So, Moodle is the platform that is used at the UEW. I know Moodle, because that is what I have been using at WOU. I am thinking that I will be able to put handouts and Powerpoints into Moodle and students will be able to access materials with which they may study. I had five Moodle shells set up and began by seeing if the students were enrolled. They were not. I tried enrolling them. I could not. I asked about enrolling students and was told that they will self-enroll. I announced this in class and the students have never used Moodle and have no idea what their usernames and passwords are. I am only one of a few faculty who knows how to use Moodle.
I arrived at my Monday class, Post-Internship Seminar (a fantastic idea – we could look into something like this for WOU students) to find that the other two lecturers were not in class. I asked the students to work together on a small group project they had been assigned previously. They were to teach a practice lesson. I told them to do it in sign language. After all, they will be doing their internships in schools for the deaf or inclusive schools in fall semester. Meanwhile, the class captain (another great concept we could explore back at WOU) began calling the other two lecturers. She found that they were in a workshop at the North campus and that I was supposed to attend, as well. When I arrived three and a half hours late, I found that the topic was Moodle!
I stayed for about two hours and then headed back to the South Campus to teach my afternoon Fundamentals of Sign Language class. I had contacted the class captain for that group and asked that they join me for the 1:30 class at 3:00. When I arrived, they were practicing sign language!!! Love these students who try so hard with so little!
I really enjoyed Moodle in level 100 ICT class. I thought it was going to be like the other courses but it never happened.