1. LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (LMS)

2. HISTORY In the early ’90s some Luther Seminary (St. Paul) faculty members were struggling to retain students who didn’t have the funds or, because of family obligations, couldn’t relocate to attend seminary. Tom Walker knew there had to be some kind of tool that would enable people to communicate with each other without being in the same place at the same time. Learning management systems (LMS) also sometimes known as Course management systems (CMS) have come a long way since those early days.

3. DEFINITION Learning Management System (or LMS) is a broad term used to describe software tools designed to manage user learning interventions and provide access to online learning services for students, teacher, and administrator.

4. DEFINITION A software system, that allows the development and delivery of educational courses using the Internet as a delivery system.

5. one course --> many learners

6. Introduction A Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) usually: is Web-based Uses Web 2.0 (interactive / social Web / read and write Web) tools Simulates real-world educational modalities Two examples are Wikis and LMS.

7. LMS Platforms Open source ATutor Bazaar Bodington DoceboLMS Dokeos e-Learning XHTML Editor Fle3 GaneshaLMS ILIAS interact KEWL.Nextgen LRN Moodle OLAT Mitechsoft Commercial ANGEL Learning Apex Learning Blackboard Inc. Desire2Learn eCollege Learn.com Meridian KSI Saba Software SAP Enterprise Learning

8. Open Source Features Open-source software (OSS) is computer software that is available in source code form: the source code and certain other rights normally reserved for copyright holders are provided under a software license that permits users to study, change, improve and at times also to distribute the software. It is very often developed in a public, collaborative manner.

9. EXAMPLE OF LMS Examples of well-known LMS systems are –WebCT: a proprietary company providing hosting or software for some universities.

10. Blackboard : Popular learning software provider and ASP portal for education. Moodle : a free, Open Source software package, to help educators create effective online learning communities.

12. LEARNING CUBE Allows you to provide members of your community with tools to develop, implement and share effectively the available technology to improve their intra and inter-organizations learning process. With this centralized method of delivery and tracking of learning process you can save a lot of administrative time and effort to manage your learning community.

13. FEATURES OF LEARNING CUBE Announcement Facility Notes Facility Document Facility Forum Facility Multimedia Gallery Learning Track Facility Links Facility References Facility News Facility Assignment Facility Assessment Facility Portfolio Management Facility LearningCube Portal Facility

14. ANNOUNCEMENT FACILITY

15. NOTES FACILITY

16. DOCUMENT FACILITY

17. FORUM FACILITY

18. MULTIMEDIA GALLERY FACILITY

19. LEARNING TRACK FACILITY

20. ASSIGNMENT FACILITY

21. ASSESSMENT FACILITY

23. ROLE OF LMS Registration and charging Managing the process Testing Mentoring and monitoring User’s function Administrator functions

24. Learning Management System: Identifies people who need a particular course and tells them how it fits into their academic career, when it’s available, how it’s available (classroom, online, CD-ROM), etc. Once the learners complete a course, the LMS can administer tests based on proficiency requirements, report the test results, and recommend next steps.

25. ADVANTAGES OF LMS Ability of an LMS to allow you to fully manage and track your own learning. Provide support for distance learning. Purposefully designed –Mature –Safe and Secure –Ease of Use –Centrally Supported

26. Learning Management System: Learner self-service (self-registration on instructor-led training) training workflow (user notification, manager approval, waitlist management) provision of on-line learning (Computer-Based Training, read & understand) Learning Management System:

27. DISADVANTAGES OF LMS Cost – Expensive to create. Time required to install necessary hardware, software, course and database. Not designed to be stand-alone. Need for a LMS Administrator.

28. Levels of LMS Access to online catalog, schedule and registration -- management In-depth course websites that augment learning and course management -- teaching Integrated LMS (content, registration, grades, program of study, catalog …) -- online learning

29. Learner Syllabus Calendar Communication Collaboration Grade book Content Assessment Drop box Others?

30. MOODLE In Moodle a teacher has full control over all settings for a course, choice of course formats such as by week, by topic or a discussion- focussed social format, course themes, facilitates forums, quizzes, glossaries, resources, surveys, assignments, chats, workshops. 400,000 registered users, speaking over 75 languages in 193 countries.

