THE TRIMMACC APPROACH TO TEACHING IN A CARIBBEAN CLASSROOM

摘要

The rapid technological changes in the world have caused universities to keep changing their approach to teaching by incorporating technology into teaching. In the universities in the Caribbean, technology is incorporated in the teaching in ways such as providing open and distant education or providing course management systems. This paper presents a different approach to an online course. This approach uses a blended approach to teaching, using a virtual classroom and a traditional classroom. The virtual classroom was used for teaching the students while the traditional classroom was used for tutorials. This blended approach was based upon eight 21st century teaching skills. The paper first presents the blended approach which is followed by discussing the results of this approach and ending with presenting a conclusion.