Chapter 9. Promoting Efficient Communication
A key component of any quality educational program is its ability to facilitate communication among all of the parties involved in the program. Communication and the subsequent relaying of information and knowledge between instructional faculty, administrators, students, and support personnel must be concise, efficient, and, when so desired, as transparent as possible. Moodle is designed specifically to function as a tool that allows individuals to communicate and share knowledge and it is thus the perfect system for streamlining your various program-related communication needs.
In this chapter, we will introduce and explain the following strategies for establishing an efficient communication portal through your Moodle CIMS:
Set up and use of communication and information exchange portal courses for intra- and inter-departmental or program communication
Building a mentor/homeroom/advisor/counselor system
Feedback systems (using the questionnaire...