32. Claroline Allows teacher to write a course description, publish documents in any format, administer public and private forums, develop learning paths, create groups of students, prepare online exercises, publish announcements Translated into 35 languages.

34. OLAT - The Open Source LMS Multilingual online translation tool having flexible course system. Offers wikis, single pages with integrated WYSIWYG HTML editor, forums and "file dialog" element to discuss papers, questionnaire for course evaluations, etc.

36. EFront Offers a wide range of features from content creation, test builder, project management, extended statistics, internal messaging system, forum, chat, surveys User management Lessons, Courses and Categories management, Files management, Exam builders, Assignments builders, Communication tools (Forum, Chat, Calendar, Glossary), Progress tracking, Authentication methods, Enrollment methods, Certifications, Reports generators, Modules management, Payment integration and more. EFront

38. Fle3 > Future Learning Environment Supports learner and group centered work that concentrates on creating and developing expressions of knowledge. Easy to localize to different languages. Fle3 WebTops can be used by teachers and students to store different items, organize them to folders and share them with others.

40. Brihaspati: Platform independent, highly scalable content delivery tool for webbased elearning system. It supports multiple GUI languages including English, Hindi, French, Urdu, Bangla and Marathi. Can be used to deploy elearning content for off- campus self as well as mentored learning.

41. Brihaspati: Enables instructors to enhance on-campus learning by sharing course materials, having class discussions, and making assessments on the web. Can upload/publish content material in any format directly to the course. Can manage students’ details in his own course, including addition, deletion and modifications. Brihaspati:

43. Learning Management System: Learning management systems, particularly open-source ones, have a crucial role in bridging the digital divide. To maximize their benefits, the higher education institutions in other countries must integrate them with their web sites, portals, library catalogs, learning repositories, instant messaging, etc. What has to be done:

44. USAGE OF LMS IN LOCAL UNIVERSITY Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) –a course management system designed to help lecturers to create an online learning environment. –This system provides functions such as:- register courses online course cataloging bulletin system information searching online quizzes, etc.

46. USAGE OF LMS IN LOCAL UNIVERSITY (Cont.) Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) –LearningCare Learning Management System An e-learning application. It is a module within Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) Group Web communication application. Allows instructors to create courses and students to access their approach adopted by LearningCare. LearningCare provides instructors and students with a complete set of tools to enhance their teaching and learning process. The unique feature of LearningCare is that it allows portfolio owners to grant users certain access rights including adding and managing their own items and modifying and removing others’ items.

48. Open University Malaysia (OUM) –OUM has developed its own learning portal, known as Learning Management System (my LMS), since June 2003 to support the various activities of e-learning at the university. –Applications : e-mail learner profiles Learner Connexxions Tutor Connexxions Digital Library. –myLMS is a comprehensive and flexible e-learning system that enables facilitators and learners to interact in a virtual classroom environment and at the same time allows OUM to track and monitor learning and teaching development among facilitators and learners USAGE OF LMS IN LOCAL UNIVERSITY (Cont.)

50. Things to consider: –Cost : Some LMS platforms can be very expensive. –Course and Assessment : Prepared by lecturers or tutors. –The system is easy to use for both lecturers and students. IMPLEMENTING LMS IN UNITEN

51. Offer Internet Tutorial –give students more personal support. –accompany them through the whole lecture period. Run a Distance Education Program. –For post graduate student or part time students.

66. Wiki is an expandable collection of interlinked web pages that allows any user to quickly and easily create and edit content. Example: WikipediaWikipedia Where the Wiki software Mediawiki is a free software open source wiki package written in PHP.

67. Wiki and LMS With a wiki students are sharing information and experiences with peers, the teacher, and others. They can collaborate online with one another, work together as a group, and critique each other’s work.

68. Wiki and LMS Wikis are used as discussion forums; where the participants explore specific topics of a short term nature or for general discussions. With this ability a wiki can supplement an existing Course / Learning Management System (CMS / LMS) or be used for discussion in place of such a system.

69. Wiki and LMS Through a wiki a learning community can be created among students and teachers which can be actively engaged in the learning process. The wiki also provides an effective communication tool among a group of learners.

70. Examples In the next three slides see screenshots of: 1.BIHS Wiki 2.Supten Institute Wiki 3.Moodle @BIHS

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