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Moodle 3.x Teaching Techniques

You're reading from   Moodle 3.x Teaching Techniques Creative ways to build powerful and effective online courses with Moodle 3.0

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2016
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ISBN-13 9781786462299
Length 240 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Susan Smith Nash Susan Smith Nash
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Preface 1. Developing an Effective Online Course FREE CHAPTER 2. Instructional Material 3. Collaborative Activities 4. Assessment 5. Lesson Solutions 6. Wiki Solutions 7. Glossary Solutions 8. The Choice Activity 9. Course Solutions 10. Workshop Solution 11. Portfolio/Gallery Solution

Student-created extended definitions


You can use a glossary as a collaborative activity. In this case, it is similar to a wiki, but you can impose stricter guidelines and add very specific instructions.

For example, in the case of a definition of EcoTourism, students can contribute their own experiences and also add links to blog posts that illustrate their experiences. The student can first add the official definition and then an example in a very succinct manner. Continuing with EcoTourism:

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EcoTourism- Ecologically sustainable approach to tourism that targets places that are unique because of their ecology. The touristic experience focuses on active participation and has a goal of building cultural understanding, appreciation, and conservation.

Here is an example of protecting endangered sea turtle hatchlings in the Pacific coast town, Lo de Marcos, in Nayarit, Mexico. Here is a blog post I wrote about the experience (http://fringejournal.blogspot.in/2015/12/tortuga-twilight.html ):

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