Blended learning with Moodle
Blended learning is when you support your face-to-face teaching with online resources and activities. In this section we will learn how we can achieve this using the skills and techniques we have learned so far.
Why blended learning
In this book we've been working together as I've been converting my Backyard Ballistics course over to Moodle. Yet another course I run with my students is a two-week project on jet engines, culminating with us building working pulse jets and maintaining/developing a bench-size turbo jet engine.
How might I want to support that project with Moodle? Well, by converting to Moodle I can:
Manage all of my teaching resources in one place and have full control over how they are presented to students (Chapter 3, Adding Documents and Handouts, Chapter 4, Sound and Vision—Including Multimedia Content , and Chapter 5, Moodle Makeover)
Encourage discussion and debate using the online communication skills we experienced in Chapter 7, Communicating...
