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MOODLE - RHUL's Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
Moodle is the new Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) at Royal Holloway (replacing LearnWise). Moodle is a course management system designed to help educators who want to create quality online courses and effective online learning communities. The software is used all over the world by universities, schools, companies and independent teachers.
Training in the use of Moodle at Royal
Holloway is being offered over the
summer and beyond by Martin
King,and David
Thurlby. Please visit the e-learning
training & support pages to find out
more and enrol upon a session.
| Why MOODLE? | |
|---|---|
| Reasons | Benefits / Comments |
| Large community of users worldwide | Moodle has 54% of the HE sector market share, including the Open University (read more) |
| User-friendly interface | Ease of use associated with basic functionality, well sign-posted throughout and online documentation |
| Pedagogically sound principles | Built on the Social-Constructivism model of learning (read more) |
| Facilitates student interactivity | Wide range of powerful pedagogically-focused tools - see table below |
| Connectivity with other College systems | Student induction / enrolment made simpler through connectivity with Banner |
| visit RHUL's Moodle site | |
| I would like to book my MOODLE training session | |
| I would like to discuss my MOODLE requirements | |
| MOODLE | |
|---|---|
| Features | Benefits / Comments |
| Rapid content creation | Upload existing content , other web resources can be linked to, or create and edit new content in Moodle |
| Discussion Fora | Stimulate, extend and record discussions beyond the constraints of scheduled seminar sessions |
| Quizzes / Assessment | Test and report on students' learning, encourage students to learn and self-test, deliver exams |
| Surveys | Quickly gather feedback from students |
| Glossaries / databases | Facilitate the sharing, storing and dissemination of knowledge |
| Blogs / Wikis | Encourage student reflection and collaboration |
| Available on/off campus 24/7 | Encourage independent learning, support flexible learning |
| Password protected courses and materials | Restrict course material only to those who require it, protect IPR and negotiate copyright licenses for limited student numbers |
| visit Moodle.org | |
| I would like to book my MOODLE training session | |
| I would like to discuss my MOODLE requirements | |
