Content Back End Operation The Learning Management System (LMS) A host of collaboration tools

Content

Rich content is the real strength of every e-learning industry. The subject matter is designed in a highly interactive manner. The interactive component is web enabled, on CD ROM. Some of the crucial steps of course development are mentioned below:

Our learning pattern follows a questioning method or interactive process to make the learner understand the concept. The content is in a modular form to make learning more effective and focused.

In the training modules the emphasis is largely on the application of concepts. The training content is delivered in the form of case study and is explained with illustrations to enable the trainee relate to the concepts. e.g. Leadership.

All the contents, whether for the certification or training modules are largely case-study oriented.

The content has case studies to enable the student understand the subject or concept.

The above characteristics enable us to develop and customize our training modules for national and international clients.


Back End Operation

A complete and systematic learning method is essential for easy course access. Lovely Infotech helps organizations build virtual classrooms, where students can travel across geographical barriers to exchange their knowledge and skills. Some of the crucial features of Lovely Infotech exclusive Learning Management Systems are as follows:

• Administration
• Enrollment of users
• Delivery of courses to users
• Tracking the performance of users
• Delivery of content over Internet

The Learning Management System (LMS)

Lovely Infotech has been built upon a state of the art Learning Management System (LMS) that provides all the desired features to enable student, faculty and campus management. The integrated Learning Management System contains the following systems-

Student Management System- The student management system allows management of the student profile, performance management including performance in online quizzes, exercises, assignments and final examination, analysis and reporting, and also monitoring of student learning behavior based on student activity.

Faculty Management System- The faculty management system allows supervisors or administrators to manage faculty profile, edit faculty timetable, chat sessions, and effectively monitor the faculty performance based on student feedback and batch performance.

Campus Management System- The campus management system allows the supervisor or administrator to manage the miscellaneous campus activities like payment system, managing student-faculty chat sessions, facility for sending announcements to students as and when required, taking student queries, site feedback, sending newsletters and other such back-end operations.


The LMS provides the following tools and utilities to the students in order to provide an engaging and intuitive learning environment:

Multimedia Rich Interactive Content- The content has been designed to allow student participation and interaction thereby eliminating the monotony of the student- learning environment.

Voice over Text, Animations, Demonstrations and Case Studies- The content includes complete voice over text so as to give a feel of the live instructor sessions. This also includes detailed demonstrations to make concept understanding stronger and easier. Voice-over-animations are also integrated to prove a step-by-step learning approach.

True Learning Experience on one-to-one basis- As all the students study in their own virtual classrooms, each student feels that the faculty is giving him/her their full time and attention.

Real-time, Anytime, Anywhere Learning- The student can learn at his own place and at his own pace of learning. This allows students to study as per their own schedule and ease.

Synchronous & Self paced Learning- The content can be broadcasted at the same time as the faculty is taking the session (synchronous) and the recorded sessions can also be viewed by the students at their own pace.

Facility for Student - Faculty interaction- The students can interact with highly experienced and competent faculty via chat and email.

Facility for Student - Student interaction- The students can also interact with fellow batch-mates via chat and email.


A host of collaboration tools

Chat- The students can use this tool to interact with the faculty and their fellow batch-mates by exchanging written messages in real-time. In order to interact in real-time, both the partners need to be online at the same time and logged on to the virtual campus.

Discussion forum- The students can use this tool for open offline discussions on their topics of interest. The students can write their queries in the forum under a specific subject category. The faculties and other students can enter their replies/answers to the queries posted by different students.

Email- The students can use this tool to send mails to the faculty and fellow batch-mates by entering their messages. Once the messages are delivered, they will show up in the "inbox" of the receiver. The receiver can then read the message and also post a reply to the message or forward the same to another student/faculty.

Electronic Whiteboard- This tool simulates the conventional black board that is used by faculty to teach the students. As the faculty draws on the whiteboard, the students can view the image of the board in real-time. This gives the students a feel of the virtual presence of the faculty as is present in the conventional education system.

File Sharing- This tool allows the students to share their documents with fellow batch-mates and enables them to work in teams or groups. This is of great help when they are working on projects or assignments.

Announcements- This tool allows students to receive important notices and circulars issued by the university.

Reminders- This tool allows students to prepare their own calendar by entering the various tasks that need to be completed on a certain point of time. The reminder will automatically remind the student in advance as soon as he/she logs on to the virtual campus about the task that needs to be completed that was entered for a particular day and time.

Newsletters- This tool allows students to periodically receive latest news updates issued by the university.

The LMS maintains extensive data mining across the system. This helps to define and create various reports, which are easily customizable. These can range from tracking user navigation across content to results comparison and statistical analysis and presentation of scores. However for evaluation of students the conventional examination system is being retained (with 80% weightage) till an appropriate and reliable online evaluation mechanism evolves.