Embedding Easter Eggs A popular strategy for engaging students is using gamification. As you might guess from the name, Gamification, is essentially using game design principles to engage learners. While […]

Saving Deleted Items with Moodle’s Recycle Bin Have you ever deleted an item from your course and then realized you needed it? Did you know that Moodle actually has a […]

Microlearning Microlearning? Microlearning is a growing area of education. It’s been accelerated by the growth of mobile devices and the pandemic where people have been interested in expanding their learning […]

Moodle Audio Feedback Tool: Saving time and increasing social presence Feedback on student activities can be a powerful influence on learning and student achievement. Through feedback, we help students understand […]

New Podcast! Greetings readers! This semester we are launching a new podcast where we talk to people involved in various aspects of teaching and learning here at Davidson-Davie Community College. […]

Reflection Strategy: “Rose-Thorn-Bud” The Rose-Thorn-Bud strategy is a creative reflection strategy for use near the end of a term. It’s a type of “retrieval practice.” Retrieval practice is an evidence-based […]

Enlivening Online Discussions Do you use discussion forums in your class? Have you found them challenging to engage students with? Here are a few strategies for facilitating greater engagement among […]

Adding Columns/Rows to Tables in Moodle If you’ve spent much time building course content in Moodle then there’s a decent chance that you’ve created a table to help organize your […]

Multiple-choice questions are a staple of education. Multiple-choice questions are simple and easy ways to assess basic knowledge such as the ability to identify concepts or define terminology. One of […]