Abstract
The rapid development of information technology (IT), especially in education, influences all educational institutions to adopt eLearning. E-learning as a primary means of instruction is expanding significantly at the college and university level. However, most of these colleges and universities tend to emphasize on its benefits only. This does not mean that eLearning is without deficiencies. Studentsâ?? interactions, attention and communications are relatively low in the current Learning Management Systems (LMS). LMS is missing the direct relation between learning content and studentsâ?? collaboration and in an inappropriate educators approach towards eLearning. Additionally, collaboration among learners themselves in real time is not supported by LMS. Simultaneously, the growth of social networking sites (SNS) including Facebook, twitter and others are also rising among todayâ??s college students. The main aim of this research is to propose a comprehensive model for eLearning, which might be a roadmap for educational institutions over the whole world to adopt. The focus of this new model will be on incorporation and integration of social networking platform (SNP) with LMS to overcome some of the limitations of LMS in order to improve the quality of educational process to make it much better, attractive and more cooperative.
Highlights
E Learning is rapidly developing, supported by growing sophistication of information technology (IT) and by better understanding of how to make content and delivery of e-courses more effective using sophisticated Learning Management System (LMS)
The focus of this new model will be on incorporation and integration of social networking platform (SNP) with Learning Management Systems (LMS) to overcome some of the limitations of LMS in order to improve the quality of educational process to make it much better, attractive and more cooperative
LMS is a set of standardized tools for learning, which are designed to integrate learning with the existing information systems within an organization or through the web portal for learning
Summary
E Learning is rapidly developing, supported by growing sophistication of information technology (IT) and by better understanding of how to make content and delivery of e-courses more effective using sophisticated Learning Management System (LMS). The use of LMS provides learners and educators with a set of tools for improving the learning processes and managing them [2]. LMS is a set of standardized tools for learning, which are designed to integrate learning with the existing information systems within an organization or through the web portal for learning. The main aim of this research is to improve the quality of the educational process by using Facebook applications integrated with the current LMS. This application brings many benefits to educators They can use these Facebook applications for tracking learners' progress through tests, publishing courses materials in an attractive form, and for improving communication with learners and with educators themselves.
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