At the start of the pandemic, my colleagues and I helped to transition the entire faculty from a face-to-face focused environment to one where online learning was the only option. Stakes were high and people were under extraordinary pressure.
Category: Principles
You walk to the shop with a bad headache, but you’ve decided that you want to be your best self for Mrs McKenzie, the long-term owner of the general goods business opposite your house. You don’t want to trouble her with your complaints because she’s just recovering from the loss of her favourite pet gerbil named ‘Louie’, has a bad hip, and her grand-kids don’t come to visit her anymore because they all live abroad. When you enter the store, Mrs McKenzie’s face lights up and she greets you with an enthusiastic hello, before asking you how you are. You say….
Learning Management Systems (LMS) are a seemingly unavoidable part of the online education landscape. For some users, they are a necessary evil and the less they have to do with them the better. Despite the prevailing low opinions the LMS does actually perform a range of administrative tasks well. They house course materials, results, assessment […]