{"id":10294,"date":"2012-10-23T13:58:04","date_gmt":"2012-10-23T17:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=10294"},"modified":"2012-10-23T13:58:04","modified_gmt":"2012-10-23T17:58:04","slug":"choose-your-own-adventure-textbooks-in-moodle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/10\/choose-your-own-adventure-textbooks-in-moodle.html","title":{"rendered":"Choose Your Own Adventure Textbooks in Moodle!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Those who\u2019ve read my blog for a long time or followed some of the projects I\u2019ve undertaken will know that I have a longstanding interest in using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/blogs\/alma-mater\/moocs-excitement-and-apprehension\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">technology<\/a> to create genuinely interactive teaching tools. You can see <a href=\"http:\/\/blue.butler.edu\/~jfmcgrat\/Interactive\/Bible\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">a prototype of a \u201cChoose Your Own Adventure\u201d textbook I created<\/a>\u00a0a number of years ago, by going to this address:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blue.butler.edu\/~jfmcgrat\/Interactive\/Bible\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/blue.butler.edu\/~jfmcgrat\/Interactive\/Bible\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, it seems as though Moodle has seen the usefulness of this approach. They have integrated all that you need to make a Choose Your Own Adventure textbook\/course. Here\u2019s a tutorial explaining how it is done, courtesy of the <a href=\"http:\/\/colcorner.blogspot.com\/2010\/09\/moodle-mastery-lesson-module.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Center for Online Learning<\/a>:<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Decision Making Exercise using Moodle&#039;s Lesson Module\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nq3das503-Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those who\u2019ve read my blog for a long time or followed some of the projects I\u2019ve undertaken will know that I have a longstanding interest in using technology to create genuinely interactive teaching tools. 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