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    Moodle is an open-source Learning Management System (LMS) that provides educators with the tools and features to create and manage online courses. It allows educators to organize course materials, create quizzes and assignments, host discussion forums, and track student progress. Moodle is highly flexible and can be customized to meet the specific needs of different institutions and learning environments.

    Moodle supports both synchronous and asynchronous learning environments, enabling educators to host live webinars, video conferences, and chat sessions, as well as providing a variety of tools that support self-paced learning, including videos, interactive quizzes, and discussion forums. The platform also integrates with other tools and systems, such as Google Apps and plagiarism detection software, to provide a seamless learning experience.

    Moodle is widely used in educational institutions, including universities, K-12 schools, and corporate training programs. It is well-suited to online and blended learning environments and distance education programs. Additionally, Moodle's accessibility features make it a popular choice for learners with disabilities, ensuring that courses are inclusive and accessible to all learners.

    The Moodle community is an active group of users, developers, and educators who contribute to the platform's development and improvement. The community provides support, resources, and documentation for users, as well as a forum for sharing ideas and best practices. Moodle releases regular updates and improvements, ensuring that the platform remains up-to-date with the latest technologies and best practices.

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Available courses

Beyond Slides: Rethinking How We Teach Open Science

This self-paced, project-based mini-course is designed for Open Science trainers who are experts in their field but have had little to no formal training in pedagogy or instructional design. Many rely on traditional lecture-style formats and slide-based presentations when delivering trainings. However, there is a range of practical, learner-centred methods that can make training more engaging and effective. Rather than focusing on educational theory, this mini-course introduces actionable instructional design concepts, including student-centred learning, active engagement strategies, and gamification. Over three weeks, participants will progressively design or revise one of their own training activities. The course supports reflection on whether and how more engaging, learner-focused approaches can be applied in their specific context, helping them make informed decisions to enhance their training practice.

 

 

Course Learning Outcomes

By the end of this mini-course, you will be able to:

  • Identify and compare teacher-centred and learner-centred instructional strategies (e.g. gamification, project-based learning, flipped classroom) in terms of their features, benefits and challenges. (CLO1)
  • Analyse the needs of your own training context through the use of needs, learner, and context analyses tools. (CLO2)
  • Reflect on your current training design practices in light of learner-centred instructional strategies. (CLO3)
  • Evaluate the relevance and feasibility of selected learner-centred approaches for use in your own training context. (CLO4)
  • Design a learner-centred learning activity adapted to your own training context. (CLO5)

Licence

CC BY 4.0 - Jonathan England - This minicourse and all it's content is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence unless otherwise stated

The graphics and pictures used as decorative elements are under a CC0 licence, unless otherwise stated.