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These tips are based on a presentation given at the Goldsmith's Teaching and Learning Conference by Andrea Sella |
Communication
Ensure students feel like they can contribute to the group!
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- Never answer a question by email (unless it's personal) > you should reply is "post this to the forum" Why? Because 359 other students have the same question
- Respond to general questions quickly
- Respond to course work related questions more slowly or better still with "anyone out there have any suggestions?" > You don't really explain the material until you explain it to someone else.
- Post regularly to the Learning Exchange and encourage students to do the same
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- add events to the calendar > you can now import calendars into Moodle using the ical import feature
- use the upcoming events block so students get reminders about due dates etc.
- add the recent activity block so students see new materials as it's posted
- create a student contributed glossary of terms
- add RSS feeds to relevant materials (e.g. news or , journals and magazine articles)
- if you tweet add a Twitter widget to your Moodle course homepage
- put pictures on each page
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