Blended Learning Moodle Course Template

Model for classic blended learning: two overlapping circles result in a blended scenario. On the left in the circle on-site event (e.g. lecture) for synchronous in-person phase, on the right in the circle any location self-study — Model for classic blended learning © Design: Luca Knoblich, Concept for Design: Julia Lee, FH Potsdam, Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0

Demo course: Blended learning Moodle

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What you can expect in the demo course

The Moodle course offers the opportunity to try out and download various course templates designed for the university sector.

The target group are professors, lecturers and teaching assistants who want to run more complex Moodle courses with synchronous and asynchronous phases. Advanced technical knowledge of Moodle is required to create a blended learning course.

The course templates are already designed for one semester and only need to be filled in. There are currently two variants based on different didactic design patterns:

e-lecture university
micro-lesson

The course can also be used for:

enrolment in the course,
communication with the students,
organisational matters can be arranged,
provide important links,
provide access to important tools such as the Zoom online conference system and
course evaluation.

The ocampus transfer platform is also accessible to external users once an account has been set up. To enrol in the course, simply click on the link to the demo course after registering.

The course templates can be used as OER-material with a Creative Commons licence.

General information

The course templates have been designed with a strong focus on the user experience. Lecturers, students, and staff from digital teaching support services were involved in their development.
The course templates were developed specifically for use in university teaching during the semester. This makes it easier for lecturers to create materials. They can focus more on the content, as the course template provides the structure and accessible design.
The course template makes it easier for lecturers and students to get started in Moodle and find their way around a course. Because the content is structured similarly in different courses, students can concentrate more on the content while learning.
The course template facilitates orientation within the course through the consistent use of symbols, whose meanings are defined across disciplines in the demo course in a code snippet collection for icons.
The course templates are designed according to the principles of robustness, interoperability, mobility, and accessibility. They are very small in size (less than 15 MB) and therefore run very efficiently on different systems. Even with low or only temporarily available data volume, the course content can be used by downloading it in the form of books, directories, and videos, for example.
If data-intensive content such as photos, videos, and interactive materials are primarily stored at the book level, this increases the performance of the course and the entire Moodle platform. These are then loaded when they are specifically needed.
The use of Font Awesome icons via HTML code also makes it possible to create very lean and high-performance courses. The courses load relatively quickly from the Internet. The images can be easily replaced using HTML code. No editing with a graphics program is necessary. In terms of sustainability, this conserves resources.
Careers at universities are characterized by a high degree of mobility. The Boost Union version can be easily transferred by lecturers to another university in the DACH region and is executable there. In principle, the OER version can be easily used on any Moodle instance worldwide.
The course templates are suitable for international collaborations. Content can be easily exchanged and translated on a book-by-book basis.
The course templates are structured in a modular way into lessons. This makes it easier to reuse individual lessons in different degree programmes and modules. It also facilitates the exchange and adaptation of knowledge in collaborations with other universities.
The course templates were created as OER materials, making them easy to reuse.

Didaktische Wochen-Lektionen als Buch

Die Aktivität "Buch" in Moodle ist wie ein roter Faden mit multimedialen Inhalten für Studierende in einem Online-Kurs. Es bündelt komplexe Themen in handliche Mikro-Lerneinheiten und hilft Studierenden beim strukturierten Lernen.

Lizenz, OER-Material, redaktionelle Hinweise

Der Text auf dieser Seite kann mit Ausnahme von Eigennamen und Marken als OER-Material genutzt werden auf eigene Verantwortung unter folgender Lizenz:

Inhalt: Julia Lee (Gesamtkonzept Kursvorlage Blended Learning, Texte), Videos und Bilder: s.h. Angabe im/beim Medium, studentisches E-Learning-Team des Arbeitsbereich Digitale Lehre (laufende Aktualisierungen), Fachhochschule Potsdam, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0.

Moodle-Software (z. B. Screenshots, Screencasts): Copyright Martin Dougiamas mit Anteilen von diversen Developer*innen, Lizenz GNU General Public License, Version 3.

Moodle Documentation (wenn zitiert): Copyright der Autor*innen (s.h. History der Wiki-Artikel, Lizenz: GNU General Public License, Version 3.

Die Fachhochschule Potsdam garantiert nicht für die rechtlichen, technischen und organisatorischen Rahmenbedingungen der Materialien. Eine Weiternutzung erfolgt auf eigene Verantwortung. Auch die meisten Bilder, Grafiken und Videos können als OER-Material weiter genutzt und bearbeitet werden. Die Lizenz-Angaben dafür finden Sie direkt unter dem Material oder eingebunden in dem Video.

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