This document discusses learning management systems (LMS), which are software tools used to manage online learning and education. It provides a brief history of LMS, defining it as a system that allows development and delivery of educational courses online. Examples of open source and commercial LMS platforms are given. The role of LMS in registration, course management, testing, and more are outlined. Advantages like tracking learning and supporting distance education are contrasted with disadvantages like costs. Examples of LMS usage in Malaysian universities are described. Factors to consider in implementing an LMS at Universiti Tenaga Nasional are discussed.

1. UNIVERSITY TENAGA NASIONAL
COLLEGE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
LEARNING MANAGEMENT
SYSTEM (LMS)
PRESENTED BY : MASHITAH HARIS
SUPERVISOR : MR TJ ISKANDAR

2. HISTORY
• In the early ’90s some Luther Seminary (St. Paul)
faculty members were struggling to retain students who
didn’t have the funds or, because of family obligations,
couldn’t relocate to attend seminary.
• Tom Walker knew there had to be some kind of tool that
would enable people to communicate with each other
without being in the same place at the same time.
• Learning management systems (LMS) also sometimes
known as Course management systems (CMS) have
come a long way since those early days.

3. DEFINITION
• Learning Management System (or LMS) is a
broad term used to describe software tools
designed to manage user learning interventions
and provide access to online learning services
for students, teacher, and administrator.
• A software system, that allows the development
and delivery of educational courses using the
Internet as a delivery system.

4. one course --> many learners

5. LMS Platforms
Open source
• ATutor Bazaar
• Bodington
• DoceboLMS
• Dokeos e-Learning XHTML
Editor
• Fle3
• GaneshaLMS
• ILIAS
• interact
• KEWL.Nextgen
• LRN
• Moodle
• OLAT
• Mitechsoft
Commercial
• ANGEL Learning
• Apex Learning
• Blackboard Inc.
• Desire2Learn
• eCollege
• Learn.com
• Meridian KSI
• Saba Software
• SAP Enterprise Learning

6. EXAMPLE OF LMS
• Examples of well-known LMS systems are
– WebCT: a proprietary company providing
hosting or software for some universities.

7. Blackboard : Popular learning software
provider and ASP portal for education.
Moodle : a free, Open Source software
package, to help educators create
effective online learning communities.

9. LEARNING CUBE
• Allows you to provide members of your
community with tools to develop, implement and
share effectively the available technology to
improve their intra and inter-organizations
learning process.
• With this centralized method of delivery and
tracking of learning process you can save a lot
of administrative time and effort to manage your
learning community.

10. FEATURES OF LEARNING CUBE
• Announcement Facility
• Notes Facility
• Document Facility
• Forum Facility
• Multimedia Gallery
• Learning Track Facility
• Links Facility
• References Facility
• News Facility
• Assignment Facility
• Assessment Facility
• Portfolio Management Facility
• LearningCube Portal Facility

11. ANNOUNCEMENT FACILITY

12. NOTES FACILITY

13. DOCUMENT FACILITY

14. FORUM FACILITY

15. MULTIMEDIA GALLERY FACILITY

16. LEARNING TRACK FACILITY

17. ASSIGNMENT FACILITY

18. ASSESSMENT FACILITY

20. ROLE OF LMS
• Registration and charging
• Managing the process
• Testing
• Mentoring and monitoring
• User’s function
• Administrator functions

21. ADVANTAGES OF LMS
• Ability of an LMS to allow you to fully
manage and track your own learning.
• Provide support for distance learning.
• Purposefully designed
– Mature
– Safe and Secure
– Ease of Use
– Centrally Supported

22. DISADVANTAGES OF LMS
• Cost – Expensive to create.
• Time required to install necessary
hardware, software, course and database.
• Not designed to be stand-alone.
• Need for a LMS Administrator.

23. USAGE OF LMS IN LOCAL
UNIVERSITY
• Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS)
– a course management system designed to
help lecturers to create an online learning
environment.
– This system provides functions such as:-
• register courses online
• course cataloging
• bulletin system
• information searching
• online quizzes, etc.

25. USAGE OF LMS IN LOCAL
UNIVERSITY (Cont.)
• Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)
– LearningCare Learning Management System
• An e-learning application. It is a module within Universiti
Utara Malaysia (UUM) Group Web communication
application.
• Allows instructors to create courses and students to access
their approach adopted by LearningCare.
• LearningCare provides instructors and students with a
complete set of tools to enhance their teaching and learning
process.
• The unique feature of LearningCare is that it allows portfolio
owners to grant users certain access rights including adding
and managing their own items and modifying and removing
others’ items.

27. USAGE OF LMS IN LOCAL
UNIVERSITY (Cont.)
• Open University Malaysia (OUM)
– OUM has developed its own learning portal, known as Learning
Management System (my LMS), since June 2003 to support the
various activities of e-learning at the university.
– Applications :
• e-mail
• learner profiles
• Learner Connexxions
• Tutor Connexxions
• Digital Library.
– myLMS is a comprehensive and flexible e-learning system that
enables facilitators and learners to interact in a virtual classroom
environment and at the same time allows OUM to track and
monitor learning and teaching development among
facilitators and learners

29. IMPLEMENTING LMS IN UNITEN
• Things to consider:
– Cost : Some LMS platforms can be very
expensive.
– Course and Assessment : Prepared by
lecturers or tutors.
– The system is easy to use for both lecturers
and students.

30. IMPLEMENTING LMS IN UNITEN
• Offer Internet Tutorial
– give students more personal support.
– accompany them through the whole lecture
period.
• Run a Distance Education Program.
– For post graduate student or part time
students.

31. References
• http://www.e-learningconsulting.com/products/learning-management-
system.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_management_syste
m
• http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Learning_management_s
ystem
• http://www.globalstrata.com/services/training/guide-learning-
management-system.pdf
• http://216.151.81.21/projects/Rafferty%20LMS.pdf
• http://moodle.org/
• http://www.oum.edu.my/p5/cgs/index.php?
op=support_services&m=37&page=278
• http://www.mitechsoft.com/?pr_content=48

32. THANK YOU