Final Project

I'm getting close to finished with my moodle implementation. I like how it is turning out. I have to wonder if I'm spending too much time on it. It's probably taking me about 8-10 hours to implement each lesson. I guess if I was actually teaching the course I would view this time differently. I'm hoping that some day I'll be able to make use of this work. For now, I plan encorporating it into my so-called teaching portfolio. I hope to get things finished this weekend. I also need to go back and revise my outline with the feedback provided.

Moodling away

I've been implementing my final project -- Statistics in the News -- in moodle. I have two of the three lessons done so far. It's a lot more work than I would like, but part of that is me writing and creating so much stuff instead of just linking to articles already written. I just prefer to put things in my own words, I guess. It takes a lot more time. And when you accidentally close a tab (when switch between tabs to copy a link) and lose a half an hours work, it gets frustrating. I've been writing in word and copying over since then. While moodle has a convert from word button, it seems to omit some spaces between words. I'm going to have to go back and edit everything, but at least its all there.

I'm really liking how everything is shaping up. While this is designed as an online class, I think if I actually gave it, I would prefer to do it as a blended class. I feel that a live lecture would work a bit better for stuff than the written notes. Though I could tape a lecture and put that up with a live chat session as a possible option.