Strategies for Genuine E-Learning with a Learning Management System
Reiteration of other learning management students’ responses to questions, unoriginal assignment work, and copying information from the internet are all real dangers to e-learning. Especially when an online course stands alone, without a supplementary in-person aspect, these dangers of looking up answers, copying and pasting, and “being inspired” by others’ work are great hazards to real learning.
E-learning is due for some major construction and revision. In any technological advancement, growing pains are inevitable.
One surprisingly popular piece of feedback about online learning is that it is too easy. Using tools like discussion boards, students (not to mention educators) can’t be sure their peers are submitting original responses to questions. Originality is in question. And if one’s peers are posting unoriginal or uninteresting responses, why should one exert any intellectual effort? Lack of ambition to perform well is exacerbated.
What the e-learning world needs are smarter course design and delivery. It’s not enough for learning content developers to create a course, deliver it, and anticipate a good response and correct usage. A learning management system should use strategies to ensure that students are truly gaining the information, with built-in tools that track and monitor student success.
These strategies might be part of an online course–for example the strategic placement of tests and quizzes. They may also involve tools like Coggno’s Activities feature, which allows learning management system administrators to track student activity.
In choosing a learning management system for your virtual classroom, choose one based on its features that allow you to truly help students succeed.
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