Enhancing Your LMS Courses with Digital Tools and Strategies

Presenter: Steve Pillow

Organization: Midamerica Nazarene University

Role: Faculty/Instructor

Track: Hands-on Workshop

Topic: Learning Management Systems

Level: Intermediate

Abstract: Learn and implement many widely recognized practices using a variety of tools for creating Moodle courses. Integrating outside tools in an LMS such as Google Drive, Socrative, Infuse Learning and many more free open source tools will be demonstrated and time given to actually practice.

Bio: Steve developed the technology courses that partner with the education sequence classes, Technology and the Exceptional Learner, Technology and Differentiated Instruction, and Technology with Curriculum and Assessment. Training faculty and staff using Moodle in course design is part of my responsibilities at MNU. As an educational technology leader, he has been a trainer for the Technology Leadership Academy in Missouri, a technology specialist for and the director of technology for a K-12 district prior to going to work for MNU. In 2011 he became a Certified Moodle 2 Administrator and host several Moodle sites for schools and businesses with custom development.

Please note: this workshop is BYOL (Bring Your Own Laptop).