Example Lessons

Example Lessons

by Vinny Stocker -
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Hi,

I've been Moodling since April and am quite pleased with my Chemistry site so far. My problem is getting started with the Lesson module - I just can't seem to figure out the structure and how to put together a lesson. Does anyone have a good example lesson that I could have a look at or know of any resources that may help me?

Many thanks,

Vinny

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Re: Example Lessons

by Scott Elliott -
Vinny,

Here are a couple of things you can check out, if you haven't already!

Moodle Features Demo Course - This has a little lesson on the lesson module.  You can download the demo course and install it in your site so you can see how it is made.

Lesson Moodle Docs - Although not an example of a lesson, it is a good resource.

Good luck!

Scott
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Re: Example Lessons

by Chris Collman -
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Hi Vinny,
Scott offers two good suggestions which you should look at. 

Thanks for the link.  We do much the same thing in a training environment.  It is all about transitions from one presentation medium to another.   I went to >http://www.reviseguys.com/moodle/mod/resource/view.php?id=96 Edexcel AS/A2 GCE in Chemistry.  That is a huge course and you are weaving elements of Moodle into it.  Nice.  I randomly selected the topic: 1.2 Formulae, equations and moles.

Essentially the  Moles workbook is a big lesson.  It presents pages of materials (branch pages that  are grade netural) It has excercises which are a series of questions.  It is broken into 12 sections which are classic branches.

The problem with the Mole book is that a student will have to remember where they stopped, or print it up.  There is no immediate interaction with the student after a question. You can't send them to the page that contains the answer, or provide some feedback through a responce.  

Of course bringing this into a lesson requires work.  I offer Moles as an example of a lesson that should help you when you read what Scott suggested.

Somewhat related, I also think that your "calculate your  empirical formula" is an assignment in  Version 1.6. It is possible that it is only a fun assignment, so a netural resource works for you.  Did not go into the first quiz but wondered if this should be a series of questions in a lesson.  The last quiz is probably a "test" and thus a quiz in my book. These comments are not from an educator.

I realize that your site may encourage peer interaction  rather than teacher interaction. 

Hope this gives you some more specifics to think about.

 


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Re: Example Lessons

by Vinny Stocker -
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Scott, thanks for the links I've looked the help docs before but the example was v.useful.

Chris, cheers for the detailed reply. I found your feedback on my work especially useful. Glad you chose the AS/A2 Chemistry course to look at as the others have nowhere as much content!

I'm going to have another stab at the lesson module with renewed vigor.

Many thanks,

Vinny  

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Re: Example Lessons

by Chris Collman -
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Your welcome.  I think it is all about transitions from one media to another in the race "to get content up".  You could consider creative ways to break up the PDF, as a starting point.  Students read a PDF segment (resource), then take a lesson, where you write a summary of each point they should have learned and use the questions posed in the PDF (don't include them in the PDF, but manually put them in a series of Lesson Questions) as your lesson questions.    I would not like typing in over 150 pages of PDF words smile

I didn't mention that the PDF seemed to be all words.  I bet you use some great visual images in your classroom.   The lesson would be a place to put them.   Yeah I know there are powerpoint jpgs (read some of the discussion in the import powerpoint thread) you might insert.   And/or, how about taking a digital picture of an graphic done on the whiteboard in your classroom, insert it in a lesson page and type some text for it?

I would be interested in hearing others chime in on how they made a transition.