Moodle is a content management system and more specifically a Virtual Learning Environment, a Learning Content Management System and a Course Management System. There are other names for it, but, suffice it to say, it stores your courses online. It is open source and free to download and install on any given server that you can find. Our moodle course http://moodle.upei.ca/course/view.php?id=585 Moodle planning.

Didactic pieces by dave.

Discussion Forums - Discussion forums (aka bulletin board system, threaded discussions) can be a very effective participation tool. Students can be given a variety of different power situations and it can be used for a variety of 'process' tasks.

Wikis - Wikis can be used for many different things, from schedule building to creating online resource repositories.

Setting of objectives.

 1. Create an audience for the exercise

2. create exercise in moodle using both/either of wikis/forums. Discuss possible ways that they can be used in the classroom.