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Does anyone remember the old GETSMART sitcom with Don Addams as Maxwell Smart - agent 86; can you remember that comedy? Max made use of his intellect and environment in any manner he could in catching his nemesis. Comedy does not just happen - well sometimes it does; however, comedy usually requires physical dexterity, timing and intellect, with an ability to interact within one's surrounding environment. Maxwell Smart's character was just such an interactive comedian. He made use of a good many of the elements in his natural surroundings. His shoe, the elevator, the car, his co-spy agent 99, Max was a master at interacting with in and around his environment. Well, moodle invites you to come and do the same. However, not necessarily with your shoe in hand ready to make a phone call... learning is interactive and fun when there is more than just one... so come and join in the fun that is continued education, learning and...
Meet getsmartmoodle.org of the moodle family (modular object oriented dynamic learning environment) has been designed as an interactive learning application. Getsmartmoodle is an online available educational resource utilizing a free open source framework and content publishing system for your continued learning experience.
Moodle's are based on pedagogy (the art, science, or profession of teaching; especially; education) application based on four educational principals: Constructivism which assembles or creates new knowledge as people or applications interact together, Constructionist learning takes place when instructing or creating elements surrounding an experience, Social Constructivism is a collaborative effort combining a social group assembling things for one another and their shared experience and meanings, and the motives of people in discussion are Connected and Separate behavior; Connected in that a greater subjective empathetic approach is taken in listening, asking questions, and understanding someone else’s point of view and Separate in remaining insensitive to others ideas defending the facts and logic to find loop-holes in participant’s arguments. On the other hand Constructed behavior demonstrates an appropriate use of either the Connected or Separate approaches in a given situation. Consequentially the idea surfaces that both teacher and student are continually learning from their experiences.
Obviously getsmartmoodle.org cannot impose this method of activity, but supports the concept of pedagogy. Forthcoming improvements to the overall technical infrastructure of moodle architecture will support improvements in the pedagogical model.
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