The Application of Moodles Glossary Activity in Building

The Application of Moodle’s Glossary Activity in Building Learners’ Basic Understanding of Contrastive Analysis Presenter: Le Nguyen Nhu Anh August 2012

CONTENTS E-learning in Vietnam Introduction to MOODLE Moodle-based Contrastive Analysis Class The Glossary Activity The Application of Glossary Activity Reference

E-learning in Vietnam E-Learning types: – CBT (Computer-Based Training) – Distance Learning – Online Learning/Training – TBT (Technology Based Training) – WBT (Web-Based Training) - In December 2004, MOET launched e-Learning portal in VN at http: //el. edu. net. vn - In March 2005, Vietnamese Moodle community was set up http: //moodle. org/course/vie w. php? id=45 - All educational institutions connected to internet - Web sites used for learning and learning management purposes - OCW (Open Courseware) - Software for e-learning

An overview of Moodle Open Source Course Management System (CMS) / Learning Management System (LMS) / Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). Able to scale to very large deployments and hundreds of thousands of students Platform to conduct fully online courses / blended learning Activity modules (such as forums, databases and wikis) to build richly collaborative communities of learning Deliver content to students and assess learning

Moodle-based Contrastive Analysis Class Introduced by Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Vu, Dean of English Department, HCMC UE English-Vietnamese Comparative Linguistics Blended learning Moodle-based class Topic-based, 15 weeks Various activities: Glossary, Lesson, Quiz, Forum…

The Glossary Activity Adding an entry

GLOSSARY AS DICTIONARY

GLOSSARY AS RESOURCE COLLECTION

AUTO-LINKING

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Learner’s Contributions - Ratings & Comments Key word search

Random Glossary Entry Block

Categorizable & Searchable

The Application of Glossary Activity

1. CREDIT FOR WORD USE Glossary entries contain: Vocabulary Auto-linking: On Terms highlighted in the course Credit earned for correct term usage

2. Person OF THE WEEK Glossary entries contain: Bios of people related to field of study / key experts Random glossary entry block: Random Every 7 days

3. RESOURCE COLLECTION Glossary entries contain: Websites Categories for resource types Ratings: ON to rate websites/resources Allow learner contributions

4. Quote OF THE DAY Glossary entries contain: Quotes Categories for different quotes Random glossary entry block: o. Random Every day Ratings: ON to rate quotes Comments: To allow tips, variations, corrections Allow learner contributions

5. COMMON ERRORS Glossary entries contain: Common errors Ratings: ON to rate common errors Comments: ON to allow additions or clarification Random glossary entry block: Optional

6. TEST REVIEW Glossary entries contain: Test content review Categories related to different objectives Ratings: ON to rate quality of content Comments: ON to allow additions or clarification Variations: Project alternative to writing reports Content generation for training materials

7. DEBATE TOPICS Glossary entries contain: Sample debate topics Categories related to different types of topics Random glossary entry block: Random Variations: Sample exam questions

Reference - http: //elearning. khoaanh. net - http: //moodle. org/forums/ - http: //topica. edu. vn Thach, Pham. (2008). An overview of e-learning in Vietnam. Retrieved from http: //www. pnclink. org/pnc 2008/english/slide/05_PP_e. Lea rning(II)_1130. pdf Clough, P. (2010). Creative Use of Moodle Modules. Retrieved from https: //docs. google. com/present/view? id=0 ATUGBi. DGHyl. XZ Gc 5 am. I 3 Yl 81 Y 3 h 0 e. Gt 0 Z 3 o&hl=en&pli=1 Moore, M. (2012). The Glossary Module: 10 Ways to Make This Old Dog Do New Tricks. Retrieved from http: //www. slideshare. net/michelledmoore/the-glossarymodule-moodles-swiss-army-knife