scholarly journals Evaluating and Comparing the Usability of Web-based Course Management Systems

10.28945/1358 ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 019-038 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zafer Unal ◽  
Asli Unal
Keyword(s):  
Management Systems ◽  
Course Management Systems ◽  
Course Management ◽  
Web Based

Frameworks for CMS Design and Evaluation

2011 ◽  
pp. 69-89
Author(s):  
Marwin Britto
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Course Management Systems ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Course Management ◽  
Conceptual Frameworks ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Evaluation Instruments ◽  
The Web

In recent years, institutions of higher education have been migrating to the Web for instruction in record numbers. While Web-based course management systems (CMS) offer many exciting possibilities for instructors and students, their efficacy in terms of teaching and learning has not been thoroughly evaluated. This chapter explores the inherent capabilities and limitations of five models of conceptual frameworks for the design of CMS. The chapter concludes with a discussion of CMS evaluation instruments, advice for instructors transitioning to CMS, and a call for more research in this growing area.

Insidious pedagogy: How course management systems affect teaching

First Monday ◽  
2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa M. Lane
Keyword(s):  
Management Systems ◽  
Course Management Systems ◽  
College Instructors ◽  
Course Management ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Novice Faculty ◽  
Administrative Tasks ◽  
Basic Level ◽  
The Web ◽  
The Way

Course management systems, like any other technology, have an inherent purpose implied in their design, and therefore a built-in pedagogy. Although these pedagogies are based on instructivist principles, today's large CMSs have many features suitable for applying more constructivist pedagogies. Yet few faculty use these features, or even adapt their CMS very much, despite the several customization options. This is because most college instructors do not work or play much on the Web, and thus utilize Web-based systems primarily at their basic level. The defaults of the CMS therefore tend to determine the way Web-novice faculty teach online, encouraging methods based on posting of material and engendering usage that focuses on administrative tasks. A solution to this underutilization of the CMS is to focus on pedagogy for Web-novice faculty and allow a choice of CMS.

Frameworks for CMS Design and Evalution

2011 ◽  
pp. 1281-1291
Author(s):  
Marwin Britto
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Course Management Systems ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Course Management ◽  
Conceptual Frameworks ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Evaluation Instruments ◽  
The Web

In recent years, institutions of higher education have been migrating to the Web for instruction in record numbers. While Web-based course management systems (CMS) offer many exciting possibilities for instructors and students, their efficacy in terms of teaching and learning has not been thoroughly evaluated. This chapter explores the inherent capabilities and limitations of five models of conceptual frameworks for the design of CMS. The chapter concludes with a discussion of CMS evaluation instruments, advice for instructors transitioning to CMS, and a call for more research in this growing area.

Effective use of course management systems to enhance student learning: Experimental Biology 2007

2007 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 377-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan D. Kibble ◽  
Jeffrey Kingsbury ◽  
Beatriz U. Ramirez ◽  
Whitney M. Schlegel ◽  
Phillip Sokolove
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Experimental Biology ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Course Management Systems ◽  
Course Management ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Software Packages ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
Physiology Section ◽  
Enhance Student Learning

Course management systems are software packages that support teaching and learning by providing web-based tools, services, and resources. Electronic course management can facilitate course organization, teaching delivery, communication, collaboration, and assessment. This article reports on a symposium on the use of course management systems, presented by the Teaching of Physiology Section of the American Physiological Society, at the Experimental Biology Meeting of 2007.

scholarly journals Cant We All Use An Angel?

2006 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard Presby
Keyword(s):  
Online Courses ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Course Management Systems ◽  
Instructional Designers ◽  
Course Management ◽  
Web Based ◽  
The Face ◽  
Educational Course

Educational institutions are looking for ways to reach students in a better manner, in the face of increased competition, shifting demographics and tighter budgets. Offering online courses is one of the ways this problem has been approached. As the internet has become integral to our everyday lives, web-based educational course management systems have become more common and more sophisticated.  Blackboard, Webct, and ANGEL are three popular ones. The focal point of them is to aid instructors develop important learning experiences and improve learning outcomes They help to promote communication among and between students, support curriculum, assessments and surveys, facilitate team learning and group effort and feedback . This paper will help instructors and instructional designers who are considering course management systems. Results of the study show how one system provides users with superior results.

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