1. LMS, Learning Management Systems
Teaching and learning in WEB environment

2. Definition of Learning Management Systems LMS
Either for e-learning or in addition to in-classroom courses
Enables to plan and track learning processes
Provides courses, books, training events and other content
Has the ability to register learners for courses

3. Platforms for learning
In most cases, web based integrated information systems
Support the online activities of the persons involved in teaching and learning.
Facilitate the administration of and access to learning content anytime, anywhere and with any pace.

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

5. 12 Best Free Learning Management Systems (LMS)
Top 20 Learning Management Systems for 2013/20134

6. Characteristics of learning platforms
Presentation of learning content
Creation of assignments
Support the assessment
Administration
Communication

7. Some concepts Learning platform Learning portal
Content Management Systems…
Learning Management Systems…
Personalised Learning Environments…
Learning management systems, in particular open-source, play a key role in bridging the digital divide.
Educational institutions must integrate them to their websites, portals, catalogs of libraries, learning repositories, etc..
Portal SIO

8. The differences between CMS, LMS and LCMS
Learning Management Systems (LMS)
Administration and supervision of learning process
Tracking
Communication
Content Management Systems (CMS)
Creation and administration of contents
Presentation and publishing
Exchange of contents
Examples: Joomla, WordPress
Learning Content Management Systems (LCMS)
Integration of LMS and CMS
Standards for e-learning (IMS, SCORM)
Example: ILIAS

9. C3MS Content, community and collaboration management systems (C3MS)
C3MSs are effective learning tools to support socio-constructivist approaches such as project-based learning in virtual learning environments.
The teacher is the manager, moderator and facilitator.
WEB

10. Why we need LMS? Complete or partial replacement of frontal teaching.
Management of students, track their progress through all educational activities.
Management of courses (subjects) and the exchange of information with students.

11. Management Reports to Evaluate Learning Performance
Helps provide usage and cost information for managers to accurately assess return on investment of training activities.
Enables full tracking of learning resources and performance using a range of standard reports
Provides detailed reporting to individual, which can provide valuable information on training and assessments.

12. 10 reasons to use a LMS
A Learning Management System provides a platform for all your online course development work.
A good LMS is the best way to track who has been given what training and when it was given.
A newer LMS automatically tests students to see if knowledge transfer is really occuring.
A string secure LMS protects private training resources, such as procedure and policy manuals and other sensitive files.
LMS software retains records and monitors learners' progress, allowing you to measure whether your training investment is worth it.
Modern LMS systems support interactivity and multimedia, making learning more effective and interesting.
An LMS will save you a lot of money when compared to the increased travel required for classroom training.
The LMS can provide measurable results, where classroom training might not.
A properly-maintained LMS will cost very little to operate over time.
Put simply, an LMS can leverage the knowledge of a few key individuals and distribute it to a large number of employees, customers, or even business partners.

13. 10 features that a LMS should have
Can the LMS be implemented quickly and easily, without programming?
Does the LMS system have a robust feature set, or is it really just a collection of documents for online viewing?
Can the LMS support multimedia files such as Flash, streaming video, movies, and audio narrations?
Is the LMS truly a web native solution, using open standards like HTML, SQL, and HTTP?
Does the new LMS have everything you need built in, or will you need to buy an external authoring or reporting tool?
Is the LMS product widely accepted in a variety of industries, or is it a limited niche product?
Does the selected LMS support instructor-led training and self-paced automated training, as well as classroom (off-system) training?
Can the LMS easily support Skill Groups or certifications, so you can track learners' progress toward defined goals?
Can the LMS seamlessly pull together learning content from various sources and formats?
Does the LMS come with actual source code, in case you need to make modifications later?

14. LMS features Learner Tools Communication Tools Productivity Tools
Discussion Forums
File Exchange
Internal
Online Journal/Notes
Real-time Chat
Video Services
Whiteboard
Productivity Tools
Bookmarks
Orientation/Help
Searching Within Course
Calendar/Progress Review
Work Offline/Synchronize
Student Involvement Tools
Groupwork
Self-assessment
Student Community Building
Student Portfolios
Source:

15. LMS features Support Tools Administration Tools Course Delivery Tools
Authentication
Course Authorization
Registration Integration
Hosted Services
Course Delivery Tools
Course Management
Instructor Helpdesk
Online Grading Tools
Student Tracking
Automated Testing and Scoring
Curriculum Design
Accessibility Compliance
Course Templates
Curriculum Management
Customized Look and Feel
Instructional Standards Compliance
Instructional Design Tools
Content Sharing/Reuse
Comparison:

16. Technical requirements
Data Management : Usually a relational database
modularisation
scalability
distribution
integration
Using Web services to integrate the LMS with user databases
Server-side scripts
Compliance with standards
web standards
accessibility standards
Standards of e-learning

17. Standards, related to LMS
IMS Global
non-profit standards organization
concerned with establishing interoperability for learning systems and learning content
mission is to "support the adoption and use of learning technology worldwide".
SCORM
Sharable Content Object Reference Model
A collection of standards and specifications for web-based e-learning
Defines communications between client side content and a host system called the run-time environment
Also defines how content may be packaged into a transferrable ZIP file.
eLML
The eLesson Markup Language (eLML)
Is an open source XML framework for creating eLessons using XML
The didactical fundament of eLML is the pedagogical model called ECLASS

