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• • Sze Kiu Yeung@szekiuye

  

  Sze Kiu Yeung March 18, 2011 - 11:28pm

  Despite its emphasis on “100% face-to-face lecture” as reflected in the DMS programme mode of delivery (see Appendix 2), the case for injecting e-learning instructions into the teaching and learning of BUS107 is compelling both from an institutional perspective as well as from the perspective of the course curriculum.

   

  As a university for adult learners in Singapore, UniSIM’s education philosophy centres around its flexible learning systems where students learn in the classroom (seminars, tutorials and lectures) with comprehensive course materials (study guide and textbook), and with technology support and e-learning components through its Blackboard Learning Management System (LMS) which enable adult learners to learn at their “own pace, place and space” (SIM University, 2011). This philosophy is reflected in the university’s vision of “serving society through excellence in flexible learning for adults” (SIM University, 2011).

   

  Because of the long-standing tradition of the DMS programme (it is UniSIM’s oldest programme dating back to the early 1970s long before the establishment of the university) and its emphasis on classroom-based teaching and learning, technology support for its courses is currently lacking behind that of UniSIM’s other degree-level undergraduate programmes which were developed more recently over the last five years. That said, the School of Business, does have plans for introducing technology-assisted teaching and learning into the DMS programme to enrich the students’ overall learning experience as well as meeting the 21^st century learning expectations of stakeholders (employers, parents, instructors and students).

   

  The first stage of enhancing students’ learning with technology has already began in the current January 2011 semester with the introduction of the Blackboard LMS system for hosting course contents and assignments for the new first-semester DMS student cohort. Existing students taking final-semester courses including BUS017 will also be required to use Blackboard starting from the July 2011 semester. The availability of the Blackboard LMS in July 2011 offers an opportunity to enrich the teaching and learning of BUS017 with specific e-learning instructions.        

   

  From the perspective of the BUS017 course curriculum (see Appendix 3), developing e-learning instructions is a natural progression of the current “face-to-face” syllabus because this is a course about computer technology. In fact, the situation is compounded by the unpredictable nature of timetabling and classroom resource allocation which make the need for e-learning instructions even more important. Furthermore, as a foundation course in information systems, the use of e-learning instructions to supplement classroom teaching would fit well with the core topics especially in relation to the practical “hands-on” lab elements.

   

   

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• • Sze Kiu Yeung@szekiuye

  

  Sze Kiu Yeung March 20, 2011 - 10:29pm

  

   

  SIM University's flexible and open learning system - learning at the learner's own pace, place and space.

• • Sze Kiu Yeung@szekiuye

  

  Sze Kiu Yeung March 20, 2011 - 10:30pm

  

   

  Blackboard Learning Managment System (LMS)