Bringing the Moodle community together

Moodle US Learn Moodle Mini-MOOCs are activity-based 4 week courses for teachers new to Moodle. They are facilitated and include weekly live sessions with expert Moodlers.

This webinar outlines the background to gamification, shows you how you can gamify your Moodle course and provides real life examples of its use. With Mary Cooch, Vasilis Palilis and Dr Mark Glynn.

The term Gamification refers to the use of game elements and game design techniques in non-game contexts to increase user engagement. In this course we analyse how you can gamify Moodle in order to increase learners’ engagement.

This course gives you an opportunity to learn about and familiarise yourself with Moodle tools that serve the particular educational needs of STEM coursework. You will also produce your own STEM educational content by applying the knowledge you gain.

MEC is the Moodle Educator Certification and it is based on the European Framework for Digital Competences for Educators (DigCompEdu). DigCompEdu articulates 22 competences in six areas, as shown below and MEC has one course for each area: Professional Engagement, Digital Resources, Teaching and Learning, Assessment, Empowering Learners, Facilitating Learners’ Digital Competence. WIDE Services, as Moodle Certified Services Providers, has MEC facilitators who not only have expertise in using Moodle, but also in how to use Moodle for teaching in schools, higher education institutes, and in workplace training.

The Moodle Educator Certification (MEC) program is a comprehensive teaching and learning curriculum designed to help you develop transferable knowledge and skills to be effective educators in today’s growing digital workplace. The MEC will certify mastery in understanding effective teaching and learning using Moodle. Advance your career with credentials, and elevate the quality of education you provide.

MEC is a comprehensive training program designed to prepare educators to offer training at any level, effectively, providing the skills and knowledge necessary to motivate students to use Moodle. Courses starting on the 1st and 15th of each month, or the next working day, and have a duration of 3 months.