Middle and High School Implementations of Moodle-Facilitated Blended Instructional Designs

Abstract

Web-based technologies such as Moodle (modular object-oriented dynamic learning environment) are regularly used in classrooms and present an effective way to reinforce blended learning of different curricula. Nontraditional learning methodologies such as the i2Flex model provide teachers with a range of options with regards to how to employ a constructivism-based instructional design and facilitate their shift from traditional instructors to effective learning facilitators. Consequently, students become inquirers and discover knowledge in a positive environment where flexibility and blendedness of learning styles optimize the learning outcome. The chapter discusses implementations of Moodle features and the support types with regards to the authors engagement in i2Flex methodology in order to update their practices in relation to enhancing the Community of Inquiry (CoI) Framework presences in Middle School and Academy Classes of Science, Physics, and Modern Language Arts.