Create an Online Learning Environment (Google Classroom & Moodle Cloud)

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  • Select activity Script : Teachers who want to learn more about tea...

    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.

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  Session 1 : Introduction to online platforms

  • Select activity Welcome to the first topic of this unit. Before yo...

    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 :

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    Pre-Test Quiz
  • Select activity Review the following resources and on  one pa...

    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:
    

    1. 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=S0718-18762014000100006

    3.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/
    5. How platforms enable work : https://www.youtube.com/watch?embided=no&v=TsAYEq0q6ZI

    References:

    1.  https://www.hindawi.com/journals/jar/2017/3076859/

    2.  http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1078/2077

    3.   http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/2388/4039

    In 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:

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    Post-Test Quiz
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  Session 2 : Google Classroom

  • Select activity As far as the online learning is concerned, we are...

    
    

    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.
    

  • Select activity Before you go through the content materials you n...

    Before you go through the content materials you need to pass the following pre-test:
    

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    Pre-Test Quiz
  • Select activity As now you are done with the pre-test, you go forw...

    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.

    1.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.html

    3.Google classroom tutorial : https://www.youtube.com/watch?embided=no&v=-9rUHxtNUE0

    4. 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.be

     5.GoogleDrive :https://www.youtube.com/watch?embided=no&v=CeFJvXhFJd8&feature=youtu.be

    6.Google Classroom :https://www.youtube.com/watch?embided=no&v=GIN-EtPa0lw&feature=youtu.be

     7.Googleclassroom for every one:https://www.youtube.com/watch?embided=no&v=Yiu3dBeSI_A&feature=youtu.be

    In 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:
    

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    Discussion Forum
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    Post-Test Quiz
• Select section Session 3 :Moodle cloud

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  Session 3 :Moodle cloud

  • Select activity A moodle  is an open source learning manageme...

    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).

    
    

  • Select activity Watch one of  the following videos and come u...

    Watch one of  the following videos and come up with the design of your own moodle cloud.

    1.Introduction to Moodlecloud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?embided=no&v=2d2QQ5iCEaE

    2Moodle 2.9 : a biginner tutorial for teachers -simpleified:https:https://www.youtube.com/watch?embided=no&v=MuPftpmN5Uo

    After 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:

    1 Mobile Cloud Learning for Higher Education: A Case Study of Moodle in the Cloud : http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1676/2830

    2MG Online: Creating Online Learning Environment (LMS) -   

                https://mgonline.mgslg.co.za/course/view.php?id=46

    3MG Online: Moodle in the Cloud - https://mgonline.mgslg.co.za/course/view.php?id=51

    4 MG Online: Google Sites - https://mgonline.mgslg.co.za/mod/lesson/edit.php?id=1067

    5MG Online: Google Classroom - https://mgonline.mgslg.co.za/course/view.php?id=48

    6CCTI: Designing Learning - http://cctionline.org/courses/2-designing-learning/

    
    

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    Discussion Forum
• Select section Session 4 :Advantages and disadvantages of using an online platform to help structure learning that takes place outside the classroom

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  Session 4 :Advantages and disadvantages of using an online platform to help structure learning that takes place outside the classroom

  • Select activity Review the following resources   and on ...

    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.

    1Supporting the student e-Learning: https://opentext.wsu.edu/tchlrn445/chapter/chapter-8-supporting-student-e-learning/

    2Impact of Implementing a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) in the EFL Classroom : http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0123-34322017000300479 

    3Blending Formal and Informal Learning Networks for Online Learning : http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2344/3689

    4Teaching with Blogs : https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/blogs/

    5Center of Teaching : https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/wikis/

    6Strengths and weaknesses of MOOCs : https://opentextbc.ca/teachinginadigitalage/chapter/section-7-5-strengths-and-weaknesses-of-moocs/

    References :

    1.http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/151/232

    2https://www.hindawi.com/journals/edri/2014/589860/

    3https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Web_2.0_and_Emerging_Learning_Technologies/Learning_Theory

    4https://quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jsais/11880084.0001.104/--online-course-pedagogy-and-the-constructivist-learning-model?rgn=main;view=fulltext

    
    

    
    

  • Select activity Assessment :Develop your own instance of eith...

    Assessment :

    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.

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    Assignment