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Learning management system identification of e-resources

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Athira R L

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LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION OF e RESOURCES

A learning management system (LMS) is a software application or Web-based technology used to plan, implement, and assess a specific learning process. Typically, a learning management system provides an instructor with a way to create and deliver content, monitor student participation, and assess student performance. A learning management system may also provide students with the ability to use interactive features such as threaded discussions, video conferencing, and discussion forums.

Learning management systems allows powerful training programs to be delivered on the go over the past decade or so, powerful software for managing complex databases have been combined with digital frameworks for managing curriculum, training materials, and evaluation tools. This technology is known as a Learning Management System (LMS). The LMS has become a powerful tool for consulting companies that specialize in staffing and training, extension schools, and any organization looking to obtain a better grasp on the continuing

education of its workforce. Its impact has been felt mostly outside traditional education institutions, though the same technological and market forces are dramatically changing today’s classroom as well.

Below is a quick evaluation of some of the common aspects of the LMS industry, a few of its strengths and limitations, and a peek at what the future holds.

Components of an LMSThere is no standard industry definition or published standard defining the components of an LMS, but several features are common:

Management system with easy to Creation of class rosters, control over registration processes, and the ability to create waiting lists.

Uploading and management of documents containing curricular content. Delivery of course content over web-based interfaces, most often allowing

remote participation by the instructor or pupil. Creation and publication of course calendars. Interaction between students, such as instant messaging, email, and

discussion forums. Methods of assessment and testing (like creating pop quizzes). Full training use reporting

Advantages of an LMSLike several information technology innovations in recent decades, the Learning Management System is able to add a level of efficiency to an organization’s learning systems, with a number of other benefits as well, such as:

Easily adapting and reusing materials over time. More choices for creators of curriculum, such as method of delivery, design

of materials, and techniques for evaluation. Creating economies of scale that make it less costly for organizations to

develop and maintain content, as they rely on third parties. Improvements in professional development and evaluation, allowing

companies to get more value from human resources while empowering individuals with additional tools for self-improvement..

Influence of e-resources in classroom

Electronic resources consist of data representing numbers, text, graphics, images, maps, moving images, music, sounds, etc., and programs of instruction sets. Before the development of computer and internet technology, printed version of resources like books, journals, dictionaries, work books, etc played a significant role in teaching and learning process. Therefore, of the different e-resources knowledge, e-resources development and preservation of them has become the need of this hour for teacher education.Generally, e-resources in Teacher Education, classified into two major areas,

(1) Online e-resources and

(2) Offline e-resources.

(1) Online e-resources Online e-resourcesare e-books; e-journals; e-mail; e-library e-forum; e-learning(lessons / courses); e-shops; e-dictionaries; mobile sms / mms; search engines and met search engines. This can be available in a three types of matter; (a) freely available resource contents(Websites); (b) licensed resources (databases available by logging by library card) and (c) onsite resources (websites related to particular content.

(2) Offline e-resources

Offline e-resources are CD ROM based e-resources; Offline e- books; Offline e-dictionaries; MS Office applications (documents, spread sheets, power points); Training software; e-prompter; resources from mobile devices and secondary storage devices.

Library access for Teachers

Any library resources access by teacher educators and teacher trainees that can be accessed via computer by twenty four e-resource items viz., electronic journals; scholarly databases; information gateways and the Internet materials.

1. Electronic journals

It covered the five items like; full-text - whole journal available; electronic version of print; only electronic version; partial full-text - selected articles only and table of contents or abstracts only.

2. Scholarly databases

It covered the eight items like; bibliographic: references to published material; numeric (statistical tables); full text (complete publications); audio (collections of music); image (collections of slides); multimedia (audio-visual, animations); range of electronic information resources, huge volume of information.

3. Information Gateways

It covered the six items like; subject based information gateways(SBIGs); web sites that act as a gateway to other sites and information resources; rely on2human creation of meta data; subject experts select, evaluate, describe, classify; Smaller, subject-focused databases; lower recall, higher precision

4. The Internet

It covered the five items like; huge information resource; 3-10 billion pages of information; continually growing and changing; no national, political, scientific barriers; efficient search tools allow relatively easy navigation.

Electronic resources are easily accessible through computer networks. Electronicresources solve storage problems and control the flood of information. Now-a-days all the teacher education print sources are being digitized. Electronic information sources can be seen as the most recent development in information technology and are among the most powerful tools for teacher education. Electronic information sources are becoming more and more important for the teacher education community.

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