{"id":261,"date":"2009-07-19T11:28:36","date_gmt":"2009-07-19T17:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec565maydonik\/?page_id=261"},"modified":"2009-07-23T00:23:39","modified_gmt":"2009-07-23T06:23:39","slug":"reflection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec565maydonik\/lms\/reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"Moodle Final Reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wow.\u00a0 I think that I&#8217;ve actually had dreams about my <a href=\"http:\/\/moodle.met.ubc.ca\/files\/index.php?id=42\">LMS course site<\/a> built in <a href=\"http:\/\/moodle.org\/\">moodle<\/a>!\u00a0 Some dreams have been stressful, others extremely successful.\u00a0 Over the past week as I&#8217;ve been putting the finishing touches on, I must say that I have enjoyed this experience and it has been very worthwhile.<\/p>\n<p>Within the Calgary Board of Education, the LMS <a href=\"http:\/\/www.desire2learn.com\/\">Desire to Learn (D2L)<\/a> is used.\u00a0 For four years, I have attempted to figure out this technology in a purposeful manner.\u00a0 Through ETEC 565A, I have gained the tools to build a course in a LMS.\u00a0 The first four readings in Module 1 gave me the foundation to make critical decisions as I worked through and built my course site.\u00a0 My intention is to use the resources I have created in moodle to build a course site in D2L that I will use next school year.<\/p>\n<p>I chose to build my course around a theme that I have taught face-to-face.\u00a0 I am anticipating having a <a href=\"http:\/\/smarttech.com\/\">SMART Board<\/a> in my classroom next year, so I designed my course to be interactive as well as able to be used individually by my students either during Literacy Centers or at home.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a breakdown of my LMS course-site:<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"http:\/\/moodle.met.ubc.ca\/course\/view.php?id=42\">Learning Management System (LMS) online course site<\/a>, either in <a href=\"http:\/\/moodle.org\/\">Moodle<\/a> or WebCT\/Vista (25), including complete set-up for the following:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec565maydonik\/lms\/\">Proposal for LMS selected      (10)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moodle.met.ubc.ca\/course\/view.php?id=42\">Splash page using an      object orientation (5)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On my splash page, there are images and animations that provide a visual hook for students.\u00a0 Young children love colourful and engaging images and I believe that students viewing this splash page would be instantly excited about the theme.\u00a0 The images on the Splash page have the correct alt attribute assigned to them, so if a student were using screen-reading software, they would understand where to click.\u00a0 There is also a silly picture of myself, from a field trip to the Calgary Science Centre.\u00a0 Students love seeing funny pictures of their teacher, and I would argue that this helps to foster a relationship with students.<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Two      (or more) complete content modules (5)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I created three complete content modules.\u00a0 They are balanced in terms of activities and allow for interaction with the SMART Board and individual work.\u00a0 There is a nice balance of multimedia in each module; see my <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec565maydonik\/multimedia-inventory\/\">Multimedia Inventory<\/a> for a detailed explanation.<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>(At      least) one module programmed for selective release (1)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This was tricky!\u00a0 After researching selective release on the <a href=\"moodle.org\">moodle.org<\/a> forums, I learned that in moodle, conditional release is different.\u00a0 It turns out that if you design your course in weekly format, you can apply selective release.\u00a0 However, I have designed my course in topic format and therefore, selective release does not apply to my LMS course site.<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Two      general discussion fora topics (2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In total, I created <a href=\"http:\/\/moodle.met.ubc.ca\/mod\/forum\/index.php?id=42\">4 discussion fora topics<\/a>, including the Icebreaker activity.\u00a0 Each module has 1 discussion forum, with the exception of Module, A which has 2 with the Icebreaker activity.<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>One\u00a0group      discussion forum for (at least) 2 groups (2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In Module B, I created the <a href=\"http:\/\/moodle.met.ubc.ca\/mod\/forum\/view.php?f=478\">discussion forum<\/a> for 2 groups.\u00a0 The activity is to read my <a href=\"http:\/\/moodle.met.ubc.ca\/mod\/resource\/view.php?id=2510\">digital story<\/a> and then answer reading comprehension questions.\u00a0 This was a valuable exercise as I see the value in creating smaller groups for discussion when appropriate, similar to our small working groups in ETEC 565A.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, my experience completing this assignment has been fantastic.\u00a0 By critically thinking about each element to include, sound pedagogical decisions could be made.\u00a0 I was able to create a course that will be very beneficial in my teaching practice, not only to me, but to my students as well.\u00a0 I can&#8217;t wait for next April, as that is when I will be teaching this theme!<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for reading!<\/p>\n<p>Camille<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow.\u00a0 I think that I&#8217;ve actually had dreams about my LMS course site built in moodle!\u00a0 Some dreams have been stressful, others extremely successful.\u00a0 Over the past week as I&#8217;ve been putting the finishing touches on, I must say that I have enjoyed this experience and it has been very worthwhile. 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