Quenching My Thirst to Understand the Moodle LMS Platform
Reflecting
upon my intense training on Moodle LMSs in the last few months of 2013, I have
been examining ways to implement tools in my current and future courses at the
university where I work. The whole experience has been extremely enriching since
–through the pass of weeks- I have come to better understand the use of several
tools that were not fully comprehended by me with the succinct information
provided by out IT Department. However, I still have not quenched my curiosity
on how to get started with Moodle on my own and how to better understand the
whole potential a platform like this provides instructors and learners.
The
reason why this thirst or curiosity of mine has not yet been quenched is due to
the limitations imposed by Moodle administrators at my workplace. These
restrictions have been set because of a good reason, no doubt, by university
authorities following policies of use. However, you get to experience some sort
of frustration when dealing with them –up to certain extend-. To give you an
example of what I am talking about, I must start by a tool explained on our
online training: Rubrics.
These were disabled within our LMS platform. Why? It is one of those unknown
things that you question but no solid, resounding answer is provided. I am not
into questioning policies, but it is kind of contradictory why tools are shown
to Moodle users, and then the chances of using them are beyond one’s reach due
to these policies.
I
also feel that my Moodle command is still defective in terms of a teacher using
the system, and I am in the way to try to quench my thirst for really knowing
how to use it at its best of its capabilities within my user’s profile from a
non-IT standpoint. For this reason I started surfing the Web to try to find a
site [blog, wiki, etc.] that could give me a hand in trying to self-teach
myself in those areas that I feel I must work harder to master the use of all
Moodle tools but from a non-IT position.
Although I am not an IT
engineer, from my curriculum development standpoint I always try to see from
the academic point of view and visualize its potential learning extension for
students and instructors. At this site, you can learn how to start your own
course by downloading a localhost server to launch Moodle on your PC or
laptop. With this instructors can see the engineering behind the program and
how it can be used by the academia in terms of the student learning process.
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Do you want to get started with Moodle? Retrieved from http://blog.matbury.com/2012/01/02/do-you-want-to-get-started-with-moodle/#Useful_links
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Moodle Courses
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Moodle.Org also gives a free training
course called “Using Moodle” to gain expertise in the use of all tools within
this LMS platform. The amount of information provided by this page ranges
from installation help all the way down to activities, resources to other
components and Moodle development.
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Requires
users to sign for an account.
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That
I have not learned lots of new tricks and uses of tools in my Moodle training
is something I cannot state; that would be too untruthful on my part. Laureate
International Universities –by giving me that chance to take an online
certificate in Online Hybrid and Blended Learning Education- has opened a lot
of new doors for me to explore and exploit with the guidance of my instructor,
Mr. Herbert Soriano from UNITEC, Honduras. Let’s hope I can fully become a
topnotch instructor who can better assist learners in their search and building
of knowledge.
? To
fully comprehend the scope of this teaching issue, it is highly advisable that
the following topics must be expanded further:
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IT LMS platform uses and policies
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Limitations in Moodle use by IT authorities
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How to use rubrics in Moodle
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Moodle teacher training
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How to start a Moodle localhost server
Professor Jonathan Acuña-Solano
ELT Trainer, Instructor & Curriculum Developer based in Costa
Rica
NCTE – Costa Rica Member
Contact Information:
Twitter @jonacuso
Email jonacuso@gmail.com
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published on Wednesday, January 1, 2014
How to quote this entry: Acuña, J. (January 1, 2014) Quenching My Thirst to Understand the Moodle LMS Platform, from Reflective Online Teaching, Website: http://reflective-online-teaching.blogspot.com/2014/01/quenching-my-thirst-to-understand.html
Thursday, January 02, 2014
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