Integration of the Learning Management System (LMS) (myTUTor) in Teaching and Learning

Directorate Teaching and Learning with Technologye-Learning

Marius Pienaar

In this session

Directorate Teaching and Learning with Technologye-Learning

Integration of the LMS (myTUTor) in Teaching and Learning

How we integrate our LMS in teaching and learning:•e-Learning•Advantages and drawbacks of our LMS•Flipping/Scrambling the classroom•Augmenting teaching and learning with various (built-in) tools•Online assessment tasks & onscreen marking for quick feedback

Wrapping it up

e-Learning

Directorate Teaching and Learning with Technologye-Learning

Integration of the LMS (myTUTor) in Teaching and Learning

• Learning supported through the use of technology• blended learning (combining traditional and e-learning)

• Support the process of learning• Support communication in education• Evaluate learning activities• Manage resources• Create educational materials

Advantages and drawbacks of our LMS

Directorate Teaching and Learning with Technologye-Learning

Integration of the LMS (myTUTor) in Teaching and Learning

• Increased availability• Quick feedback• Improved communication• Skill building• Different learning styles are addressed• Assists blended learning & flipping/scrambling the classroom

Advantages and drawbacks of our LMS

Directorate Teaching and Learning with Technologye-Learning

Integration of the LMS (myTUTor) in Teaching and Learning

• Can be hard to learn• Blackboard system inefficiencies• Some lecturers:

• Class hand-outs behind glass • Use the platform as a repository • Not interactively used

• Most online courses do not support students in making knowledge their own through practice, experience, and play

Flipping/Scrambling the classroom

Directorate Teaching and Learning with Technologye-Learning

Integration of the LMS (myTUTor) in Teaching and Learning

Flip: •A wide variety of teaching styles that largely replace the lecture •For material that might have been delivered in lecture format previously, online instruction is provided in advance of the class •This allows for time in class to be used in different interactive ways – group work, discussion and other forms of highly engaged participatory learning become the norm

Flipping/Scrambling the classroom

Directorate Teaching and Learning with Technologye-Learning

Integration of the LMS (myTUTor) in Teaching and Learning

Scramble: •With our blended learning approach, the material delivered in a lecture format, is scrambled/mixed with online instruction (hybrid)•Allows for time in class for traditional teaching and learning, and for interactive teaching and learning

Augmenting teaching and learning

Directorate Teaching and Learning with Technologye-Learning

Integration of the LMS (myTUTor) in Teaching and Learning

Various tools:•MashupsMashups: streaming video (YouTube), presentations (SlideShare) and images (Flickr) in the course

•CamtasiaCamtasia: Simultaneously capture yourself and your screen content to create a video lecture that can be accessed by students anytime, anywhere in our LMS. Add quizzes

•Built-in wikiwiki: students can collaborate on a web page inside our LMS. Students share ideas and resources, present topics to each other, and critique each other’s work

•Built-in discussion boarddiscussion board: create discussion forums for topic related discussions

Augmenting teaching and learning

Directorate Teaching and Learning with Technologye-Learning

Integration of the LMS (myTUTor) in Teaching and Learning

Various tools:•Built-in blogblog: a medium for reflective learning.

Students display research, analytical, and communication skills through a series of commentaries meant for consumption and comment in a course

•Built-in journaljournal: a personal space for private communication between student and lecturer

Can be used as a self-reflective tool (opinions, ideas, and concerns about the course)Can be used to discuss and analyse course related materials

Augmenting teaching and learning

Directorate Teaching and Learning with Technologye-Learning

Integration of the LMS (myTUTor) in Teaching and Learning

Various tools:•Built-in virtual classroomvirtual classroom: a medium for reflective learning.

Teaching and learning at a distance

•CollaborateCollaborate: built-in video-conferencing and collaboration toolTeaching and learning at a distance

•Online assessment tasks and activities & onscreen markingQuick and effective feedback

Wrapping up

Directorate Teaching and Learning with Technologye-Learning

Integration of the LMS (myTUTor) in Teaching and Learning

Our LMS allows for:• Motivational environments for learning

•A complement to more traditional instruction in hybrid/mixed courses

•Not concentrating on the ‘e' and forgetting the all important ‘learning‘

•Activities which actively engage students

•Activities that ensure quick and effective feedback

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Directorate Teaching and Learning with Technologye-Learning

Integration of the LMS (myTUTor) in Teaching and Learning