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Integrating Technology – Moodle for Teachers
Free Professional Development
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Integrating Technology Professional Development and Moodle for Teachers are self-funded projects founded by Dr. Nellie Deutsch (see Linkedin) in 2009 in order to bring free online professional development to educators in developing and developed countries for blended and fully online programs worldwide. Check her Youtube channel for more. The programs include two 3-day online conferences called CO09-25 in February and MMVC11-25 in August, workshops, 12 online courses, and two one month long MOOCs, Moodle MOOC in May and Virtual Worlds MOOC in August. All the courses include learning how to create AI generated resources and activities.
You're invited to use ChatGPT Integrating Technology Assistant, a GPT developed by Dr. Nellie Deutsch, for free.
Moodle is more than a Learning Management System. Moodle is a social team-based peer learning environment that is completely free for all learners around the world. You can learn what Moodle does and how it enables engaging activities on Moodle for Teachers free online professional development academy for educators worldwide. Take a look at the "courses available" available throughout the year.Moodle for Teachers, on how to teach online with Moodle, provides free Moodle training for teachers, technology coordinators at schools and businesses, and ICT leaders around the world. There are 5 Moodle training courses available to teachers who wish to learn about Moodle activities, resources, and blocks; teachers who wish to develop their very own online courses; and administrators who want to manage a Moodle site. All the courses offer practical hands-on activities to practice the skills.
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Available courses
This course empowers learners to use generative AI tools to create personalized, inclusive, and engaging educational content. Through hands-on activities, participants generate multimedia materials tailored to diverse learning needs and cultural contexts. The course promotes equity, accessibility, and reflection, making education more dynamic, responsive, and effective for all learners.
WebQuests are problem-based learning activities that engage learners in the learning process. WebQuests are valuable instructional tools for learners of all ages in both the school and work settings. The WebQuest motivates, and empowers teachers and learners as they engage in experiential (hands on) learning activities. These activities promote collaborative social skills, higher order critical thinking skills, inquiry problem-based learning, and technological skills.
In this course, teachers will learn how to generate WebQuests using the WebQuest Wizard and other Artificial Intelligence tools.
MMVC25 14th annual international online conference for educators August 1-3, 2025. Free badges and certificates will be available to presenters and attendees.
The annual Second Life MOOC (renamed the Virtual World MOOC in 2018) started in 2014. The 10th VWMOOC25 will take place from August 1-30, 2025. Keep the date open. Registration will open in July.
This is a 4-week practical course for educators on how to create engaging, mobile-friendly video activities using free screen recording tools supported by artificial intelligence. Whether you're teaching young learners, teens, or adults, you will learn to plan, record, and embed short, purposeful videos into Moodle 5.0. Emphasis is placed on clarity, accessibility, and creativity, with step-by-step support through the full video production process—from idea generation to final reflection.
This is the 12th annual Moodle MOOC Online Course. The course begins on May 1 and ends on May 31, 2025. The goal of the month long "Develop a Moodle Course using AI" is to introduce Moodle learning management system for face-to-face, blended (hybrid), and fully online programs and learn how to integrate AI tools into their courses. Participants will learn about the features available in a Moodle course and learn how to use AI tools to help them develop the course. They will create an account on a Moodle site called Online Courses for Free, request a course, and develop their very own course using digital activities, resources, and blocks in their course using AI tools.
The developer and facilitator of the course is Dr. Nellie Deutsch who has been an admin and teacher of Moodle since 2003.
Admin of a Moodle Site and ChatGPT (4-week Online Course)
This 4-week hands-on course is designed for educators, instructional designers, and administrators seeking to develop practical skills in managing a Moodle site and enhancing it using ChatGPT. Participants will gain confidence in performing essential Moodle admin tasks while exploring how to use generative AI to streamline course creation, communication, and content development. The course covers site setup, user and role management, enrollment methods, plugin installation, and data privacy settings. Simultaneously, learners will experiment with ChatGPT prompts to generate engaging activities, personalize feedback, and automate administrative processes. Weekly tasks include video tutorials, practice-based assignments on a sandbox site, and peer collaboration through forums. By the end of the course, participants will be able to efficiently administer a Moodle site and creatively apply ChatGPT to support online teaching and learning.
- Duration: March 1, 2025 – November 30, 2024
- Platforms: Moodle Learning Management System and ZOOM
- Live Meetings: 8 ZOOM Meetings with Recordings
- Focus: Time management, productivity strategies, habit formation, and managing barriers like procrastination.
- Tools: Riff AI Bot, Moodle Diary, Tiny Habits framework, NotebookLM, Consensus, and SciSpace.
- Certificate: Certificate of Completion (verifiable) with 240 hours
- Tuition: Free