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Teachers Get In The E Learning Zone

Durban University of TechnologyRef: https://www.dut.ac.za/Teachers_get_in_the_e_Learning_Zone_/

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This document is a news article on the Durban University of Technology (DUT) website titled “Teachers get in the ‘e-Learning Zone’”. It reports that DUT expanded its Blackboard e-learning classroom (called the THINK LEARN ZONE) at the Pietermaritzburg campuses to include Bachelor of Education and other programmes, with almost 1000 BEd students using it and thousands of Blackboard registrations. The article includes testimonials from students and a lecturer about benefits such as online access to materials, assignment submission, and 24-hour communication, and notes that students need orientation to avoid issues like incorrect submissions or profile hijacking. It also mentions DUT is designing a DUT App to improve access to the Zone and other DUT information.

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THINK LEARN ZONE

DUT makes a Blackboard e-learning classroom available to Bachelor of Education and other programme students at its Pietermaritzburg campuses. Students can access course materials, submit assignments and tests, receive electronic feedback and communicate online.

Who it is for: Bachelor of Education students and students in other programmes at the Pietermaritzburg campuses
How to act on it: Use the Blackboard classroom known as the THINK LEARN ZONE to access materials, submit assignments and tests, and communicate online.

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E-learning platform: Blackboard classroom called the THINK LEARN ZONE

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eThekwini, KwaZulu-Natal, Msunduzi Local Municipality

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https://www.dut.ac.za/Teachers_get_in_the_e_Learning_Zone_/

Key Takeaways

Document title: “Teachers get in the ‘e-Learning Zone’”
Publisher: Durban University of Technology (DUT)
Date published: Jul 18, 2014
E-learning platform: Blackboard classroom called the THINK LEARN ZONE
Expansion location: Pietermaritzburg campuses
Programmes included: Bachelor of Education (BEd) Economics and Management Science, Technology, and Natural Science
Usage figures: almost 1000 BEd students; 4060 Blackboard registrations
Named students: Siyabonga Ngwane and Bhekisisa Mthembu
Named lecturer: Ben Tarr
Reported benefits: online access to printouts/course notes, online assignment submission and tests, electronic feedback, 24-hour question/message access
Reported issues: assignments submitted under someone else’s name; rude emails sent to large groups due to sender confusion; need to log out to prevent profile hijacking
Future plan: DUT App to allow better phone access to the Zone and other DUT information
Durban University of Technology (DUT)
Blackboard (THINK LEARN ZONE)
Pietermaritzburg campuses
Siyabonga Ngwane
Bhekisisa Mthembu
Ben Tarr
Ursula Vooght