@ITforALL Launches a Moodle #MOOC “Teaching with Moodle”
Teaching with Moodle is a self-paced 4-week course for teachers who wish to teach online using Moodle and other web technologies. The course is in the spirt of open education and is completely free.
Here’s a Prezi based presentation by Emily Button which shows her process in planning and creating a great looking, fully functional and intuitive course that students will love. I especially like the use of checklists and auto-linked words to help students see context and know what to do next
January 9-10, 2014 at the Mid Michigan Community College Doan Campus, Mount Pleasant, Jan 9 - preconference workshops with tracks for new Moodle users and for Moodle Administrators. Pre-conference on Jan 9
The School MoodleMoot in Australia is July 11th – 13th 2013, Call for Presentations Now Open
This year’s School Moot will be held in Brisbane, Australia and focuses on pathways to success. This is the leading k-12 MoodleMoot and will be held for the 3rd time.
This paper reports on the findings of a case study that investigated how blended teaching and learning was implemented in a New Zealand secondary school.
Digital Trends Shifting the Role of Teachers
Chris Merkert, a veteran teacher who has spent nearly two decades in the classroom, is constantly tweaking his lesson plans. It's become a kind of obsession.
Is K-12 Blended Learning Disruptive? An introduction of the theory of hybrids
The Clayton Christensen Institute, formerly Innosight Institute, has published three papers
describing the rise of K 12 blended learning—that is, formal education programs that combine
online learning and brick-and-mortar schools.
School Ditches Textbooks for Open Educational Resources
The Amarillo Area Center for Advanced Learning in Texas is replacing textbooks with digital open educational resources (OER) for its math and science classes using iPads.