AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON CANVAS LMS PLATFORM WITH BLENDED LEARNING APPROACH IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: AN EVIDENCE OF UNIVERSITY

Abstract

In 21st century, social networking is widely accepted online as 24x7 platforms by youngsters and teachers to share/discuss ideas, stories, experiences, instructions etc. in their life and they are quite comfortable to use this platform and also expect others to use the same for almost all communications. In higher education, teacher and students can integrate this platform for teaching learning process in their regular teaching which help to extend the learning even outside the classroom too. With this objective, RK University has setup & established in-house Canvas LMS server, prepared a strong team structure across university, trained each of them for server administrative tasks, trained each staff member across university, designed uniform course template to publish their e-course and trained every student with mentor for dealing with e-courses, as a result 100% courses are on Canvas LMS @RK University. All e-courses are designed with relevant active learning strategies, study materials, online assessments, announcements, online discussions etc., which are 24x7 accessible by students & teacher via internet to extend their learning beyond classroom teaching, the same platform can be used as blended learning where the teacher combined some practical activities in the classroom with extended activities and project works in the virtual class (e-course). Ninety-eight students undergone through subjects “Fundamental of Computer Programming” & “Object Oriented Programming with C++” course in this study. Observations of co-teachers & students and questionnaires were used to collect data regarding the use of e-course with integration of Edpuzzle video platform on Canvas LMS in assisting students learning process. Also, analysed the results of these subjects with past year results to measure the level of learning. The results and analysis show that students’ learning has increased have a positive impression towards the use of LMS platform and felt comfortable while online interaction with classmates and teachers.