This document provides an introduction and overview of Moodle, an open-source learning management system. It defines Moodle and discusses its widespread adoption, with over 46,000 registered sites and over 32 million users globally. It outlines the key features Moodle offers for assessment, communication, content uploading, and more. Finally, it discusses how Moodle supports best practices in blended learning, is student-centered, interactive, collaborative, and allows for personalized and on-demand learning.

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

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3. Moodle is a Course Management System 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 Definition at Wikipedia – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Course_management_system

4. Cool Facts about Moodle 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. It’s not just a fad.....

5. CMS Connect to 21st Century Learning 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

6. What Does a CMS Offer? 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

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

8. WIN for Student 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

9. WIN for Teacher 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

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