The use of DLT for learning and sharing knowledge is now commonplace in many educational institutions and organisations is set to become a "must-have" in any modern organisation.
It is an unwritten rule in the School of Computing that familiarity with EITOnline, as well as Michael's Wiki page is a must for students as it will greatly facilitate and enhance the learning experience (and help with the grades too!).
In this post, I would like to share the use of three DLTs in another learning institution using my previous university, the National University of Singapore (NUS) as an example.
NUS's LMS is called the Integrated Virtual Learning Environment or IVLE for short is a course management system to facilitate collaborative and independent learning and teaching. IVLE was developed and designed by the institution in 1998 and has undergone several re-designs. Providing a suite of online tools like class management rosters, chat rooms, forums, lecture webcast, assignment dropboxes etc., it is also "integrated" with the university's other academic, library and administrative systems, making it a one stop portal to access all university resources [1].
NUS also utilises a Wiki for collaborative learning NUS wiki, where students and lecturers can create their own pages and edit those of their peers.
Another DLT utilised by NUS is the Internet2 videoconferencing system which enables state-of-the art distance learning with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the USA. Specialised lecture halls transmit classes between MIT and Singapore students through advanced recording and delivery systems, while lesson materials are simultaneously shared through a separate data stream [2].
With so much technology permeating through our educational system, threatening to do away with the traditional methods of teaching and learning for good, are we ready to embrace these changes fully?
[1] https://ivle.nus.edu.sg/v1/public/about.aspx
[2] http://web.mit.edu/sma/about/universities/facilities.htm
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