Before we elaborate on how Haikuls can be used to promote instruction in the blended learning classroom, let’s define the term, Learning Management System.
What is a Web-Based
Learning Management System?
According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_management_system
) a learning management system or LMS is a software
application for the administration, documentation, tracking,
reporting and delivery of education courses or training programs. Accordingly,
my website, Jewish-education.org, is
a web-based LMS.
Note: There are some technical differences between a Learning Management System
(LMS), a Course Management System (CMS), a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE),
and a Learning Content Management System (LCMS). To learn more about the
difference among these terms click here.
The application we will be discussing on this post is Haikuls,
a web-based LMS that facilitates collaboration among students.
When mentoring our
pre-service and in-service teachers we need to describe and model both
research-based and clinically tested best practices, and demonstrate how these
best practices can be applied in the real (i.e. physical) and virtual (i.e.
online) classroom for both teaching and teacher training. The combination of
face to face instruction in a physical setting and online learning is called
blended learning. In this section of the blog we will describe how the internet
can serve as a supplemental resource for instruction and the mentoring of
pre-service and in-service Jewish educators. In this post we will discuss how Haikuls , a web-based LMS, can be used to
promote instruction in the blended learning classroom.
Assumption: The teacher or mentor teacher has an interactive
white board (i.e. SMART Board, Promethean, etc.), a Tablet PC (also called a
Slate or Blade), a computer presenter or computer with internet access attached
to an LCD projector in the classroom. It would be ideal if students or mentees
had access to their own laptop computers or Ipads. Given parental and
school approval, and the development of specific guidelines, smartphones can be
used to enhance instruction as well.
Note: Although Haikuls can be applied in the Judaic
Studies blended learning classroom, they can be also be used for training
pre-service and in-service Jewish educators for professional or staff development.
It is our hope that Jewish educators around the globe will form an online community of
practice, a CoP, a group of people who share an interest, a craft,
and/or a profession, to enhance the delivery of instruction and training of
Jewish educators. For example, here is
a CoP you might want to join.
Note: Haikuls can be used in a face to face and
virtual classroom.
What is Haikuls?
Haikuls is a web-based learning management system.
Where is Haikuls
located on the internet?
How the web-based
learning management system, Haikuls, can be used to promote instruction in the blended
learning classroom
Click on the links below to find resources explaining how Haikuls can be
used to promote instruction in the face to face and virtual classroom:
- http://www.haikulearning.com/blog/
- http://www.haikulearning.com/aggregator/sources/1
- https://www.haikulearning.com/blog/2011/07/3-keys-to-sees-successful-project-based-learning/
- http://www.haikulearning.com/features/activities
On the
next post we will discuss how the
web-based LMS, Haikuls, can be used to promote Judaic instruction and to
mentor/train Jewish educators.
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