scholarly journals Developing, Deploying, Using and Evaluating an Open Source Learning Management System

2004 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heinz Lothar Grob ◽  
Frank Bensberg ◽  
Blasius Lofi Dewanto
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Management System ◽  
Learning Management System ◽  
Learning Management

scholarly journals Implementing an open source learning management system: A critical analysis of change strategies

2010 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip M. Uys
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Management System ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Learning Management System ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Implementing Change ◽  
System A ◽  
Local Institution ◽  
Learning Management ◽  
Free Flow Of Information

<span>This paper analyses the change and innovation strategies that Charles Sturt University (CSU) used from 2007 to 2009 during the implementation and mainstreaming of an open source learning management system (LMS), Sakai, named locally as </span><em>CSU Interact</em><span>. CSU was in January 2008 the first Australian University to implement an open source learning management system institution wide. The unique characteristics of implementing change and innovation in higher education are discussed as well as CSU's change model, which comprises eight dimensions that can occur in any order and also in parallel, and is based on the work of Kotter, Cohen and Synnot. Two key strategies have emerged to support change, namely the building of learning communities and the sharing of best practice in implementing educational technology. Other findings were that the change was largely driven from the bottom up and with top management support and through the writer's role, from middle management in terms of top down strategies. Technological innovations in the context of an open source learning management system have wider, external implications than the local institution given the free flow of information and intellectual property within the community.</span>

Towards Selecting Effective Open Source Learning Management System/Software (OSLMS) for Higher Education Domain

2020 ◽  
pp. 234763112097008
Author(s):  
Md Ajimuddin Sk ◽  
Sibsankar Jana ◽  
Samima Khatun
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Management System ◽  
Learning Management System ◽  
Digital Learning ◽  
Learning Tools ◽  
Higher Education System ◽  
Learning Platform ◽  
Learning Management ◽  
The Right

We are in the age of information and communication technology (ICT), where the learning communities (i.e., learners, teachers, scholars, etc.), mainly in higher education domains, are more technology dependent. The stakeholders always handle advanced research, study and technologies, and therefore they need some authentic and updated information to satisfy their daily needs. They simply need some updating as well as real-time interactive digital learning platforms that can provide fast, authentic and updated information to satisfy their academic needs. This learning platform completely depends on the judicious designing methodologies, and this designing methodology totally depends on the reliable and effective digital learning tools or learning management system (LMS). The present study is an attempt to design the standard process towards selecting an authentic, reliable and effective open source learning management software/system (OSLMS) for the higher education platform. In this regard, the study has been designed in three layers for the selection of the popular and most downloaded OSLMS in the world. Later in the third layer, a comparative study of the final six OSLMSs has been conducted based on the features under various criteria and parameters to select the right one. Lastly, it is found that the Moodle fulfilled most of the criteria and is selected as the most authentic, interactive and trustworthy OSLMS for the higher education system.

Open Source LMS Customization

2011 ◽  
pp. 250-263
Author(s):  
Miguel Ángel Conde González ◽  
Carlos Muñoz Martín ◽  
Alberto Velasco Florines
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Management System ◽  
Learning Management System ◽  
Automatic Generation ◽  
Added Value ◽  
Learning Platforms ◽  
Learning Management ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
A Company

This paper reflects the possibility of doing adaptations on a learning management system (LMS) depending on the necessities of a company or institution. In this case, ACEM allows the definition of courselevel and platform-level reports and the automatic generation of certificates and diplomas for Moodle LMS. These adaptations are intended to complement all the different learning platforms by contributing added-value features like the generation of customizable diplomas and certificates and reports, which allow the obtaining information about both grades and participation in every activity of a course. All this necessities are not provided by default.

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