Tools & Skills
In late December our 'management' handed down an instruction that we will fully utilise our LMS (learning management system) app, because the channel is the only way to monitor students' payment of fees. In addition, the app is customised and considered as our "IP" compared to Microsoft-owned Teams. Valid and reasonable points. I concur.
The effect: We will, from Jan 2021, put up all teaching materials & conduct assessments in our LMS. Microsoft Teams will be used only for teaching & recording lectures and tutorials.
All other materials, including assessments will be on our LMS (moodle).
CONTEXT: All these while moodle has only been used (by many) to accept assignment submissions & nothing else. Why do we not like it? It seems slower when uploading & downloading & when moving through the pages; class folders are not as easy to locate (compared to Teams); design on courses also require a minimum of developer-like skills (in assigning the fields).
Literally speaking, we are thrown in the deep end together with our parachutes, life-jackets and life-boats and being told Godspeed!
We will be attending a course related to moodle at the end of the month & for the time being we are making do with our existing knowledge. People in our university are indeed a resourceful lot. We just do not get enough credit. Not expecting it either after so many years of apathy.
Negativity aside, the moving-forward-with-moodle plan seems reasonable and workable. I just do not like moodle, and now I have to condition myself to be a functional user. This is what we call learning by experience/ learning curve. Rise up to the occasion and do it.
The potential is endless. I have seen may good examples of an online space/ classroom that are engaging and student-friendly. I don't know how mine will turn out, but I sure as hell will make it happen. Good luck to all of us!
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