Introduction of LMS training
This is a course to get to know the LMS training principles of design and philosophy that govern the various teaching content (material) management systems and learning management systems, as well as the special characteristics that distinguish them from each other
Learning objectives
Use a specific LMS training depending on the purpose for which they need it
Development of skill in choosing the appropriate system based on their goals and the capabilities of these systems
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Distinguish between CMS and LMS
In content management LMS training (such as Blackboard, Joomla, Moodle, e-class, Post Nuke, Drupal, etc. hereafter referred to as LMS), there is a confusion regarding the actual functions of the CMS (Content Management System) and the LMS (Learning Management System).
The source of this confusion is the similarities of the two systems. Both perform functions of enrolling students, communicating with them, assessing performance and activating learning materials, but they also have some differences between them.
CMS (Content Management System)
They allow the teacher to create an online course, where they can “upload” texts in one of the usual types (such as text, presentation, audio), etc.
Without having to convert them into web format, i.e. convert them into material for websites LMS training (embedding in the website code). It requires relatively limited skills and this makes it a popular choice. It usually covers the following features:
Online posting of course material
Student evaluation LMS training. This evaluation can be implemented with online questions, tests, etc.
Discussion forum (e-forum). Discussions can be conducted with group supervision to exchange notes and discuss specific topics between lessons.
(A distinction should be made here between CMS in the sense of Course Management System and CMS as Content Management System which is a program used to create a framework in relation to the content of a website.
It is primarily intended for interactive use by a potentially large number of contributors and contains computer files, audio image files, digital texts, etc.)
Disadvantages could be considered:
Reduced flexibility. The names of the specific parts that make up a CMS can rarely be changed or altered.
Inadequate provision of interactive E-learning LMS training. Interactive E-Learning through authoring tools such as Dreamweaver or Flash cannot be distributed through CMS and LMS training. For this purpose, teachers necessarily link to the isolated material they have created and which is stored elsewhere.
Weakness in control and recording. It cannot verify the identity of students taking the test nor can it save the test before the student submits it to the instructor
LMS (Learning Management System)
System that distributes and manages all learning needs. It is necessary at this point to clarify that management refers more to the information that contributes to learning and not to learning itself.
Makes courses available, makes student registrations and proceeds to confirm those registrations, checks student eligibility, creates course schedule reminders, records course completion, creates tests, announces course completion to instructor and then informs student. Produces reports on the number of students enrolled in a particular course, or aggregates student performance scores in particular courses.
The basic functions of such a system therefore include:
- Student enrollment
- Course attendance monitoring
- Examination
- Conducting discussions
- Transfer of information to other systems
- Lesson planning
Disadvantages could be considered:
Rapid development of technology in LMS training. Soon such a system becomes redundant or redundant due to the upcoming technology included in its newer versions.
Adjustment problems. The different needs of the various organizations that will adopt such a system creates problems of adaptation to these needs. The system is subject to limited changes. Extensive changes can do more harm than good.
The relevant training of users in the use of the system is necessary
Therefore, although both systems incorporate capabilities for e-learning, however, one system cannot replace the other, due to the dissimilar learning activities they support.
It is necessary to understand that education gains in long-term knowledge while training gains knowledge for immediate application. Therefore, CMS supports longer course sessions better while LMS supports a number of short training events – of course, it should be noted that these differences are not absolute, but very relative.
Recently, however, the term has been added LCMS (LMS+CMS). It is an environment where developers can create, store, reuse, manage and distribute learning content from a central repository, usually a database. In such a system, the developer imports and stores resources to be used to create a learning object and simultaneously creates and stores the learning content.
So the LMS training accesses the CMS and retrieves the learning content. LCMS combines the power of CMS with the perfection of LMS and is now viewed by most as a complete eLearning system with content creation and management. As a typical example, the operating structure of such a system, KeneXa (formerly OutStart), can be seen in the image below:
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Some learning management systems
Adaptability. The teacher determines the course of learning by assigning or denying a student access to specific material
- Create multiple discussion forums
- Online assessment and overview of a student’s progress
- Early warning system (classifies students gradually into profiles based on their participation and performance and notifies the teacher so that he can choose the learning path
- Create learning communities with online discussions
- Easy posting of information without knowledge of HTML
- Elector. Trade. Institutions can bill online
Creating a portfolio and the possibility of personal settings in the display of the Portfolio Templates for all kinds of material
Create reports
List of learning objects (searchable)
Joomla
- Easy to install
- Edit the content only with simple knowledge of word
- Collection of multimedia and image files available
- Possibility of e-commerce
- Space for forums and discussions
- Ability to create blogs
- Email Newsletters
- Data collection and reporting
- Subscription service
- Create content lists