This is the presentation given to educators at The Education Show 2009 in Brisbane, Australia.
Moodle is a freely available educational software solution driven by an international community of more than 750k registered users in 200 countries and 80 languages. Through its social constructivist design, Moodle promotes flexible learning, quality teaching and 21st century education.
Learn about the educational benefits of the Moodle learning management system. Features include blogs, forums, assignments, quizzes, wikis and gradebook.
4. Social Constructionism
1. All of us are potential teachers as well as learners
2. We learn well from expressing something for others
3. We learn through observing peer activity
4. By understanding learner context, we can teach more effectively
5. A learning environment needs to be flexible & adaptable
http://docs.moodle.org/en/Pedagogy
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12. Recent LMS Report
• 95.5% - allows better learning distribution
• 18.6% - Moodle most popular choice
• Moodle ranked first for:
- Cost
- Ease of installation, customisation & use
- Implementation time
- Business impact
- Assessment capabilities
- Support for Web 2.0
http://moodle.mylearningspace.com.au/mod/resource/view.php?id=79
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