The document summarizes a course taught to teachers to introduce them to using the Moodle online learning platform. The course is divided into 4 phases: 1) getting acquainted with Moodle, 2) community building activities, 3) learning about online pedagogy through readings and discussion, 4) creating sample courses to get hands-on experience. Throughout the course, participants experience Moodle as students first before being asked to design activities. The goal is to spark interest in independent learning about online tools rather than providing comprehensive training.

1. Teaching Teachers to Teach with Moodle

2. A presentation from the MoodleMoot conference, Oxford, 2005

4. SWPS teachers of English

7. free, opt-in

9. SWPS teachers

10. in Polish

11. free, opt-in

13. The course is not meant to be a comprehensive “How to use Moodle” course

14. It's more of an introduction to online learning and Moodle, with the aim of creating in the participants an inner desire to learn more on their own

15. ! If they are to teach online with Moodle, they should first experience online learning in Moodle as students.

16. ! No F2F orientation session.

18. filling in the user profiles

19. looking at the profiles of others

20. ! allow ~1 week for arrivals

22. “transparent” learning about Moodle

24. 1-to-1 interviews, followed by forum introductions and then a quiz “How well do you know your course-mates”

25. ! In the first two stages, employ the most important Moodle tools, e.g. resources, forums, quizzes, assignments.

26. ! Don't teach them too much about Moodle. Teach them through Moodle and explain things as you go (if necessary).

27. ! But do make them aware of which Moodle tool you are using in which activity.

28. ! Don't always wait for them to ask questions in the “Discovering Moodle” forum. There are things they would want to know if only they knew what to ask about ;-)

30. Reflecting on their own experience in the course (as students) and on the work of the tutor.

32. creating a glossary

33. ! When discussing online pedagogy, try to put off (or even avoid) telling them what you think. Let them discuss the issue and swap opinions. You may contribute your own later .

35. allow ample time for the creation of sandbox courses

36. provide each participant with an advisor

38. their experiences running them

39. ! Rather than telling them how Moodle works, let them explore and discover.

41. Continuous evaluation of the course, but also of one's own involvement.

43. in “Teaching and Learning Online” forum

46. sharing ideas

47. Qs and As

48. Moodle tutorials

50. other applications

51. ... and now, the long-awaited...

52. ... coffee break :-)