<div>Here is an interesting post from another mailing list. There seems to be some merit in offering to run an online, closed Moodle meeting before an examination. My students are huge online chatters and we have a problem with non-attendance and cramming. Has anybody else tried this? (might scare them off or make them get some sleep for a change ;-)
<br><br>Regards Roland<br><blockquote>Re: Positive use of Moodle Chat by <a href="http://moodle.org/user/view.php?id=79262&course=5" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">Mike Green</a>
- Monday, 28 May 2007, 06:47 AM</blockquote></div>
<blockquote><p dir="ltr" style="margin-right: 0px;">I don't usually use <a title="Chat" href="http://moodle.org/mod/data/view.php?d=13&rid=321" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
Chat</a>,
but I advertised a one-hour last-minute advice/therapy session to my
students on the evening before their exam. It worked really nicely,
and I will do it again. Nice, I think, to give students a friendly and
understanding point of contact at a time of potential stress. One
student wasn't going to bother turning up for the exam as she didn't
think it was worth it, and I was able to talk her into attending - so
just on that result it was worth it!</p></blockquote>-- <br>Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br><a href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</a><br><br>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead