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simplify man!

trying to keep it simple and consistent. trying to practice what i preach.

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if i am doing most of the work… who is doing most of the learning?!

I am trying to practice what i preach. present, engage/interact, assess. it is harder than it sounds. Pacing, sequencing, spreading the work out over 12 weeks and making sure they have enough time to...

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getting closer

quite anxious about how moodle works. don’t understand the gradebook. or how to grade assignments. Set it up thought i think. I hate math… Am still struggling with how to assess and evaluate in a...

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my first thoughts were …

so, i am reflecting… when faced with designing this course i had to consider several things: how long the course will be who the students will be and what needs to be covered 1. The course is supposed...

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what did i do?

First i created my course information documents and tried to get them laid out in a location on the moodle coursemap that makes sense. I am using the course summary pane for that. I am having to use...

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no where to hide…

i discovered that there is no where to “hide” documents in moodle… i have been creating documents and organizing them in what i thought were “hidden” topic areas, so that i could hyperlink to...

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by design

some desicisions i’ve made: 6 modules = 12 weeks an ice breaking module = 2 weeks prior to term start. a course information area a class community area location of the panes – course info on the left....

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it starts tomorrow!

…quite excited to get the course started! Not everything is perfect yet. I am in Batavia in a hotel and can’t get moodle to load. not sure why. That could be problematic. Very exited though. I am...

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the cms is a dinosaur …and you know what happened to them…

I am using moodle to teach ETAP687 because UAlbany was unable to provide instructor-level BLS course shells for the students in this course to create their own online courses, which is a main project...

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The course starts today!

Today is the offical start date of my summer online course, etap687. It is a master’s level fully online course at UAlbany in the education department. If you are interested, here is a link to a tour...

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