Title: About Stage 2
Course: Stage 2: Course Design and Technology > Section: Essential Stage 2 and Support Information

This book containes important information pertaining to Stage 2 and Support.

Stage 2 Information

Please read through this important Stage 2 information booklet so that you know what to expect and how to obtain support when engaging with this stage of the EdTech course.

- You can navigate through this digital booklet by using the Table of contents on the Left Hand Side (LHS) of your screen,

OR if you prefer to work through the pages sequentially:

     - press the 'Next' or 'Previous' links that appear at the top and bottom of the text on each page of the booklet.

- If you would like to download a PDF of the entire booklet contents for offline viewing, then
  - locate your Administration block on the bottom LHS of this screen,
  - and choose the Print option - this will 'print' the booklet to a PDF file that you can then save for offline viewing.

Description and Outcomes

Stage 2 is focused on how we make the fundamental design choices about our courses whether the courses are face to face, blended, or fully online. If you really want to just get on with Moodle then your decisions behind what happens in Moodle will be better ones after this stage. During the stage we will use Moodle for our communication, then towards the end of the stage we will consider how we can make good choices about Moodle tools for teaching and learning.

Outcomes - On completion of Stage 2, participants will have:

- considered their assumptions about how students learn
- been introduced to the concept of pedagogic strategies
- chosen the features (characteristics) of their course
- applied the concept of affordances to the issue of tool choice
- used the Moodle Tool Guide as a practical application of affordance analysis

Schedule

Stage 2 Schedule (over 2 weeks)

- Synchronous events: 4 x 1.5 hr Live Sessions using BigBlueButton (BBB)/Zoom/GoogleMeet via Moodle (6 hrs)
- Asynchronous supported and independent work using Moodle (+-6 hrs)

Support will be provided through the Help desk and facilitators in between live sessions.

Dates/Times - Schedule TBD

Acknowledgements

This EdTech course was originally developed  in 2018-19 and piloted as a workshop series to support academic staff capacity building within the Eduardo Mondlane University (UEM, Mozambique) Ed Tech project funded by the Sweden International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA). The core course activities were designed and developed by the Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching (CILT) at the University of Cape Town (UCT, South Africa) in partnership with CIUEM and the Education Faculty (CDA, UEM).

The fully online version of the course was initially developed and piloted in 2020 in a partnership between the Association of African Universities (AAU) and the e/merge Africa professional development network using the materials developed for the original workshop series at UEM. The latest version of the EdTech course includes significant revisions and enhancements since the AAU online pilot.

The EdTech course is led by a team of facilitators from several UEM faculties and supported by CIUEM through its TIC-EID Department and specialised technicians.

Licencing

EdTech-UEM Project Licencing:

Except where otherwise noted, content in this module is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License .

Citation: UEM (2020). Stage 2: Course Design and Technology. EdTech-UEM Project, Universidade Eduardo Montlane, Mozambique.

Every effort has been made to adhere to the licenses of the OER incorporated in this stage. Should there be any queries around individual licensing of stage components, please contact the Centro de Informática, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane (CIUEM): info@ciuem.mz

Stage 2 Support

Please browse through all of these support options that will enable you to make your way through this stage of the EdTech course. Some support is available from your course facilitators and local support personnel, while contextual support is also available to you from within the Moodle system as well as your peers undertaking this learning journey together with you.

Within each Stage, a link will be provided through to the original respective Forums, Glossaries, and Moodle HELP page.

Facilitation Team

Facilitators for the 1st pilot group starting on: date ...

Names of facilitators:

Buddy Groups

There will continue to be support during this course from the facilitators and technical staff as well as supporting resources. However this course works best when participants actively support each other. Remember to check in with your buddy groups and to support each other. There will also be particular activities where we ask you to work with your buddy group.

Support Forums

Moodle FAQs & Tips Forum
(A single form active throughout the EdTech course by linking from within each stage)

Link through to Forum in Orientation course - open in a new tab or window.

Within each of the Stages additional forums will appear that are dedicated to support that particular Stage. These are:

Announcements Forum
(These are specific to each stage)

This forum is for general news and announcements of interest to everyone in this cohort.

- Only a facilitator can post a new discussion and participants will be able to reply, but not initiate a new discussion.
- The "Latest Announcement" block on the RHS of your main course screen will display recent announcements from this forum for your attention in each Stage.

Open Space Forum
(These are specific to each stage - community of practice)

This is for you to share your achievements, discoveries and questions about online learning.

- Have you made a major advance with the design of your course?
- Have you found an important article that has helped you to design your course or raises an important question for you?
- Start a new discussion and tell us here.

Glossaries

There are two (2) glossaries active throughout the EdTech course.

These links will take you to the course glossaries which are housed in Stage 0 Orientation.

- Supporting Course Resources for EdTech & Moodle
- Glossary of Terms for EdTech & Moodle

HelpDesk (local)

Active throughout and after the EdTech course

- Send an email to <email> stating your problem clearly;
- You can also contact the Helpdesk on: <#> (Voice/SMS/WhatsApp);
- You can also use the HELP chat if available in the bottom right hand side of your screen - this chat will be monitored automatically and responded to as soon as possible.

Moodle HELP

Link through to the Moodle HELP page housed in the Stage 0 Orientation course.

(This will open in a new tab or window in your browser.)