9 Must Have Features of an LMS

What are the emerging trends in the field of Learning Management Systems? How can these be evaluated and applied for their importance or usefulness to your institution? In this blog post we will look at some of the key features of a LMS that you[...]

Best Practices in Building an Online Social Learning Program

“Learning would be exceedingly laborious, not to mention hazardous, if people had to rely solely on the effects of their own actions to inform them what to do. Fortunately, most human behavior is learned observationally through modeling: from[...]

How to use technology to enhance and demonstrate student collaboration

There was a time when technology was taught as an isolated subject matter, when word processing, spreadsheets and powerpoint presentations were the scope of the curriculum. It was understood that teaching relevant technology skills was the role of a[...]

3 Best Practices for Implementing an LMS

Are you thinking about taking the leap to implement a new LMS? That's good. The LMS promises to solve many of your issues, and it's a good idea to have a solution in place. But, does just buying the LMS solve the issues and bring the promised[...]

Best Practices for Implementing Mobile Learning in Your Organisation

With the increase in adoption of smartphones and penetration of mobile broadband, organisations are now focusing more on mobile learning (M-learning) than ever before. As L&D teams are prioritising learning on the go, there are several factors that[...]

ICT Curriculum Design Incorporating LMS Literacy

Literacy, beyond the ability to read and right, is defined as ‘knowledge that relates to a specified subject’ (www.Merriam-Webster.com). For example computer literacy equals the knowledge of how to use a computer or cultural literacy equals[...]

2 benefits of effectively using a Collaborative Learning/Planning Portal

On a visit to Law Ting Pong Secondary School in Hong Kong, who have been using Teamie for two years now,  I was invited to meet with Eduardo, Spanish Teacher and an avid Teamie user.  Before getting into his innovative usage of the learning management[...]

4 Practices to keep Students Engaged on your VLE

Video of The Handshake Teacher went viral last month. The inspiring video of Barry White Jr., a Teacher at Ashley Park PreK-8 School in North Carolina, shows his ritual of performing an elaborate individualised secret handshake with each pupil[...]

10 things to know before you initiate that software development project

You can best support collaborative learning by using the right technical tools in your learning environment. Good tools can help you reach your goal easily while average or bad ones can hamper your objective. We sometimes run into education[...]

Best practices in formative assessment to support reading and writing development

“…attention to minute-by-minute and day-to-day formative assessment is likely to have the biggest impact on student outcomes.” - Dylan Wiliam

Looking at the materials section of Paul Turner’s English classes you see multiple assignments and[...]