This document discusses current views on e-learning and the development of a new learning management system (LMS). It summarizes that LMS tools are key to supporting new educational approaches using e-learning. It then discusses designing a new LMS that is flexible, adaptable to institutional needs, and aligned with current trends and technologies. The document outlines the goals and principles for the new LMS, including proposed functionality and architecture. A pilot study was conducted to gather feedback from students and instructors to evaluate and improve the system.

2. Current Views On E-learning

3. LMS Development Project/ Motivation
E-learning is usually accepted as a powerful and important
addition to traditional educational programs and LMSs are the
key tools that sustain these new educational approaches.
In many cases the traditional LMSs are short of flexibility needed
for implementing innovative educational models or simply for
implementing e-learning strategies of a certain institution.
The current web 2.0 technologies give lot of opportunities for
design and development of LMS tailored to an institution needs
and user preferences.

4. Learning Management System
“LMS is an environment where
developers can create, store, reuse,
manage and deliver learning content
from a central object repository,
usually a database”

5. LMS Development Project/ Goals
Explore the strengths and limitations of online learning
management systems in general
Design a LMS that would be in line with the current trends and
technologies
Design a model of a LMS, flexible and adaptable to institutional
needs based on users’ experiences

6. The Approaches To Learning Management
System Functionality

7. LMS Solutions
Commercial
limitations: price,closed for future development
Open source
limitations: support, integration (pre-defined business logic)
In house Development and its advantages
Design according to our needs
Successful integration with the existing e-systems from our
university (schedule system, e-service…)
Availability of the source code for future development
Modular approach allows easy upgrade in near future
Switching between databases
In house support
Less expensive

8. Libri’s Is Designed To Comply With The
Following Principles:
Open architecture – support of established industry standards, especially
to allow addition of future modules (modular approach);
Scalability – so the technical infrastructure can grow in audience size and
sophistication; add to the system without compromising its
performance – or having to switch to a new one;
Global potential reach – so that e-learning would serve the largest base
of end-users, with both synchronous and asynchronous distance
delivery;
Integration - seamless front-end and back-end connection to
University’s resources;
Flexible – open to emerging new technologies and use of new best
practices; it presents dynamic and customizable content to the user;
Extensible – easily add new functions and features as they become
available;

9. Use Case Model - Student

10. Use Case Model - Course Instructor

11. Use Case Model - Administrator

12. Simplified University Network Schema And
Infrastructure Architecture For A LMS Solution

13. Usability Study
Pilot project
A six month pilot project was released which included a carefully selected
group of students and instructors.
The target groups were computer science students and instructors that were
involved with the research project (as developers and contributors).
During this phase five pilot courses used a pre release beta quality version of
the new system. Participants were encouraged to use the system as they
would use the old LMS.
Evaluators (in this case LMS developers) took notes of their actions, and
every action was automatically logged for further analysis.
A selected group of these target users were later interviewed in order to
capture their impressions with the system.

14. Usability Study
Feedback ( Uservoice)
A feedback system using UserVoice helped
participants to communicate with the
development team, report concerns, bugs or
even request new features.
Students and instructors used the feedback system
as an opportunity to express all their thoughts
and ideas regarding the system.
This feedback helped us to quickly identify any
problem with the system, ability to identify new
requirements and understand what features of
the system are less popular.

18. A Level-model For Assessing The LMS
Usage Among Staff
Level 4
•sharing knowledge
•co-developing
Level 3
•Quiz
•Pool
•Survey
Level 2
•E-mail
•Discussion Forum
•Chat
Level 1
•Upload Learning
Contents
•Download Learning
Contents
•Submitting
assignments
Level 0o Level 0
LMS use
•No LMS Use

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