2021/08/22 by Ammar Canani, Canani, Ammar, Lisa F. Seymour +1
Computer Science · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Affordance #Computer science #Computers and Society (cs.CY) #E-Learning and COVID-19 #Educational Innovations and Technology #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Information and Communications Technology #Learning Management #Mathematics education #Notice #Online and Blended Learning #Pedagogy #Perspective (graphical) #Political science #Psychological resilience #Psychology #Public relations #Resilience (materials science) #Sociology #Technology-Enhanced Education Studies #World Wide Web #cs.CY
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2108.09764
published in arXiv (Cornell University) (Cornell University) · In proceedings of the 1st Virtual Conference on Implications of Information and Digital Technologies for Development, 2021
arxiv created 2021/08/22 · openalex publication_date 2021/08/22 · arxiv updated 2021/08/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/08
In an effort to counter the spread of COVID-19 many schools were forced to\nshut down. Primary schools in South Africa were forced to shift to emergency\nremote teaching abruptly relying on using a Learning Management System (LMS) to\naid their teaching. LMSs helped primary schools build resilience to cope with\nunexpected events. An opportunity rose to study the affordances and constraints\nfaced when using a LMS for remote teaching, specifically for primary school\nlearners ('Gen Z') - a largely ignored area of research. Through a case study\nof 6 schools, this research describes the affordances and constraints of the\nLMS supported teaching system in use in primary schools. Affordances related to\nschools, learners and teachers while constraints were classified from a\nfinancial, technological, school, learner and teacher perspective. Noteworthy\naffordances included using LMSs as notice boards and satisfying parents, the\nkey stakeholders. In terms of constraints, the digital divide was a recurring\ntheme while device and data costs were consistently a limitation. There were\nmany cases of schools not realizing the full potential of LMS usage. This\nresearch should be useful for primary schools wanting to use a LMS for their\nteaching.\n