Not only that, but “much much better than Moodle” These were the verdicts of two members of Our Lady’s Catholic High School teaching staff who this afternoon received training from Mary Cooch in the shiny new VLE they will be using after Easter. So what is it that puts Moodle to shame? Well, Moodle of … Continue reading →
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Moodle versus other VLES
Our trainer, Mary Cooch, is just back from BETT, investigating Virtual Learning Environments. You can read her findings below: ********************************* I spent two intense days at BETT last week, investigating commercial VLEs. The reason? Because Our Lady’s High School, in which the OurLearning Training Centre is based, is exploring alternative Moodle provision and to make … Continue reading →
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The Moodle course that has it all!
Social constructivism, Networking netiquette, Peer assessment, SEAL, coursework, homework support, Literacy skills… you name it, Our Lady’s Preston Assistant Headteacher Mark Greenwood’s Moodle course has it! Since September, Mark, who has responsiblity for the school’s Moodle VLE, has been using a social format course with his KS3 and KS4 interacting together. “It started with just … Continue reading →
Fantastic! Languages training with Moodle
Just before the Christmas break we thought we’d highlight another of our valued trainers here at OurLearning – @moodlefairy Mary Cooch. In our last post we told you how proud we were that Secondary Maths trainer Mary Tuson and Computing trainer Alan O’Donohoe were both classed as “outstanding” by a recent OFSTED inspection (report here) … Continue reading →
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Language Teachers: MFL Courses at Our Learning
Our Learning is expanding! We’re not allowed to say why (or even how) just yet; that’s Top Secret until the New Year, but we’ve organised a bundle of new CPD events for 2013 which should appeal to a range of education and business professionals. We’ll still be continuing with our successful subject-based training, developing more … Continue reading →
Import your own calendars into Moodle 2.4
Here’s another great new feature to look out for when the newest version of Moodle – Moodle 2.4 – is out in December. You can stream your external (iCal) calendars like Google Calendar into Moodle’s built-in calendar. Here’s a quick demo with screenshots. Click on the screenshots to see them full size and get a … Continue reading →
Moodle assignment: “All my own work”
Many of our courses here at OurLearning are for teachers of Maths, ICT and Computing and often the issue arises in discussions over how to ensure work submitted is the student’s own.Universities go to great lengths to implement plagiarism detecting programs such as Turnitin; examination students have to sign a statement promising their work is … Continue reading →
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Back to school: learn typing on Moodle!
A few days ago we were alerted by Moodlenews to an interesting new module that would suit younger children -and not so younger children – who need practice typing. It’s a new contributed module called “Moo typer” which enables you to set up typing activities for your students. You can set the precision level which … Continue reading →
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Vidéo: Les nouveautés de Moodle 2.3
On attend avec impatience la mise à jour de Moodle 2.3 – “la plus intéressante version stable” En attendant, voici un tutoriel vidéo qui présente quelques nouvelles fonctionnalités, en particulier la gestion des fichiers et le glisser-déposer…
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Moodle: Things I wish I’d known earlier (4) No News is Good News!
The final Moodleboo of this week is about that contentious ubiquitous Moodle feature -the News forum.
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