Easy, Open Collaboration with Moodle
Joan CoyWanda Dechant
Introductions
Please share the following information
• Your name• Your educational role• What you like to take away
Questions are welcome at anytime…
Access to the collaboration site and on-line courses
This is our teacher collaboration site:http://collaboration.pwsd76.ab.ca
This is where our students access on-line courses:
http://ecommunity.pwsd76.ab.ca
Creation of an open sharing environment using Moodle
Started as small group of teachers, online school
Group within school division Taking courses to students in
classroom Multi-School division Looking at working with a provincial
group to share courses
Ideas about effective learning communities - Relationships
http://www.flickr.com/photos/divemasterking2000/2156349505/
Ideas about effective learning communities - Respect
http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/3677605158
Ideas about effective learning communities - ownership
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lagohsep/4626873569
Ideas about effective learning communities - open/accepting
http://www.flickr.com/photos/calvinfornia/4740637825
Ideas about effective learning communities - no egos
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlo-arioli/1657433876/
Ideas about effective learning communities
Relationships are the foundation – time is needed to build trust
Respect is needed for time and contributions of each and every member
Teachers need to have ownership of the activities of the community
An atmosphere of openness and acceptance is necessary for all members
“Check egos at the door” to allow for real sharing
Teacher Collaboration Site
http://collaboration.pwsd76.ab.ca
In groups of about 3-ish, please take 5 minutes to discuss/brainstorm the following:
What features do you see as essential in creating and maintaining a learning community?
What does sharing mean to you?
Ideas re: Sharing Define sharing before entering
collaboration Open sharing – little bits or chunks – share
what you can Talk with your jurisdiction, what does
sharing mean to them? Minister of Ed… reminded us that we are
employed provincially, not only jurisdictionally
Take what you need, use, change and re-share …
Some might not want our resources “bastardized”…..
Ideas re: Sharing What is of value… content, framework,
components, best practices, ability to edit/modify, etc
Focus on best practice, not just on Moodle Voluntary participation for sharing How are parents involved… communication
with families and communities.. How can we all work together to share information and resources (parents have great ideas & are a huge support in education)
Encourage 2-way sharing… give and take….
Ideas re: Sharing Time – how can we work for effectively to
save ourselves time Share at any point – it does not have to be
perfect… the process of sharing and tweaking is so important, also helps the “takes” to be more willing to customize the course for their context
Courses are not static… we are not publishing
One teacher starts a project/course/resource with the time they have, then pass it on to another teacher to add their time and viewpoint into it… accumulation of efforts
Strategies to Integrate on-line Materials into Classroom Setting
Students control over their learning therefore require students to be responsible for their own learning▪ Choice for quick group opinions▪ Self checks▪ Lesson▪ Self reflections using questionnaire▪ Glossary
Students as Creators
E-Community Site
The E-Community site is for the students
http://ecommunity.pwsd76.ab.ca
Aligned Improvement
The team of teachers, administrators, IT and central office
working together…
gives a much higher chance
of successLisa Miller
Research Base
Evidence of Student Engagement
Promising Strategies or idea to help continue the collaboration or to include students/parents in the process • Feel free to add ideas to a discussion
form on this at any time (if you join us in the ATLE sharing, you will have a place to continue this conversation)
• Please feel free to join in on the provincial Moodle meeting on Wednesday (Mini-Moodle Summit)…… ideas on how to share provincially
Interview
What is one thing you found interesting from the past 90 minutes?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tncountryfan/5189758580
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