intention was to make the course available to the world once it had been vetted. Well, I have run this class twice with a few teachers in PUSD and outside of being told, it was very rigorous, the course is now ready. To be clear, I am not going to provide feedback if you choose to work through this course however, if you are interested in Web 2.0 and you are willing to do some work on your own, this is a great opportunity. It is also important to realize this is course is not a definitive course on Web 2.0. The course was completed in late 2008 so there is an outstanding chance there are new Web 2.0 tool available that are not in the class. Welcome to Web 2.0, new tools are created daily!
The second class is titled Multimedia and Moodle and it is really not a class but more of a framework of a topics I taught in a live class. Students who participated in the course had an opportunity to learn how to create audio and video to embed into their own Moodle courses. It is notable that the students who participated in this course were using Windows based computers. I do realize there are different methods when using a Macintosh however those are not included in this course. In time, I hope to add to this course thus making it truly on-line.
Finally, I have made these two courses available for you to use on your Moodle LMS if you so choose and they are licensed under Creative Commons.
Are you ready to check out these two courses? Click this link. At the login screen, choose Guest.
As always, questions and comments are welcome.
