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| Book: | Using Moodle | |
| Subject: | Technology that Teaches: Jason Cole's "Using Moodle" | |
| Date: | 2005-08-01 12:11:20 | |
| From: | Jim Farmer | |
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In Chapters 2 through 13 Jason Cole describes how to use Moodle from installation through creating various types of courses. The easy to follow text with illustrations describe, step by step, how to achieve a working system. Chapter 1 sets the context. Cole writes [Moodle creator] “Martin’s background led him to adopt social constructionism as a core theory behind Moodle.” And comments “Most [course management systems] have been built around tools, not pedagogy. I would call most commercial CMS Systems tool- centered while Moodle is learning-centered.” This captures the reason for Moodle’s overwhelming adoption by college and university faculty and K-12 school teachers—Moodle is designed to teach, and does it well. Chapter 15 “Putting It All Together” summarizes course design patterns for introductory survey, skills development, theory/discussion, and capstone courses—a chapter that every education graduate should be able to write. These patterns make the difference between “teaching as we were taught” and “teaching as we should be taught.”
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