Learning Management Systems
Where is a good place to find information on the different types of Learning Management Systems that exist? What are some of the obstacles that present day institutions are experiencing with current Learning Management Systems?
Do have template schools in Moodle or any other LMS so at least there is a starting point? If someone can just point in the direction that I can research, that would be great.
I think web browsing is our first resource, but I admit that to find what we really need takes a lot of patience and dedication. I have found that meeting with my peers have helped me a lot more. I just wished we could have more time too.
Great comments that give me numerous resources to research! The wealth of the experienced!
What are some of the platforms you compared? Who are some of your referrals? I am seeking out LMS and need to compare. Thanks!
Thanks! This is good info.
Are there links you might suggest? I just need to know where to go to find some more information about learning management systems.
Offcourse internet search engines and web browsing are the good place to find information on different types of learning management systems. Also educationist can guide in exploring different types of LMS, he can give his personnal experience redarding this if he has. Obstacles that institutions are experiencing now a days can be a short span of time they have. If a faculty is not trained to a certain level or standard then it can also be an obstacle.
This sounds like a nice LMS for beginners- will try to reserach more about this one.
this information is very helpful- thank you for taking the time to delineate this
I kinda wish you had named names. It's okay, you are among friends. I am wondering if your experiences parallel those of the other participants. If you are still out there subscribing to this forum, can you please give us an update on the details so we can compare notes?
When sourcing a good LMS, I started with referrals from colleagues and then compared the platforms online, as well as, attending our annual accrediting conference where I was able to speak directly to the system representatives on which I wanted to focus. Armed with good questions from colleagues I feel our choice of eCollege was the right one. However, as a small college embarking on this venture, I chose to use a company that acted as a partner with us and eCollege, and who have proven to be invaluable, guiding us step by step through the hurtles.
I agree that ASTD is a good place to find information. Experience from others schools also count, contact them to have their feedback, finally some web sites have very good information.
Actually, this class gives a great list of LMS's software to compare. Some of the names listed throughout the tutorial sound familiar to me and are very familiar because I have worked with them as an online instructor.
I believe one obstacle some institutions are experiencing is the ability to support the number of students wanting to enroll in online classes and programs. Sometimes an institution will overlook or miscalculate the growth potential of an online program. Even though the class or program is online, there is still a policy to the total number of students (cap)that an online instructor can have enrolled in their class.
webb sites and reviewing other training centers would be helpful in educating ones self in how others have created online course.
Some of the obstacles may be time or lack of the correct staff to help with investigation.
How would be the best way one would go about training someone to do this job for a school?
When we where looking for a Learning Management System for our online course, we called the people who is in charge of our IT. They sent an IT engineered and an online system consultant who helped us figured out what we needed. One week later, they came back with four different options for us. That worked for us. We decided to go with Moodle since it was an open source system and most of our faculty members were familiar with it.
Contact other schools that utilize online systems.
Some obstacles that present institutions are experiencing are; the lack of IT support, costs of hardware (servers), and faculty familiarization with online teaching.
Hi there,
One of the great resources I have found quite useful is Faculty Focus..not per se to talk about the LMS...but emerging trends which I find to be absoltuely critical.
Hi,Steven,
I have not heard of that LMS but it sounds very useful, especially ad it improved your teaching. When you consider an LMS as a tool instead of "the course," it is easier to make it work for you and your stdents.
I used an LMS called On-Track back in the early 2000s. As an instructor it was great because it allowed me to see my upcoming class. I was able to see the number of enrolled students, where they were from, their managers and it showed me thier pre-class work.
The LMS also showed me my classroom. This was a great way to prepare.
There were many other great functions such as grade tracking. My level as an instructor did not allow me to go into other areas.
