Course content -- effective & attractive

Yong Liu

Course content -- effective & attractive

Introduction - what have changed

Content of a course

Multimedia – decoration only?

Layout – is it necessary?

Conclusion

Contents

Introduction - what have changed

Course content -- effective & attractive

• Technology

o Internet – web 2.0 (Wikipedia 2010)

Interactive, Interoperability, User-centered design, Collaboration.

o Communication

Introduction - what have changed

Course content -- effective & attractive

• Learning activity (Meetoo 2009)

o Cooperative learning or group work

o Discovery or guided discovery learning/Active learning

o Brainstorming

o Role playing

Content of a course

Course content -- effective & attractive

• Welcome• Noticeboard • Introduction • Theory • Examples • Discussions • Practice • Assignment • Feedback

Content of a course

Course content -- effective & attractive

• Welcome

Content of a course

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• Noticeboard

Content of a course

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• Introduction

Content of a course

• Theory• Examples

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Content of a course

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• Discussions

Content of a course

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• Practice

Content of a course

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• Assignment • Feedback

• Simplify the theory

• Attract students

Multimedia – Decoration only?

Course content -- effective & attractive

• Where to put?

Anywhere

– Somewhere that needs further explanation

– Somewhere that is too boring

Multimedia – Decoration only?

Course content -- effective & attractive

• Formats

– JPEG, GIF, PNG

– MP3, WAV, WMA

– FLV, SWF MP4, 3GP, WMV

Multimedia – Decoration only?

Course content -- effective & attractive

• Where to get? (Fernandes 2009)

Multimedia – Decoration only?

http://www.flickr.com/

http://commons.wikimedia.org/

NanoGong Moodle optional module: http://gong.ust.hk/nanogong/

http://www.youtube.com/

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Layout – Is it necessary?

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Conclusion

• Re-consider your teaching goal

• Rearrange your course contents

• Think from the student’s point of view

• Ask the right questions

• Take the advantage of the Moodle functions

• Change yourself

Course content -- effective & attractive

References

Siemens, G. (2005). Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age, eLearnSpace.

Meetoo, P. (2009). Effective Teaching and Learning Strategies.

Rice, W. (2008). Moodle 1.9 E-Learning Course Development: A Complete Guide to Successful Learning Using Moodle 1.9.

Wikipedia (2010, 16 Sep 2010). "Web 2.0." Retrieved 18 Sep 2010, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0.

Dias, R. (2010). Instructional Material using Moodle 1.9. CMS Report.

Glenn Resear Center (2008). "4-Stroke Internal Combustion Engine ". Retrieved 25 Sep, 2010, from http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12/airplane/engopt.html.

Fernandes, J. P. S. (2009). "Moodle 1.9 multimedia: create and share multimedia learning materials in your Moodle courses."

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Questions