Bob IrvingOK, #moodle users. Has anyone done asynchronous #projectbasedlearning with Moodle? I would love to chat!
Megan@birv2 I've done asynchronous in Moodle, although not exactly project based learning. I think Moodle works OK for async, depending on what you want it to do and what features you have access to in your Moodle instance.
@olsen Could you share a bit about the course you offered asynchronous with Moodle?
@birv2 sure. My current course is a MS level data science python programming course. I use the "lesson" activity to give material to learn, including "check your understanding" questions throughout written or video explanations. I mostly like the lessons, especially because I can use regular expressions to check answers on the questions. I also use the forum for discussion, although it's one of my least favorite forum setups that I've used.
@birv2 assignments are programming assignments in another system, and grades are in Moodle. Since I'm also doing specification grading, our instance of Moodle is actually quite awful for the grading aspect; but that isn't related to the async aspect of the course.
Moodle is OK for the quizzes/exam.
@olsen At this point, I'm not worried about grading, since it's not in a traditional school-based environment. They demonstrate competence by building something original and personally meaningful. That's what I would assess or evaluate.