New digital platform to enhance learning experience

James Kon

College leaders and lecturers in Brunei Darussalam now have entry to new paedagogical approaches launched by the Ministry of Training (MoE) to boost studying expertise for college students.

Minister of Training Datin Seri Setia Dr Hajah Romaizah binti Haji Mohd Salleh launched Digital Assets Administration System (DRMS); MOE TV; and Guidebook for Blended Studying on the fifth College Leaders Conference yesterday.

DRMS is an e-resources providing lecturers a centralised platform for locating, accessing, sharing and managing digital sources with the aim of enhancing the instructing and studying course of.

Academics can entry and obtain presentation slides, paperwork, moveable doc format (PDF), audio file and different digital instruments whereas additionally seek for sources utilizing the dynamic search bar offering real-time outcomes based mostly on search phrases.

MOE TV, accessible on television.moe.gov.bn, supplies a broad vary of instructional movies for lecturers to share of their school rooms. MOE TV is a rising library of explanatory movies and 2D animations that additionally function an interactive real-time search bar for fast searches.

Academics also can embed MOE TV video hyperlinks to their studying administration system (LMS) resembling Microsoft Workforce, Google Classroom or WhatsApp.

Blended studying is a paedagogical and tutorial method in classroom instructing and studying combining face-to-face instruction (bodily or digital) with a mixture of asynchronous and synchronous on-line studying utilizing expertise and digital media.

Asynchronous studying is a self-paced technique permitting college students to finish coursework at their very own comfort together with lectures, studying, assessments, and homeworks inside a specified time-frame whereas synchronous studying is stay studying involving learners and instructors being bodily current in the identical place on the identical time, whether or not within the classroom or by way of video conferencing.

Digital studying is an revolutionary tutorial follow that gives personalised studying expertise that enhances pupil’s studying.

The minister expressed her appreciation to the Training Expertise Centre and people who contributed to the brand new instructing and studying sources. She additionally hoped that these sources will likely be put to good use by faculty leaders and lecturers in addition to empower them to embrace the brand new paedagogical approaches.

Datin Seri Setia Dr Hajah Romaizah additionally gave recognition to the dedication of college leaders and lecturers in implementing and scaling up blended studying and technological integration into instructing, studying and faculty administration to make a optimistic affect for faculties within the Sultanate’s faculties.