Strategies for Managing Virtual Learning Environment

This handbook summarises some key strategies that an instructor can utilise to be effective in an online environment, using Moodle Learning Management Systems (LMS) tools. The handbook was developed in response to the growing number of instructors at institutions who are considering or making the transition to using learning management systems to complement their face-to-face teaching and those who are currently teaching in information and communication technology (ICT)-mediated distance programmes.

Teaching in an online environment, according to this handbook, requires a special set of teaching skills, since many of the strategies and tactics associated with best teaching practices are somewhat constrained by the primarily text-based environment. The book is designed to address questions of both the inexperienced in online instruction and experienced instructors on how to manage an online classroom.