Skip About this site About this siteAlphaPlus maintains this site for a community of adult educators interested in learning about and implementing Moodle tools in their teaching practice. Moodle, an online course management system, is a free open-source community-based software package designed using sound pedagogical principles to help educators create effective online learning resources and communities. Contact usE: info@alphaplus.ca Videos about MoodleA brief presentation of Moodle (www.moodle.org)
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Since most of today's students can appropriately be labeled as "Digital Learners", why do so many teachers refuse to enter the digital age with their teaching practices? | Welcome to the Moodle training info site! Visit this site often for updates on the latest AlphaPlus initiatives related to Moodle training for adult educators, including information about upcoming courses, course requirements, registration details and deadlines. AVAILABLE COURSES Introduction to Moodle This course is an introduction to Moodle. Graduates of this course can continue their learning process independently with AlphaPlus staff support by requesting more Moodle course space and developing interactive learning resources and courses for students in their own literacy programs to use. Funded by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, this training will be delivered three times during the 2010/2011 fiscal year and is available to 45 Ontario educators (15 participants per session) during: Summer June 7 to July 30, 2010 - completed Before you request a seat in the Introduction to Moodle training, here is what you should know: Requirements for Introduction to Moodle Training (PDF - 53KB) To request a seat in the Introduction to Moodle course, CLICK HERE. Build and Deliver a Short Moodle Course A free, self-managed, online training course for graduates of our Introduction to Moodle training. This course engages trainees in more intentionally applying their Moodle skills and knowledge to the task of building a short course and delivering that course to a target audience of either learners or their peer educators. There are 20 training seats available for this training. 10 seats are available for Summer/Fall training and 10 seats available in Winter/Spring 2011. Our Summer/Fall training is delivered in two parts: Our Winter/Spring training is 10 weeks in duration Before requesting a seat in our Build and Deliver a Short Moodle Course training, please read the course overview: Quick Build and Deliver a Short Moodle Course Overview (PDF - 53.4 KB) To request a seat in the Build and Deliver a Short Moodle Course, CLICK HERE. * Please note that Introduction to Moodle is a prerequisite for this course. Site news
|  Introduction to Moodle grads say:I would definitely recommend this training; it provided valuable insight into a flexible, user-friendly teaching tool that can dramatically increase the horizons of training learners and, possibly, for delivering tutor training as well. Summer/2009 I think this is a wonderful resource for both practitioners and learners. It opens doors and minds and invites collaborative learning for both. Summer/2009 Moodle is an excellent platform about new ways to instruct online and to learn about and practice new technology. Fall/2009 Since the course is so open-ended, I believe the quality of learning is directly proportional to the time you have to devote to the course. Winter/2010 Build and Deliver a Short Moodle Course grads say:This course has been tremendously useful for me. I have been teaching Moodle courses to students that I never see, and this time I got to teach to the students in my classroom. It was an eye opener. Winter/2010 My overall experience was awesome. This is the type of thing that I like to do. I will definitely build, develop and deliver another course using Moodle. I had a great experience developing my course! In fact, the major challenge for me was NOT to be Moodling all the time and for my full-time job and personal life to have any of my undivided attention! Will I develop another course? For sure! I've already requested space for three courses. What was your experience like? First of all, I had ulterior motives - such as trying out some new activities as well as integrating Moodle's philosophy. It was a wonderful experience and hopefully I have succeeded in creating a positive and supportive learning environment. |
Congratulations to the following Summer 2010 Introduction to Moodle graduates:
Congratulations to 17 adult literacy educators from across Ontario who invested 50+ hours of professional development time this winter to increase their skills using Moodle.
