Moodle Teaching Techniques:
Creative Ways to Use Moodle for Constructing Online Learning Solutions
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Book Contents Index > Chapter 3

Preface
1: Introduction
2: Forum Solutions
3: Chat Solutions
4: Quiz Solutions
5: Lesson Solutions
6: Wiki Solutions
7: Glossary Solutions
8:
The Choice Activity  
9: Course Solutions
10:
Workshop Solution
Index

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Chapter 3: Chat Solutions

Trying to use online chat to compensate for a lack of face-to-face contact in a course is like trying to use soy in a dish that calls for meat: it's a poor substitute. However, chat has some unique advantages that face-to-face contact doesn't have. The key to making the best use of Moodle's, or any LMS's chat function, is to use chat in a way that takes advantage of its unique strengths, instead of trying to make it act like a face-to-face meeting. To continue our metaphor: you can't make soy taste like steak, but you can make some delicious dishes from it.

In this chapter, we explore the questions such as What is chat good for?; How can I achieve success in an online chat? As Moodle's chat function is similar to most other chat software, the answers to these questions apply to more than just Moodle.

Chapter 3: Chat Solutions

  • Uses of Chat      

    • Test Preparation and Online Study Groups

      • Creating Study Groups

      • Groups Carried Over to Other Activities

      • Key Settings for Study Groups in Chat

      • Assigning Review Topics

      • What Kind of Questions?

    • Reviewing Papers and Other Assignments

      • Making a One-on-One Chat

    • Guest Speakers

    • Including Chats from Previous Classes

      • Copying a Transcript

    • Foreign Language Practice

      • Preparation for Foreign Language Chat

      • Compiling and Reviewing Chat Transcripts

      • Copying Chat Transcripts

      • Assigning a Chat Transcript as an Editing Exercise

  • Tips for a Successful Chat

    • Basic Chat Etiquette

    • Prepare for a Definite Starting and Ending Time

    • Limit the Number of Participants

    • Prepare a Greeting for Latecomers

    • Focus

    • Insert HTML

  • Summary

 

   

 

Paperback 200 pages
Released: September 2007
ISBN: 184719284X
ISBN 13:
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