Activity (LearnINg MAnAgement SYSteM)

    First of all, this is the third week and we all are getting into business more serious as we need to catch up n keep on par with the on coming assignments. The agenda for this week requires us to upload documents in Google DOC!. Frankly speaking, this is my first time experiencing google doc. Surprisingly, I managed to upload the file successfully. Me and my partner was eager to know what is it LMS(learning management system) all about. We browsed through a lot of source before coming out with an mini article on it and uploaded it on Google DOC! We found out that this topic will be essential when we will be stepping our legs to school life later on.

Learning Management System

A Learning Management System (LMS) is an excellent vehicle for training, evaluating and tracking results.

A Learning Management System is a software application for the administration, documentation, tracking and reporting of training programs, classroom and online events, e-learning programs, and training content. According to Wikipedia, LMS are able to do the following such as centralize and automate administration,  use self-service and self-guided services, assemble and deliver learning content rapidly, consolidate training initiatives on a scalable web-based platform, support portability and standards, and personalise content and enable knowledge reuse. 

According to research, most LMSs are web-based, built using a variety of development platforms, like Java/J2EE, Microsoft .NET or PHP. They usually employ the use of a database like MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server or Oracle as back-end. Although most of the systems are commercially developed and have commercial software licenses there are several systems that have an open-source license.

The characteristics shared by types of LMS includes manage users, roles, courses, instructors, facilities, and generate reports, course calendar, learning Path, student messaging and notifications, assessment and testing handling before and after testing, display scores and transcripts, grading of coursework and roster processing, including wait listing, and web-based or blended course delivery

   One of the advantages of using LMS in an organization is that the employers can immediately evaluate on their employees’ capabilities. This application can help them to improve on their employees’ performance by allowing them to administer the scheduled assessments on their workers abilities and thus they can figure out many possible ways on developing their potential to the fullest. As the head of an organization, it is very important for an employer to manage their employees very well because they can be considered the treasure of the company. A good employee is much needed to builds a good company. Adding to that, the employers can also review the records of the results, so that they can see the overall view of the success of their company. Employee is an important part of a company and by using this method it can help the employers a lot in managing and supervising their company.

            Advantages of LMS will be its advancement in tracking and reporting for enhanced performance. It allows organizational users to view a required learning path, track progress against the learning path, review records of success and register for additional courses. Management can always access the same records of success and can also analyse the records data to determine area of success and area for needed improvement.   

            Other advantage of using LMS is that it allows the user to change or adjust the description, or the specification of a product and thus, they can also provide or introduce their new products by uploading them via this application. In order for the users to be evaluated, they will be given access to the same training course and be the same evaluation materials. This is to standardize their performance so that they can achieve the same level or ranks. Thus, the employers can also monitor the updates or the performance of their employees via online.

   Last but not least, LMS is also important in providing regulatory and legal compliance inside an organization. By using LMS, the organization can administer the users, so that they can meet the regulatory requirement that had been set by the higher authority. Adding to that, the training standard for business organization can also be viewed by the employers in order for them to identify the areas of non-conformance and take the appropriate action to solve them.

            As a conclusion, LMS is an across-the-board system that streamlines an organizations needs for both its clients and its employee. LMS is a central system to accumulate course material online for access by specified users used mainly by organisations. Organisations can track and analyze learning results overtime, and are able to administer learning evaluations online. LMS also guarantees that organizations are capable of rapid deployment of updates and additions and have access to learning compliance data for regulatory and legal purposes.   

                 ILANGGO A/L KANAN

JOSMAN GHANI A/K ROBERT IMANG

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