This presentation introduced my Advanced Moodle professional development session. The presentation also includes content from my Introduction to Moodle presentation.

1. PASD Technology Training Professional Development Melanie Wiscount, Instructor Advanced Moodle

2. A vision of K-12 Students of today Link A Vision of K-12 Students Today by bjnesbitt@ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8

4. Contributors

5. Communicators

6. Collaborators

7. Coordinators

8. Consumers Who is this millennial learner? Derek Wenmoth

10. Color

11. Sound & Music

12. Still Graphics

13. Moving GraphicsMillennial Learners Learn with media

14. Add to the millennial students’ learning experience

15. The IPOS process of computing information is input, processing, output, & storage. The pre-millennial way of learning

16. The IPOS Process of Computing The millennial generation way of learning

17. A virtual learning environment (VLE) is a system designed to support teaching and learning in an educational setting E-learning Learning management system Online education Learning platform Moodle is a Course Management System Definition at Wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Course_management_system

18. By January 9, 2010, Moodle had a user-base of: 46,624 registered sites, with 32,464,992 users, in 3,161,291 courses, in 209 countries, and in more than 75 languages. Cool Facts about Moodle It’s not just a fad.....

19. Enables learning in a social, immersive, and interactiveway "Learning is breaking out of the narrow boxes that it was trapped in during the 20th century...VLEs are helping to make sure that [student] learning is not confined to a particular building, or restricted to any single location or moment.“Professor Stephen Heppell CMS Connect to 21st Century Learning

20. Assessment Communication Uploading of content Return of students' work Peer assessment Administration of Student groups Digital learning Collecting and organizing student grades Questionnaires Tracking tools Wikis Blogs RSS 3D virtual learning spaces What Does a CMS Offer?

21. Blended learning (school + home) Student-centered Interactive Collaborative Feedback Learning is Meaningful & Authentic How Does Moodle Connect with Best Practices in Instruction

22. On Demand – 24/7 All resources at one spot Social & interactive Grades plus feedback access Personalized learning Relearn opportunities Perfect answer for absent students Learning can take place anywhere Resources in digital form WIN for Student

23. Online presence for course; 24/7 All resources at one place Handout management Less paper Student tracking – time stamps Grading Timesaver Parents’ easy access to course An instructional design natural WIN for Teacher