What Makes Moodle Special?
TeacherOnlineEducation.com is very proud to use the Moodle course management system. We spent a long while reviewing our options, and Moodle was our hands-down favorite. It’s the best thing out there and a perfect fit for the kind of learning experience T.O.E. offers its participants.
Profoundly Different … Profoundly Better
Moodle is, in fact, the only CMS designed by educators
with the express purpose of creating active online learning.
It was built from the ground up with a different perspective
on what online learning should look like and feel like. While
other companies focused on delivering content, Moodle
focused on delivering learning. This is a profound distinction
between Moodle and other CMSs. Moodle courses intentionally take
advantage of the unique ways in which people can interact and
communicate in a virtual classroom environment. These features
are seamlessly integrated into each lesson—not added on as afterthoughts—giving the experience a natural flow and energy.
Activity-Based
Moodle courses are activity-based, in contrast to many courses
built on other CMSs that are often like a series of online lectures.
Moodle designers understand that learning is about much more
than just passively reading online content. Participants in Moodle
courses learn through a thoughtfully-planned series of activities designed
to help learners not only acquire knowledge, but also deepen,
share, and extend their understanding. To learn more about the
many activity-based features of Moodle, see the full list of Moodle Features.
Easy to Learn, Simple to Use
Moodle courses are simple to use. With minimal computer experience,
anyone can be successful taking a Moodle online course. The screen
appearance is clean and uncluttered, easy to understand, and
intuitive. There are Help! pop-ups dotted throughout each course
element for instant, one-touch explanations about specific features.
Upon registration to any T.O.E.course, we will also
provide you will access to a special online tutorial designed
to help you learn the ins and outs of this platform before you
actually begin your course.
If you would like to see a demonstration of what an online T.O.E. course
using Moodle looks like, visit our Course Demo page.
Real Communication
The Moodle designers believe that staying connected to your
instructor, fellow participants in your course, and even participants
in other T.O.E. courses is critically important.
It’s central to their philosophy of online learning (and that of T.O.E.!).
That’s why they made it so easy. There are multiple ways to connect with others, formally and informally. To learn more about what the Moodle designers think online learning should be, see their Philosophy of Learning.
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