Topic outline
General
- Script : Teachers who want to learn more about teaching with technology will find this Online Learning Environment, informative and engaging. Using up-to date learning design and simple, accessible technology, the course runs on an easy-to-use learning platform available via the Internet. The course is designed for teachers who want to build on their knowledge and practice in teaching and learning with technology. It will run over three weeks and requires approximately three hours of time each week. Designed to accommodate teachers’ busy schedules, the course offers flexibility with options for learning the content. You will learn from readings, videos, discussions with other participants and teachers, meaningful exercises, quizzes and short assignments. The teacher should have a clear understanding of what students are doing through the online platform and how it’s helping them achieve learning goals. Online practice before coming to class can be a great way to help students understand key concepts and get feedback before applying knowledge in class. Follow up activities after class can aid in retention and reflection. For those teachers using a flipped classroom model, online activities through a publisher platform can support that effort. Students are more likely to engage fully with the assigned activities if they understand how the activities are helping them make progress towards the learning objectives. Teachers should take time to clarify what they expect from students and how meeting those expectations will translate into success in the course.After covering this this unit ,teachers will be able to create an online learning environment to support pervasive learning . This unit is made up by the following topics:
1 Introduction to online platforms.
2. Google Classroom.
3. Moodle Cloud.
4. Advantages and disadvantages of using an online platform to help structure learning that takes place outside the classroom.
Session 1 : Introduction to online platforms
Welcome to the first topic of this unit. Before you start navigating through the topic content you are requested to do the following pre-test :
Review the following resources and on one page of a Microsoft word document, discuss the benefits of using Virtual Classroom/online learning platforms. You will submit your file using the portfolio provided:
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Social Media Introduction : https://psu.pb.unizin.org/ist110/chapter/10-1-social-media-introduction/2.
Social networks : https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-187620140001000063.
Introduction to Technology-Enabled Learning :http://oasis.col.org/handle/11599/2794
4. Digital Textbooks : https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/digital-textbooks-working-with-publisher-provided-online-platforms/
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How platforms enable work : https://www.youtube.com/watch?embided=no&v=TsAYEq0q6ZIReferences:
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https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jar/2017/3076859/2.
http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1078/20773.
http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/2388/4039In discuss forum, summarize the challenges and benefits of using online platforms and share with your colleagues.
As now you are done with the topic content,this is the time for the post-test:
Session 2 : Google Classroom
As far as the online learning is concerned, we are emphasizing paperless model and one of the models is Google Classroom which is an online tool that integrates G Suite apps (i.e. Gmail, Google Drive/Docs, and Google Calendar) in one platform to help teachers and students connect with the course and each other, distribute and give feedback on assignments and more.
Before you go through the content materials you need to pass the following pre-test:
As now you are done with the pre-test, you go forward with the course content :
Review the following content materials then design and set up a Google Classroom.
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Setting up a Google Classroom : http://blogs.leeward.hawaii.edu/teach/google-classroom-challenge/2.
Google classroom collaboration: https://www.edgaged.net/2018/01/classroom-collaboration-hack-google.html3.
Google classroom tutorial : https://www.youtube.com/watch?embided=no&v=-9rUHxtNUE04.
Teachers review web-based resources and video tutorials such as Google Classroom and using Google Docs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?embided=no&v=-apCIbV9YKA&feature=youtu.be5.
GoogleDrive :https://www.youtube.com/watch?embided=no&v=CeFJvXhFJd8&feature=youtu.be6.
Google Classroom :https://www.youtube.com/watch?embided=no&v=GIN-EtPa0lw&feature=youtu.be7.
Googleclassroom for every one:https://www.youtube.com/watch?embided=no&v=Yiu3dBeSI_A&feature=youtu.beIn discuss forum, summarize the challenges and benefits of using online google classroom and share with your colleagues.
As you have discussed the challenges and benefits of google classroom,
You are now going to fill the post-test questionnaire here down:
Session 3 :Moodle cloud
A moodle is an open source learning management systems. It is described as "a learning platform designed to provide educators, administrators and learners with a single robust, secure and integrated system to create personalised learning environments." Plus, Moodle is free software, licensed under the GPL (General Public License).
Watch one of the following videos and come up with the design of your own moodle cloud.
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.Introduction to Moodlecloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?embided=no&v=2d2QQ5iCEaE2
Moodle 2.9 : a biginner tutorial for teachers -simpleified:https:https://www.youtube.com/watch?embided=no&v=MuPftpmN5UoAfter going through the provided content, Set up a small course
using Moodle Cloud and share your course link with your peers using the discussion forum.
References:
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Mobile Cloud Learning for Higher Education: A Case Study of Moodle in the Cloud : http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1676/28302
MG Online: Creating Online Learning Environment (LMS) - https://mgonline.mgslg.co.za/course/view.php?id=46
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MG Online: Moodle in the Cloud - https://mgonline.mgslg.co.za/course/view.php?id=514
MG Online: Google Sites - https://mgonline.mgslg.co.za/mod/lesson/edit.php?id=10675
MG Online: Google Classroom - https://mgonline.mgslg.co.za/course/view.php?id=486
CCTI: Designing Learning - http://cctionline.org/courses/2-designing-learning/
Session 4 :Advantages and disadvantages of using an online platform to help structure learning that takes place outside the classroom
Review the following resources and on one page Microsoft Word document discuss the Advantages and disadvantages of using an online platform to help structure learning that takes place outside the classroom and then submit it using the submission tool provided.
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Supporting the student
e-Learning: https://opentext.wsu.edu/tchlrn445/chapter/chapter-8-supporting-student-e-learning/2
Impact of Implementing a Virtual
Learning Environment (VLE) in the EFL Classroom : http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0123-34322017000300479 3
Blending
Formal and Informal Learning Networks for Online Learning : http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2344/36894
Teaching with Blogs : https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/blogs/5
Center of Teaching : https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/wikis/6
References :Strengths and
weaknesses of MOOCs : https://opentextbc.ca/teachinginadigitalage/chapter/section-7-5-strengths-and-weaknesses-of-moocs/
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.http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/151/2322
https://www.hindawi.com/journals/edri/2014/589860/3
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Web_2.0_and_Emerging_Learning_Technologies/Learning_TheoryAssessment :
Develop your own instance of either Google Classroom or Moodle Cloud learning environments. You are required to build an online course that contains:
● Its own course shell
● a resource document
● an interactive quiz
● a forum discussion
● a wiki exercise for students
Then share with your peers.