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Integrating Technology for Active Lifelong Learning
Free Professional Development
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Integrating Technology for Active Lifelong Learning 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
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.
MMVC25 14th annual international online conference for educators August 1-3, 2025. Free badges and certificates will be available to presenters and attendees.
TESOL Online with AI is a free 4-week professional development course (Oct 1–31, 2025) for English teachers, tutors, and aspiring ELT professionals. Explore AI tools to design syllabi, create quizzes, chatbots, and reflection tasks. The course includes 4 live Zoom sessions, weekly badges, and a final certificate.
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.
This 4-week hands-on course helps educators, instructional designers, and administrators build Moodle admin skills while integrating ChatGPT. Participants explore site setup, user management, enrollment, plugins, and privacy. They practice using AI to create activities, personalize feedback, and streamline tasks through tutorials, assignments, and collaboration, earning a verifiable 40-hour certificate.
Focus: AI for English language teaching, lesson planning, activity design, student feedback, assessment, and personalized learning.
Tools: ChatGPT, NotebookLM, Kialo, AI-powered mind mapping tools, customized bots, and reflective tools.
Certificate: Certificate of Completion (verifiable) with 40 hours.
Focus: Professional development, online teaching strategies, educational technologies, collaboration, and innovations in virtual and immersive learning.
Tools: Moodle, Zoom, YouTube, AI-powered collaboration tools, customized bots, and reflective tools.
Certificate: Certificate of Completion (verifiable) with 40 hours.
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 40 hours.
Focus: AI for debates, critical thinking, teamwork, collaborative writing, project planning, peer review, and shared content creation.
Tools: Kialo, NotebookLM, AI-powered mind mapping tools, and ChatGPT.
Certificate: Certificate of Completion (verifiable) with 40 hours.
Focus: Mindfulness, meditation, stress reduction, emotional regulation, focus, and wellbeing through daily awareness practice.
Tools: Guided meditations, reflective journals, AI-supported mindfulness apps, customized bots, and group sharing activities.
Certificate: Certificate of Completion (verifiable) with 40 hours.
Create Moodle Activities and Resources with AI is a free 4-week hands-on course where participants design engaging content and activities using AI. Through introductions, guided practice, peer feedback, and a final showcase, educators learn to integrate AI into Moodle. A free verifiable Certificate of Completion with 40 hours is awarded.
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.
This 4-week hands-on course helps educators, instructional designers, and administrators build Moodle admin skills while integrating ChatGPT. Participants explore site setup, user management, enrollment, plugins, and privacy. They practice using AI to create activities, personalize feedback, and streamline tasks through tutorials, assignments, and collaboration, earning a verifiable 40-hour certificate.
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 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.