Course: FAVILLE-O1-EN-Facilitators of virtual learning, Week: Module 2: ICT tools for virtual learning facilitators

FAVILLE e-learning program for virtual learning facilitators!

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Module 2: ICT tools for virtual learning facilitators
Description

Welcome to the " ICT tools for virtual learning facilitators” module. This part of the course is devoted in getting you acquainted with tools that can help you to manage and administrate your e-class effectively, facilitate communication and collaboration in virtual environments and adapt efficiently to a digital environment and make e- learning process more engaging, productive and lively. In this module, Learning Management Systems and their basic features, are introduced. Through the materials of this section, participants will get familiar with the major aspects related to eLearning content as well as the use of methodological designing frameworks and authoring tools for content development.

By the end of the Module 2 you will be able to:

identify which are the main categories of facilitation tools,

select the appropriate facilitation tool according to the instructional design needs of your course,

use some representative tools for facilitation, define what an LMS is and which are its main types,

identify the main features and the main tool an LMS should have,

present some general benefits of using LMSs in Education,

present some LMSs suitable in Education,

present some Learning Analytics Dashboards (LADs) that extends LMSs services,

describe Moodle key features for learners, teachers and platform administrators,

be able to identify what content for eLearning is, and which are the main applicable content principles for eLearning,

have sufficient knowledge for authoring tools for eLearning and their basic usage,

be able to create content for eLearning with the use of an authoring tool,

be able to identify Digital repositories, Digital resources, and Open Educational Resources (OER),

have sufficient knowledge on how to search, access, and select OERs,

be able to select the appropriate Creative Commons license to protect your work.

Total Workload: 6 hour & 44 minutes

Videos 96 minutes

Readings 206 minutes

Practice Exercises 87 minutes

Other 15 minutes

Key words: Management and Administration tools, Communication and Collaboration tools, E-Learning Process Tool, Learning Management System, LMS, Moodle, Authoring tools, eLearning multimedia, Interoperability Standards, Designing Principles, Digital repositories, Digital resources, Open Educational Resources (OER), Creative Commons (CC)..

Starting Date: 04/05/2021	Preparing to be a virtual learning facilitator	Online Typology	Submissions: Practice Quiz 1.1
		Role and function of virtual facilitators	Submissions: Practice Quiz 1.2
		Online facilitation techniques	Submissions: Practice Quiz 1.3
Starting Date: 18/05/2021	ICT tools for virtual learning facilitators	Review of technologies	Submissions: Practice Quiz 2.1
		Learning Management Systems	Submissions: Practice Quiz 2.2
		Content & authoring tools	Submissions: Practice Quiz 2.3, Assignment 2.1 (Optionally)
		Digital repositories & digital resources	Submissions: Practice Quiz 2.4
Starting Date: 01/06/2021	Facilitation tools, techniques & methods	You & virtual facilitation	Submissions: Practice Quiz 3.1
		You as virtual learning facilitator	Submissions: Practice Quiz 3.2
		Supporting virtual learners – using the right methods & techniques	Submissions: Practice Quiz 3.3
		Practice using virtual facilitation tools & techniques	Submissions: Practice Quiz 3.4

FAVILLE e-learning program for virtual learning facilitators!

Module 2: ICT tools for virtual learning facilitators

Module 2: ICT tools for virtual learning facilitators

Description

By the end of the Module 2 you will be able to:

Total Workload: 6 hour & 44 minutes