Effective Use of LMS (Learning Management System) in Teaching Graduate Geology Course at KFUPM, Saudi Arabia

Author

Hariri, Mustafa M.

Author_Institution

Earth Sci. Dept., King Fahd Univ. of Pet. & Miner., Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

fYear

2013

fDate

7-9 May 2013

Firstpage

342

Lastpage

347

Abstract

Utilization of the LMS in teaching is very crucial and reflects on the students learning. The current practices of student-centered learning (where students contribute to the subject and get involved in the learning process) can be applied very effectively through using the LMS. This paper summarizes an experiment of using the LMS (Blackboard CE8) in teaching a graduate course (Advanced Structural Geology) in Earth Sciences Department, at KFUPM. The paper demonstrates the types of tasks and assignments given to students and their involvements and contributions. Additionally, learning measurement through the satisfaction level of students and how the experiment added to their learning are also addressed in the paper.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; continuing education; educational courses; geology; teaching; Blackboard CE8; KFUPM; LMS; Saudi Arabia; advanced structural geology; earth sciences department; geology course; graduate course; learning management system; learning measurement; learning process; student learning; student-centered learning; teaching; Earth; Electronic learning; Geology; Least squares approximations; Materials; Postal services; Structural Geology; Student learning; effective use of LMS;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

e-Learning "Best Practices in Management, Design and Development of e-Courses: Standards of Excellence and Creativity" , 2013 Fourth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Manama

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECONF.2013.27

Filename

6745570