Moodle has been used as an e-learning platform since 2013 in JAIST. These presentations show how it was used to facilitate course alignment and student management, and how it was used for a highly technical graduate level course. By giving examples of how to use Moodle in graduate education, it is hoped that other JAIST instructors will develop interest in using e-learning in their own courses.
Date: Thursday, February 25, 2016
Time: 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. (4:10 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. for Q&A)
Place: KS Lecture Hall (2F of the School of Knowledge Science Building)
Subject: e-learning using Moodle
Speakers:
HINCHEY, Dubhgan Kyle-Arleas Research Lecturer, Institute of General Education KURKOSKI, Brian Michael Associate Professor, School of Information Science
Part 1: Moodle@JAIST: An Overview
Speaker: Dubhgan Hinchey, Research/Lecture, Technical Communication Education Program
Slides here: http://www.slideshare.net/Dubhgan/jaist-4th-fdsd-seminar-20152016
Part 2: Teaching Information Theory Using E-Learning
Speaker: Brian Kurkoski, Associate Professor, School of Information Science
Abstract Moodle was used as an e-learning platform for the I232E Information Theory course at JAIST in 2013-2015. This presentation shows how it was used for a highly technical graduate level course. The most important aspects are (1) on-line homework assignments (2) discussion forum, (3) ease of implementing the flipped classroom and (4) a unified, web-based interface for presenting material to students. Students receive a large number of benefits from the online system, for example, rapid feedback on the results of homework assignments. The instructor also benefited in unexpected ways, such improved communication with students and ease of evaluating students’ work. By giving examples of how to use Moodle in graduate education, it is hoped that other JAIST instructors will develop interest in using e-learning in their own courses.
Slides here: http://www.jaist.ac.jp/is/labs/bits/node/89