Recent years has seen the shift of the educational scenario from classroom learning towards e-learning from the internet. This has been a radical change for the better for the students, teachers and institutions as it has thrown open new vistas in learning. With Learning Management Systems in place of classrooms, students stand to benefit in more than one way…
So what is this Learning Management System?
It’s nothing but a software tool used to deliver content and resources to the end user. The e-learning management system offers teachers an easy way to deliver study material, at the same time helping them to monitor participation and assess performance. It is an effective engine for online institutions to keep their teaching manuals online, study materials available via web-portals and tests to be conducted online.
With advances in e-learning, learning content management systems have come to the forefront of education. E learning has shifted from off line mode to online learning & LMS tools are used for student learning and new hires training etc. in a virtual learning environment.
Now let’s explore the benefits of an LMS for education.
A centralized learning platform
All study material can be stored in one place & losing data, no way! Be it storage on one server or on a cloud-based platform makes it easy to get all quizzes, tests, and e lectures available any location, any time and on any device! LMS offers consistency both in delivering content for studying and evaluating student progression…
Sky is the limit!
In normal classroom learning both students and professors should be at the same place at a specific time. But for LMS, the content is always online, and there is no chance of missing a lecture & the courses and quizzes are very easy to design& update.
Easy Tracking & Reporting
This makes a positive impact on performance as a real-time insight into where exactly the student has trouble with can improve these areas for a smooth learning experience. As the LMS has various contents, a user can enlist in more than one course & set own learning pace.
Powerful Evaluation Potential
Student evaluation can be done during the course or at the end of a course, without interfering with the learning process in LMS.
Time and Money
Education institutions can cut down expenses with LMS as it successfully manages training and teaching without actual classrooms.
Easy Updates & Upgrades
As there are hundreds of courses in universities the literature and sources can change at a very fast pace. Changing and upgrading content is very easy as e Learning Content Management System is a centralized cloud-based platform.
A Virtual Learning Environment
LMS can be easily integrated with other platforms like Social Media & it has powerful effects in terms of knowledge retention and distribution. Linking LMS with a Knowledge Base also makes a powerful synergy to help students.
These benefits of learning management systems in education causes it to being widely adopted by educational institutions, and we can safely assume that this trend is going to continue in the future too.