Skip About this site About this siteAlphaPlus Centre 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. AlphaPlus is exploring the possibility of delivering Moodle courses to educators from outside the province and is looking for potential partners and funding opportunities to help make this training available. We encourage all interested educators, administrators and organizations from outside Ontario to contact us to further explore this option. 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? Contact usE: info@alphaplus.ca | 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. Trained educators have been contracted by AlphaPlus to develop and deliver Moodle courses for AlphaRoute learners. AlphaRoute is an online learning environment for adults who want to develop their literacy skills. Funded by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities, this training will be delivered three times during 2009/2010 fiscal year and is available to 75 Ontario educators (25 participants per session) during Summer - June 8 to July 31, 2009 (session ended); Fall - October 13 to December 4, 2009 (session ended); and Winter - January 18 to March 12, 2010 (session is full). Before you request Introduction to Moodle training, here is what you should know: Requirements for Introduction to Moodle Training (PDF - 53KB) Please note that our Winter session is full. To add your name to the Introduction to Moodle waiting list, CLICK HERE. Educators whose names are on the waiting list will be given priority when future training will be offered. Build and Deliver a Short Moodle Course NEW! A free, self-managed, online training course for graduates of the Introduction to Moodle training. This course will engage trainees in more intentionally applying Moodle skills and knowledge gained earlier to the task of building a short course and delivering that course to a target audience of either learners or their peer educators. This is a new training course and will be piloted from February 8 to April 16, 2010. There are training seats for up to 20 educators. Before you request 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) Please note that this course is now full. To request a seat in the future Build and Deliver a Short Moodle Course, fill out the form below and your name will be added to a waiting list (please note that Introduction to Moodle is a prerequisite for this course):Site news(No news has been posted yet)
|  Comments from our Summer 2009 graduates:I really enjoyed the learning experience and it has reinforced my commitment to developing some online courses. There are so many things you can do to make courses fun and interactive. Really looking forward to continuing my online course development learning and to encouraging others to do so too! /Summer 2009/ This is the most interesting professional development I have received in my work as a literacy practitioner. /Summer 2009/ Playing with the course was very satisfying; seeing how other students had put together courses using the same tools led to some "Eureka" moments. /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/ This is the first online course that I really got into. Although I struggled a bit, I learned a lot. I especially liked the fact that we were able to access the recorded sessions, as I wasn't able to participate in the live sessions. I also appreciated very much the power point slides which I referred to quite a lot. /Summer 2009/ I think learners will benefit from using a Moodle online course. There is allowance in Moodle to accommodate various learning styles, and I think that's a big advantage. Also, online learning is the way of the future, and we don't want the learners to be left out. /Summer 2009/ 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/ |
