Pre-COVID-19, learning at VUT was predominantly face-to-face. However, the onset of the pandemic meant all teaching had to move online and so virtual adoption increased across all faculties. Anthology’s support was central to shifting teaching and learning online during the height of the pandemic, plugging the resource gaps and providing students and staff with an invaluable two-way communication solution.
The dedicated local and global Anthology team guided the e-learning team both strategically and operationally to leverage LMS functionality, with VUT putting additional measures in place to enable full utilisation of the platform over time. Now, with the enhancement of Analytics for Learn, which has the ability to help slice, dice, and drill into a vast amount of longitudinal information about LMS use, Anthology will provide the backbone of the institution’s operations to drive excellence, expansion, and efficiency.
Dr Muntuwenkosi Chili, Executive Director at Vaal University of Technology, commented, “Analytics for Learn will take the institution to the next level as the data will be aligned and integrated, and as such will inform our future teaching and learning strategies.” Importantly, Dr Chili further added that, “The insights will enable us to identify any students at risk and take timely and corrective action to better support them in achieving their potential. It gives us a single source of truth.”