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My presentation from my workshop at the Moodlemoots in Australia and in New Zealand in 2008. Note this is only the first five minutes as the rest of the workshop was activities. Contact me for further assistance. tabitha@learning.ac.nz
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Glossaries and databasesMoodleMootAU08
Tabitha Roder, HRDNZ
Glossaries and databasesMoodleMootAU08
Tabitha Roder, HRDNZ
This is a picture of me, this is the pose I give when asked to give presentations!
But I am locked into presenting, as you can see... so I should just get on with it!
What are these glossaries all about then, are we talking about giving our students the new terminology they need for the course they are in?
If we have given them the definitions, they should understand all the new words in the course, right?
Have I done my job as a teacher then?
Have I given my students the key to success by building them a glossary? what do you think they understand now?
I personally think it puts their understanding not far off this, blank page, which I think is probably not enough...
I don’t think I have let the students touch the learning opportunity they would get if they were given the chance to get themselves a bit wet, and build their understanding themselves
So I want to pull back the curtain
show my students the world on the other side
I want to see if by getting them involved, together will they learn more?
So my role as their teacher could be to stand there behind the transparent curtain, helping them see the world, just pointing them in the right direction... or...
taking it to the next step, oh no, teacher step back now
what about letting the students pull back the curtain themselves, and lead their own learning?
it might take a while for the students to break out
It might initially be a bit of a stretch
but students can learn together and then thrive on a bit of competition, writing their own quality and relevant definitions of the words they need to succeed in their chosen field
you can create environments that stretch students to be stars
and then see how rewarded they feel when they get there,
creating their own definitions, the words are theirs, as defined by them, in the context that is relevant to them
now when I ask myself, am I offering students what they need? I think I am getting a bit closer
who knows, maybe the students will be giving me a hand to help me understand!
so enough talking about it, lets take a look at glossaries.
youtube
Youtube has plenty of screen captures of people showing you how to make moodle resources
www.elearning.school.nzGlossaries and Databases course
Guest access allowed :-)
Glossary activity
make glossaries more than just word lists
learners creating, sharing and refining their definitions together creates deeper understanding
use the random glossary block to show off your students entries
Databases
Database activity
plan before you build
choose the right fields to get the right results
tailor your templates to be fit for purpose
empower your students to create and share their own learning material
Where to from here
further info on moodle.org
refer back to my workshop here - elearning.school.nzGlossaries and databases course
get innovating and create your own !
enjoy the new path you take with your students
thank you
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