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Learning Management System (LMS)

LMS is a term used to describe software tools designed to manage user learning interventions. online LMS’s are software suites that provide and determine the pedagogical processes by which teaching and learning take place LMS is a technology driven platform that enables educational institutions to move teaching, training and learning initiatives and programs on the Internet for E-learning to take place. It provides Internet/intranet based infrastructure to teachers, instructors, trainers and program directors to manage and track a student's, employee's, trainee's participation and performance in E-learning. IKC's integrated LMS solutions come as a part of technical collaboration which helps the universities to reach the un reach and to become a mass varsity.

LMS in Educational Sector
LMS can cater to different educational, administrative, and deployment requirements. The LMS used by universities and colleges allow instructors to manage their programmes and exchange information with students for a programme that in most cases will last for several weeks and will meet several times during those weeks. LMS manages the delivery of self-paced, e-learning courses. The LMS allows publishing courses and place them in an online catalog. Learners log into the LMS using a browser, select programme from the catalogue and launch them. The LMS tracks the learners' activities with the programme. The LMS provides online reports for each programme and learner. The LMS is inexpensive yet provides the essential features one needs

Some Dimensions to LMSLMS go far beyond conventional training records management and reporting. The value-add ons for LMS is the extensive range of complimentary functionality they offer:-
• Manage users, roles, programmes, instructors and faclitites
• Generate reports and programme calendar
• Assessment / testing capable of handling student pre/ post testing
• Display scores and transcripts
• Web based or blended programme delivery
• Designing programmes
• Students registration and tracking facilities Training workflow
• The provision of on-line learning
• Collaborative learning
• Training resource management

Benefits of LMS

No travel / logistical costs:
The users access the course from their own homes, offices, etc., hefty travel costs (transportation, accommodations, meals) as well as time away from their core responsibilities are eliminated, enabling training budgets to be maximized.

Increased knowledge and retention of the material:
Since the training budgets are not stretched or exceeded due to travel costs, users can reap the benefits of refresher or add on training utilizing the LMS. For example, when new modules or processes are released, Distance Learning is the perfect training vehicle to disperse this information, since users already have basic knowledge of the foundational material. Users can take and retake the course as many times as they want to brush up on topics with which they may require additional assistance

Self-paced learning:
Everyone learns at a different pace. However, in face-to-face training, specific timing must be followed to ensure that all topics are covered. This may leave advanced users bored, and students who need more time to retain the material feeling frustrated and lost. With a LMS, participants can follow the course materials at their own pace. They can return to certain portions of the course, repeat the exercises, take only the necessary portions, or repeat the course at any time convenient to them.

Mix of Learning Methods for Different Types of Learners:
Everyone learns not only at a different pace, but also in different ways. Some students are visual learners; others are verbal learners. An effective LMS does not provide homogenous training, but combines the right mix of these methods for each user. Visual learners will benefit from graphical representations of the material, while verbal learners will find comfort in the accompanying text and voice instructions.

Engaged Learning:
In addition, a LMS course keeps the user engaged by providing an assortment of activities to follow. Users will be able to know the objectives of a particular course before learning what the necessary steps are to complete the task. They will also see a graphical step-by-step demonstration, before being required to complete an exercise to ensure they understand how to perform the task. To ensure that the users are following the course and learning the material, the course contains intermittent questions that must be answered before continuing the course. There is also a full assessment at the end of the course.

Assessment:
The only way to know if a user successfully completed a lesson when an instructor is not physically present is to require an assessment at the course’s end. Otherwise, the user’s participation might be marginal, or worse, they might not take the course at all. To ensure that users actively participate in the course, the end of each course contains an assessment, with questions relevant to all aspects of the lesson. These results can be tracked. The assessment contains a large pool of questions, so that if users retake the course, they will be presented with a different mix of questions each time.

Results Tracking:
An effective LMS allows tracking of users who participated in each course, and provide feedback on how each user performed in their assessments. This allows the tutor to evaluate the effectiveness of the course and note any users who might be struggling in a certain area. It also allows the users to practice at any time and receive immediate feedback

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