If you wish to develop MOODLE (Online Course Management System) skills, here is the Professional Development Opportunity.

The first Moodle for Teachers Beginner Workshop (M4T-B1) is scheduled to begin on May 1, 2010. The aim of the M4T-B online workshop is to help you learn and teach basic Moodle concepts in an international multi-cultural learning environment. M4T-B requires participants to be active at least 5 hours a week on theoretical and practical aspects of online learning (individually and in teams). M4T-B will include asynchronous (via the Moodle) and synchronous (via WiZiQ) components.

This workshop has a one time registration fee of US$39 to cover costs.

This 4 week facilitated workshop will cover the following topics:

Week 1: Getting Started. Select a Moodle activity and join your team. Learn how to navigate, view & change course settings, profile options, work with files & folders, access and use editing tools.
Week 2: Moodle Resources. Learn how to add a label, compose a webpage, link to a web site and link to a file. Research and learn about your selected Moodle activity.

Week 3: Moodle Activities. Develop a learning module with example activities and resources to teach team members how to create and use your selected Moodle activity. The 10 Moodle activities are: assignments, chat, choice, forums, glossary, hot potatoes quiz, journal, survey, wiki, workshop.

Week 4: Learn & Share. Complete the other learning modules developed by your team to Learn how to create and use other Moodle activities. Share your learning experience with all course participants.

For further details, follow http://www.integrating-technology.org

Regards,
Indira