Learning Management Systems - LMS

Learning Management Systems - LMS

1. They have the capacity

   • Create virtual learning environments for campus-based students
   • Develop fully online virtual universities

2. In many Universities is called

   • Learning platforms
   • Distributed learning systems
   • Course management systems
   • Content management systems
   • Portals
   • Instructional management systems

3. Are scalable systems

   • Supports teaching and learning programs

4. Allows

   • Asynchronous and synchronous communication
     • e-mail, chat, list servers, instant messaging, discussion, etc
   • Content development and delivery
     • Learning resources, development of learning object repositories
   • Formative and summative assessment
     • Submission, multiple choice testing, collaborative work, feedback

5. In

   • Australia
     • 70% of universities
       • hold licenses for at least one of these products
   • United Kingdom
   • Canada
   • South Africa
   • Finland
   • Netherlands
   • USA
     • beetween 55% and 62%
       • Use WebCT or Blackboard

6. Suggest a means of increasing the efficiency of teaching

   • Offers to the universities
     • Resource based learning programs
     • Enriched student learning
     • Capacity to control and regulate teaching.

7. Are not

   • Pedagogically neutral technologies