Scottish Higher Education Developers October 2018 | Page 18

HOW TO MOODLE AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW
Shazia Ahmed, Laura Bojaca, Vicki Dale, Nicole Kipar,
Kenneth McKenzie, Alexander Moss,
Amanda Geary Pate and El Spaeth, University of Glasgow
Academic developers from the Learning Enhancement and Academic Development
Service (LEADS) at the University of Glasgow have developed the ‘How To Moodle’
project, which is a course on Moodle that encourages all teaching and support staff to
make the most effective use of the VLE for learning and teaching.
Recognising that Moodle is largely used to support traditional teaching, rather than
using the full range of activities in Moodle to support blended learning, members of the
Learning Enhancement and Academic Development Service (LEADS) sought to develop
a self-directed learning resource for staff, to enhance their technological-pedagogical
knowledge (Mishra and Koehler 2006).
Video available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-U3vPAFDEPs
The structure of the course is based around the ABC learning design framework by
Young and Perović (2016), and in particular Laurillard’s six learning design types:
acquisition, discussion, investigation, practice, production and collaboration. Resources
and activities in Moodle were mapped to these learning types.
The resource seeks to provide pedagogical guidance while technical guides are
interspersed throughout the resource at point of need.
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