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The effective use of a learning management system still promotes student engagement!

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dc.contributor.author Swart, Arthur James
dc.date.accessioned 2017-10-05T12:27:23Z
dc.date.available 2017-10-05T12:27:23Z
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/11462/1201
dc.description Published Conference Proceedings en_US
dc.description.abstract Learning management systems have the capabilities of creating, fostering, delivering, and facilitating learning at anytime and anywhere. Although these systems have allowed students to engage in online discussions and collaborative activities, many academics believe that this online space has essentially remained a content repository. However, the fact that many academics simply use a learning management system as a content dumping site cannot be generalized across the board for all academics. No, such a blanket statement would prove to be a grave injustice to those few academics that are trying to improve their teaching abilities and promote student engagement and learning, especially through using a variety of tools which have been seamlessly integrated into many of these systems today. The purpose of this paper is to highlight how an academic in electrical engineering is still effectively using an institutional learning management system to promote student engagement through the use of four major features that are currently available in this platform. An ex post facto study is employed along with descriptive statistics involving quantitative analysis of the collected data. Results indicate that both academics and students engaged with all four primary features of the learning management system. However, the predominant features were accessing content followed by completing online assessments. A significant correlation was established between these two features and the final grade marks awarded to students at the end of the course. These results tend to suggest that some academics are widening their horizons and creating interactive experiences for students to enhance their learning. It is hoped that their experience and enthusiasm in using a variety of educational technologies will rub off on fellow colleagues to the greater benefit of students in higher education. en_US
dc.format.extent 278 421 bytes, 1 file
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dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher IEEE Xplore: Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2016 IEEE en_US
dc.subject electronic communication en_US
dc.subject announcements en_US
dc.subject assignments en_US
dc.subject grade center en_US
dc.subject content folders en_US
dc.subject assessments en_US
dc.subject Blackboard en_US
dc.subject eThuto en_US
dc.title The effective use of a learning management system still promotes student engagement! en_US
dc.type Presentation en_US


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