- Title
- Introducing a learning management system in a large first year class: impact on lecturers and students
- Creator
- Snowball, Jeanette D
- Creator
- Mostert, Markus
- Date Issued
- 2010
- Date
- 2010
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/68631
- Identifier
- vital:29297
- Identifier
- https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC37639
- Description
- Publisher version
- Description
- The challenges of teaching large classes are well documented in the literature on teaching in higher education. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have the potential to address some of these challenges, but, used inappropriately, technology can perpetuate entrenched practices and simply support performance models of teaching that encourage transmission approaches to learning. This article reports on the impact of implementing a learning management system (LMS) in a first year introductory macroeconomics course with 600 students in a blended learning context. Experiences of the course coordinator, lecturers and an educational technologist are discussed and data was also collected on student perceptions via a course evaluation questionnaire. Results show that the LMS was successful in a number of areas, particularly in improving the lecturers' accessibility to students and in encouraging interaction and participations in online discussion forums.
- Format
- 14 pages
- Format
- Publisher
- Higher Education South Africa (HESA)
- Language
- English
- Relation
- South African Journal of Higher Education
- Relation
- Snowball, J.D. and Mostert, M. (2010) Introducing a learning management system in a large first year class : impact on lecturers and students. South African Journal of Higher Education, 24 (5) 818-831. https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC37639
- Relation
- South African Journal of Higher Education volume 24 number 5 818 831 2010 1011-3487
- Rights
- Higher Education South Africa (HESA)
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Higher Education South Africa (HESA)
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Mostert, Markus (Mr)
RU Centre for Higher Education Research, Teaching and Learning (CHERTL)
RU Department of Economics and Economic History
Snowball, Jeanette D (Prof)
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