Learning management system technologies and software solutions for online teaching: tools and applications

✍ Scribed by Yefim Kats

• Publisher: IGI Global snippet
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 487
• Series: Premier Reference Source
• Edition: First
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

With the rapid proliferation of distance learning, schools confront the difficult problem of choosing and managing an appropriate technological environment that fits their budget, technical resources, curriculum, pedagogy, and profile of the student body. Learning Management System Technologies and Software Solutions for Online Teaching: Tools and Applications focuses on the interaction between learning management systems and relevant teaching methodologies to bring attention to developments in distance learning technologies and programs. This book covers commercial and open-source LMSs as well as technologies used for synchronous and asynchronous course delivery, offering a comprehensive discussion of factors influencing the transition from one LMS to another. Discussing topics such as virtual labs, electronic portfolios, and technological solutions related to the problems of plagiarism, student tracking, assessment, and security of e-learning environment, this book proves to be a comprehensive guide on the available technological solutions in the area of online education.

✦ Table of Contents

Learning Management System Technologies and Software Solutionsfor Online Teaching: Tools and Applications......Page 2
List of Reviewers......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 6
Detailed Table of Contents......Page 10
Preface......Page 17
Acknowledgment......Page 24
An Overview of Learning Management Systems......Page 26
What is an E-Learning Platform?......Page 45
Security and Privacy Management for Learning Management Systems......Page 62
Choosing the AppropriateE-Learning System for a University......Page 82
Technology Enhanced Distance Learning Utilising Sakai CLE and Adobe Connect Pro......Page 106
Preparing Faculty for a Learning Management System Transition......Page 130
Plagiarism Detection Tools in Learning Management Systems......Page 145
Using a Learning Management System to Facilitate Learning Outcomes Assessment......Page 163
eUreka: A Campus-Wide Project Work Management System to Support Constructivism, Reflection and Collaborative Learning......Page 182
Improving the Tracking of Student Participation and Effort in Online Learning......Page 198
Open Synchronicity forOnline Class Support......Page 212
Leading Toward Improved Collaboration......Page 229
Integrating New OpenSource Assessment Tools into dotLearn LMS......Page 244
Improving Hybrid and Online Course Delivery Emerging Technologies......Page 264
Developing Student e-Portfolios for Outcomes-Based Assessment in Personalized Instruction......Page 284
Best Practices for Teaching and Designing a Pure Online Science Classroom......Page 316
Hybrid Dialog: Dialogic Learning in Large Lecture Classes......Page 339
Software Tools and Virtual Labs in Online Computer-Science Classes......Page 357
Managing Case-Based Learning with Interactive Case Study Libraries......Page 376
Experiences and Opinions of Online Learners: What Fosters Successful Learning......Page 397
Distance Learning Courses: A Survey of Activities and Assignments......Page 419
Compilation of References......Page 435
About the Contributors......Page 470
Index......Page 479