Introduction to Public Administration - structured online environment

Introduction to Public Administration - structured online environment

Monday, June 8, 2020

Lecturers, Gregory Ruiters, Fundiswa Khaile and Joshua Oghenetega jointly teach the ‘Introduction to Public Administration’ module (PUA131). The lectures consulted with the CIECT team and prepared a teaching plan which highlighted the purpose and outcomes for each topic; learning content to be presented and related learning activities.  This teaching plan guided the design and development of a structured online environment.

The Lessons eTool was used to create interactive content sections and included the following structure:

• Introduction of topics that will be covered;
• Checklist of activities to be completed;
• Recommended reading list;
• Information related to topic including the use of text and images;
• Embedding of articles, presentations and/or videos;
• Content links sharing;
• Linking to discussion topics for student engagement;
• Linking to specific assignments related to topic/s; and  
• Linking to online quiz activities

Students are able to actively engage with the structured learning content from their respective devices and locations.