This week’s Web 2.0 Weekly is special because it is introducing a new feature to the Lutheran Educators’ Guild site.  Today marks the public announcement of learn.lutheraneducators.com, our very own Moodle.  Moodle is free, open-source Virtual Learning Environment that will allow us to create and host courses designed to provide professional development opportunities for Lutheran educators.

The first of these courses will focus on helping Lutheran educators familiarize themselves with Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) and provide guidance as they work to create their own.  This course is divided into two sessions, each lasting two weeks, with an estimated time commitment of 2-3 hours per session.  Thanks to the flexibility of Moodle, you will be able to choose the times that best fit your schedule to complete the course tasks, while still interacting with other participants through the course software.

To take part in this course, you will need an Internet-connected computer (PC or Mac) with a current Web browser (Firefox 3.x, Internet Explorer 8, Safari 4), PDF reading software, Flash and Shockwave players, and word processing software.  This course is being offered free of charge to the Lutheran Educators’ Guild community.

The course will begin on April 5, 2010 and run through May 3, 2010.  Enrollment for the first run of the course will be limited to 10 participants.  If you are interested in participating, please email me at webmaster@lutheraneducators.com for more information and to receive the course enrollment key to access the course materials by April 2, 2010.

We are also looking for ideas for the topics of future courses.