Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 1st, 2009 No Comments »
Pictures can change a boring text page to an exciting learning environment if the photos are chosen to suit the theme and there are not too many of them. When I first decided to add photos to my Moodle site, I was excited about the interesting photos I found online. Then the rules of copyright […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 1st, 2009 No Comments »
Putting together my Moodle course was an interesting experience. I have created a course in Moodle so I felt comfortable moving around the site. Some of the activities were challenging but most were easy to figure out. For example, I struggled with creating my splash page because I couldn’t get the photos to upload properly. […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 1st, 2009 No Comments »
I believe social software tools alone have changed the face of the Internet because people naturally like to develop communities. Social software programs like Facebook and Second Life are engaging and fun. I use Facebook to connect with friends and family here and overseas with a frequency that might not normally happen. I can see […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 17th, 2009 No Comments »
I was first introduced to weblogs a few years ago when I was working as a freelance writer. At first they seemed like a novelty or just a different way to write for an audience. It soon became apparent though that there was something a bit different about blogging. The articles were short, current and […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 2nd, 2009 No Comments »
Just in case I missed something, I wandered back through the course Toolkit and sure enough I found something I wanted to add. I haven’t mentioned the importance of starting this blog and setting up my Moodle course. Blogging Yes, blogging is a requirement of this course but really it was the nudge I needed […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 23rd, 2009 2 Comments »
I enjoyed searching through the various communication tools available to instructors in Moodle because it gave me a good overview of what exists for instructor/student communication. It was interesting to match the tools I liked best with my instructional goals. The challenge was picking the right tools for the right reasons. Although I like the […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 17th, 2009 No Comments »
Everyone benefits from the synchronicity of communication “between an instructor, learners, and content” (Toolkit) because togetherness allows for the quick exchange of ideas. Of course there are problems like the students in one class being in several different time zones. Many students take online courses for the anytime anywhere features they can’t find when attending […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 15th, 2009 No Comments »
After completing my LMS proposal, I reread the group rubrics we created. I wanted to know if I would see things differently after delving into the depths of writing a proposal. Several things became apparent. I understood the purpose of the rubric in a new way. I saw it as a tool to convince someone […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 15th, 2009 No Comments »
I was the first one at work to jump into Vista and Microsoft Office 2007. I figured why fight it. I was teaching computer literacy classes to senior citizens and they were throwing questions at me that didn’t seem to make a lot of sense: “How do we shut down the computer? How do we […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jun 15th, 2009 No Comments »
I like to think of fonts as the added decorative touch on an otherwise bland text-based page. You can do so much with fonts like change the size or the style. If you don’t like the colour, you can change that too. What fonts don’t do well is translate from program to program or format […]