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Moodle 4 E-Learning Course Development - Fifth Edition
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Moodle 4 E-Learning Course Development - Fifth Edition

by Susan Smith Nash, William Rice
June 2022
Intermediate to advanced
436 pages
9h 31m
English
Packt Publishing
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Chapter 8: Getting Social with Chats and Forums

At the heart of Moodle is the theory of learning that people learn best when they learn from each other, through meaningful interaction. Some of this interaction occurs in collaborative activities. However, the bulk of this interaction will occur in social settings, in synchronous or live chats or in asynchronous discussion board areas, called forums in Moodle.

Social course activities encourage student-to-student interaction. Peer interaction is one of the most powerful learning tools that Moodle offers. It not only encourages learning but also encourages exploration. This tool also makes courses more interesting, because students can share their knowledge, which increases student participation ...

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