Examining E-tutors Experiences of Facilitating Modules through a Learning Management System: A Case Study of an Open Distance E-Learning Institution
Mpipo Zipporah Sedio 
Issue: Vol.6 No.3 Issue Article 10 pp. 362 – 376
DOI: https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.20256310 | Published online 28th March, 2025
© 2025 The Author(s). This is an open access article under the CCBY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
The purpose of this paper was to investigate the facilitation experiences of e-tutors who were assigned to teach modules through a Learning Management System (LMS). The article employed an interpretivism quantitative survey method for e-tutors to articulate their impressions about how the LMS leverages them to become experts through facilitation in modules. The paper employed a Constructivism learning theory as a lens for the paper. Quantitative analysis was used to collect accounts from five e-tutors and the accounts were arranged and presented in tables. The five e-tutor samples were based on the criteria set during their appointment by the case institution. It was found that e-tutors cannot facilitate with LMS. It is recommended that e-tutors should be trained to be able to promote their teaching using LMS for different module courses. The study contributes to the growing literature on the ODeL e-tutoring model for student support.
Keywords: Open Distance e-Learning, Learning Management System, e-tutors
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Dr. Mpipo Zipporah Sedio is a Technology Education Doctor and Senior Lecturer in a faculty within the Department of Science and Technology, College of Education at the University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa. Her research focused more on Open and Distance e-learning, e-tutoring and design thinking.
Sedio, Mpipo Zipporah. “Examining E-tutors Experiences of Facilitating Modules through a Learning Management System: A Case Study of an Open Distance E-Learning Institution,” E-Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences 6, no.3 (2025): 362 – 376. https://doi.org/10.38159/ehass.20256310
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