ICT Skills for Teaching and Learning

Learning Management Systems (LMS)

10h 0min

This session introduces students to popular LMS platforms, including Moodle, Google Classroom, and Seesaw, highlighting their interfaces and key advantages such as organization, accessibility, and data tracking. Students learn to manage courses and content by uploading materials, creating quizzes, providing feedback, and structuring modules for clarity. The session also covers strategies for enhancing student engagement through forums, polls, announcements, discussion boards, and gamification features like badges and conditional release.

Use and integrate ICT in teaching and learning subjects across the curricula (2%)
Develop multimedia/interactive contents to facilitate teaching/learning (4%)
Develop resources and demonstrate delivery of lessons by incorporating ICT and different models of learning (3%)

Synchronous (2 hours)

Discussion

1 Introduction and experience sharing

Students share prior experience with LMS platforms and discuss benefits and challenges.

15 min

Acquisition

2 LMS Demonstration

Lecturer demonstrates Moodle, Google Classroom, and Seesaw interfaces, uploading content, creating quizzes, and structuring modules. Videos are also uploaded for later references.

30 min

Investigation

3 LMS Exploration

In groups, students explore a selected LMS platform, noting features for course management and student engagement.

30 min

Production

4 Activity Creation

In pairs, students create a learning activity, upload it to the LMS, and receive feedback from their other peers.

30 min

Assessment

5 Online Quiz

Students complete an online quiz to assess their understanding of LMS platforms, focusing on advantages, data tracking, and accessibility features.

15 min

Asynchronous (1 hour)

Investigation

1 LMS Data Tracking Research

Students research how LMS platforms track learner data, including progress, participation, and assessment results. They analyse the benefits and implications of data tracking for teaching and learning, and submit their findings as a short report or infographic.

60 min

Self Study (7 hours)

Production

1 Designing a Gamified Mini-Course in LMS

Students design and build a mini-course or module in an LMS (Moodle, Google Classroom, or Seesaw) incorporating gamification elements such as points, badges, levels, or conditional release to enhance learner engagement. Students share it with peers to get their feedback.

7h 0min

ICT Skills for Teaching and Learning

Learning Management Systems (LMS)

10h 0min

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