On Thursday night, on the way home from parent night at school, I recorded this podcast about some of what we’re doing with Moodle right now, some of what I wish Moodle could do, and also some of my thoughts about the EducationBridges work to create wikibooks. A nasty virus and the weekend kept me from posting it until now. As always, I’m curious to know your thoughts.
Podcast: Moodle and Wikibooks on Thursday evening
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I keep hearing about Moodle… I went to the site and “poked around” to try and figure out what it is. So basically, it is open-source software that allows a user to create an on-line course with assignments, quizzes, etc. Right? Are you familiar with Blackboard? This is the service my school district uses (although far from free). Is Moodle similar?
Thanks for your help!
Astephens
http://www.musingsfromtheacademy.blogspot.com/
Moodle is very similar to Blackboard. I have heard different positives and negatives on both. Personally the conflict is often similar to Mac vs. PC. People will say that Moodle isn’t any good because it is open source. Others will say that Blackboard is too restrictive (I can’t add things I want to add until Blackboard releases it). If you want to take a listen to one teacher and two students thoughts check out the following podcast. Personally it is what your goals are and what your belief system is. We have Blackboard where I work, but I think that Moodle is a relevant solution to the same thing that Blackboard provides.
Bud,
One more thought! I posted earlier just as a reply. Then I listened to your podcast. We are in the final stages of our wiki. I also listened to the educational bridges podcast and had some similar thoughts to what you were talking about. Educational Bridges in my eyes needs to move now on this even if with a small focus. The wiki we are creating might not be a wiki book, but I think what we are doing is going to be similar to what Educational Bridges wants to do.
Also in relation to the shift in learning and content I have my own feelings that there is going to be great possibilities for students to truly anytime anywhere learners, whether it is your iPod or cell phone. This is going to be the type of learning we will be looking at not just static text. I love books and am still an avid reader, but where we are going in the future no one knows. So why only rely on the past practices?
On another note and to stop my rambling I thought you would also like to check out this podcast. I know I am going to pass it on to some teachers I work with and think it would be a great experience for students. Keep trucking!
Tadge
Bud,
Instead of using the journal module, why not use the assignment module? Then you can choose between replying inline or at the end of the piece.
Inline confuses the daylights out of some of my fifth graders, but your students should be able to handle it just fine 🙂
Thanks for another thought-provoking podcast. It actually made cleaning the house almost fun.