Polemic web forum tasks on ICT use in a Moodle blended setting

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Description

Two problem-solving tasks were implemented in Moodle, an open-source platform the participating school had used since 2006, though the web forum was not previously used there. Task#1 required discussing two polemic newspaper reports, one in favour of and one against using digital technologies in class, with three questions prompting perspective shifts. Task#2 involved perspective-taking, asking students to "imagine school 20 years in the future" and decide who should be responsible for the school. Dyads could freely pick images, videos, texts, emoticons and links from the Web.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

• A Moodle environment with a web forum, and a computer lab where dyads work in sessions of approximately 45 minutes

Constraints

• The Philosophy teacher and researcher did not stay in the lab while dyads performed the tasks; a lab technician was nearby for technical support

Target Learners

• third-year Brazilian state secondary school students aged 17-18

Learning Goals

• collaborative meaning-making and perspective-taking on controversial educational issues

Claims

Related Designs

• OTIL lessons delivered through Moodle modules (Forum, Glossary, Chat, Wiki, Quiz)
• Moodle-based blended learning environment with SCORM learning objects, projects and forums for a Programming Languages course

Examples

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Key Sources

• Rossana Beraldo, Silviane Barbato, M. Beatrice Ligorio. (2022). Dialogic approach to the analysis of the meaning-making process in a blended setting. Dialogic Pedagogy: An International Online Journal. https://doi.org/10.5195/dpj.2022.499

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title	Polemic web forum tasks on ICT use in a Moodle blended setting
description	Two problem-solving tasks were implemented in Moodle, an open-source platform the participating school had used since 2006, though the web forum was not previously used there.
status	review
generated	by process:settle-candidates on 2026-11-03
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