18. LMS provides collaboration tools
Forums, chat rooms, notifications, which used both pupils and teachers and administration
Allows blended learning
Encourages learners to access to learning materials only and manage their learning according to their needs.
Sharing applications

19. Domains of application
classical schools
Centers for distance education
Internal training centers of companies
Schools for students with special needs

20. 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.
Students can be divided into groups
Access to data on pupils
Is scalable up to 10,000 more pupils per institution
Probably the most widely used LMS

21. Moodle philosophy constructivism social constructivism
connected or separate

23. Moodle disadvantages
Some are not a problem with Moodle but of education or all LMSs as a whole:
Social networking: capacity for forming learner groups and friendship groups informally. Most learning happens informally.
Exchange of content: It is difficult to share activities and content between teachers.
Ease of use: some parts of Moodle are very easy to use and some are very hard to use.
Viewing, sharing, commenting on student projects: not so easy. It is easier to do forum discussions or quizzes.
Face-to-face learning: the physical classroom and its tasks need more integration with an LMS.

24. Moodle Sindrom
People choose open source solutions, including Moodle often. The reasons are as follows:
it's free
We assume that this tool is a "turnkey" and immediately ready
That is designed for our needs
Moodle is an important player and offers its users a variety of additional packages. We choose what we want

25. 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
built over pedagogical principles
allowing a large variety of pedagogical setup including widening of traditional classroom and online collaborative learning
Translated into 35 languages.
DEMO

27. Learning model of Claroline

28. OLAT - The Open Source LMS
A well featured system in its tenth year of development. Recently the winner of the “IMS Learning Impact ‘Leadership Award’ for best open source learning platform”.
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.

30. 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.

31. eFront

33. 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.
Written in Python

35. ATutor
Actually an LCMS, ATutor also offers tools for the management of learning. The “A” stands for Accessible and it has excellent support for key accessibility standards as well as support for SCORM, IMS etc.
WEB
DEMO

36. ILIAS Try out: http://143.50.63.94/ilias3 administrator: user:
usern: citel
pw: tel123
user:
usern: test
pw: test123

37. Problems with LMS: Features First..Usability Second (1)
Feature sets and enhancements are necessary for the evolution of any system and mandatory to garner more market share.
There are plenty of vendors out there who believe in the concept of focusing on features and forgetting about usability, under the guise that people would rather have lots of cool blinky things rather than usability
People want new and cool features, but they won’t utilize it, if your usability is difficult or challenging. Focus first on usability and everything else while come into place

38. Problems with LMS: Features First..Usability Second (2)
Some common traits include:
Broadway Effect: Front end looks too busy, end users cannot figure out what to click, where to go, what to avoid – lots of information, flashiness, overload of the senses
Illogical – I often see systems that add features that seem as though they tossed a bunch of ideas on a wall and whatever stuck up there, went into their platform
Miss Targeted – A frequent guest, whereas they add features or enhancements that do not target their current customer base or future -example: they include corporate yet include rubrics
The True Wizard of Oz – Systems forget that the true power comes from the administrator side and thus the importance of usability should be their top goal, not some add-on that people may want

39. LMS comparison
WEB

40. Issues (1) Evaluation of LMS? Integrate with existing systems?
Does LMS help students, faculty, staff?
Content, interaction, assessment ..
Integrate with existing systems?
Registration, course catalog, grade databases, content servers
Integrate with e-commerce?
Textbook publishers, digital libraries …
Standards compatibility?
Exchange content and learner info between LMS

41. Issues (2) Management/technical issues Faculty and student development
Who manages LMS? Platform, cost, technical competency required ...
Faculty and student development
Training, curriculum development, support
Security issues
Implications for access, testing ...
Policy issues
Policies for grades, credits, class lists, privacy

42. E-learning Standards Share content (‘learning objects’) across LMS
Share learner information across LMS
Requires standard descriptions and interoperability specifications
How to describe learning objects?
How to describe learners?
====> metadata

43. Personalised learning networks …
Integrated learning networks…
WEB 2.0

44. Personalised Learning
Student Choice
Connect Learners
Evidence

45. How to survive a personalized learning?
Overload…

46. ‘e-portfolio concept
Viewsi
Education
Files

47. Views of e-portfolio …

48. eportfolio-polytechnic.net.au

49. Different LMS – distributed content
Content packages imported in multiple LMS.
Contents duplicated on multiple systems.
LMS contains: contents, access control, data about students.
Difficult management of content‘s lifecycle

50. New model, centralized content
The content is considered as service
Content is gosted on content servers
LMSs can address a valid content.
Service interfaces control data about students and access to the contents

51. Services in cloud

52. LMS in cloud
This should resolve problems with backups, minimal downtime time, solving of failures, warnings, scalability and other difficult tasks. When LMS in cloud makes sense? LMS in cloud examples
WEB
WEB