Law of Insolvency 311: Structured interactive online environment [Lecturers, GLAs and Students]
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Lecturers, Prof D. Hamman & Dr. T. Kondo created an interactive online environment for the 3rd year Law of Insolvency (INS 311) module. The online environment design facilitates the interaction between the lecturers, Graduate Learning Assistants (GLAs); and their large class of 463 students.
Structured lessons aligned to weekly topics
Weekly lessons are structured according to specific content topics which includes: key terminology related to insolvency, compulsory sequestration, effect on legal position of insolvent, and critical legal principles. The learning material is presented as structured text, presentation slides, podcasts and links to relevant course resources. Each week focuses on:
(i) Introduction to the specific topic;
(ii) Links to notes on topics shared in course resources;
(iii) Links to podcasts and;
(iv) Links to lecturer slides.
Course resources released in scaffolded manner
The specific topics and related content are structured within course resource folders. The structured course content includes the weekly podcasts, notes and lecture slides which are released to students in a scaffolded manner.
Online assessments done via Tests and Quizzes
Students complete online tutorials via the ‘Tests and Quizzes’ eTool and feedback related to their scores are released on specific dates. Students recently completed their first online module test which consisted of ‘MCQs’, ‘Fill-in-the-blank’ and scenario based question types.
GLAs: Online Tutorials & Effective communication via Announcements
Both lecturers and GLA’s make use of the ‘Announcement’ eTool to effectively communicate with the students. The GLA’s, Mogamat Davids and Englebert Chikodza share the online tutorial class links via ‘Announcements’ to remind students regarding their tutorial classes. The lecturers have also made use of the eTool to inform students of their module tests and related tutorial and test feedback.
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