Minimum pedagogical standards for Moodle courses – Recommendations

Moodle courses encourage active and collaborative learning

Moodle courses encourage active independent and collaborative learning.
The structure of the Moodle course and the activities encourage active learner participation. They help students to focus on contents based on their knowledge and previous experiences, and they encourage students to reflect on their learning and acquisition of new knowledge, skills and attitudes.

• Course activities enable students to work in various forms: individually, in small or large groups. Students are informed about the forms of work in advance.
• Active learning and student collaboration are encouraged with interactive activities such as quizzes or discussion forums.
• Discussion forums provide instructions for active participation (content, discussion methods, rules of argument, etc.).
• Teachers are expected to get involved in the discussion when learning processes need to be managed and additional content or suggestions need to be provided.
• The online activities in Moodle courses are closely connected with face-to-face teaching and students’ independent learning.