Course Management System Research Articles

A Review on Applications of Computer Programme in Different Fields of Education and Their Co-Relation with E Learning and Academic Implementation

Abstract: Computer programs have revolutionized various fields in education, enhancing learning experiences and academic implementations across different domains. Here's a breakdown of some key applications and their correlation with e-learning like Computer programs facilitate the development of interactive learning platforms that engage students through multimedia content, simulations, and gamification. These platforms enable personalized learning experiences, catering to individual learning styles and paces. E-learning platforms often incorporate features such as progress tracking, automated assessments, and instant feedback, enhancing academic implementation by providing educators with valuable insights into student performance. Computer programs power online course management systems (CMS) that streamline course delivery, communication, and assessment processes. CMS platforms like Moodle, Blackboard, and Canvas offer tools for content creation, discussion forums, assignment submission, and grading. Computer programs facilitate the development of virtual laboratories and simulations, especially in science and engineering fields. These tools allow students to conduct experiments and explore concepts in a safe and cost-effective virtual environment. Computer programs enable the collection, processing, and analysis of large volumes of data generated from e-learning activities. Overall, computer programs play a crucial role in transforming education across various fields by facilitating interactive learning experiences, supporting online course management, enabling virtual laboratories and simulations, promoting adaptive learning, and leveraging data analytics for informed decision-making. When integrated with e-learning methodologies, these applications enhance academic implementations by fostering student engagement, personalizing learning experiences, and improving learning outcomes.

Prediksi Kelulusan Mata Kuliah Mahasiswa Teknologi Informasi Menggunakan Algoritma K-Nearest Neighbor

This research aims to develop a predictive model using the K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN) method to forecast the course completion of students in the Information Technology program. The issue at hand is the uncertainty in predicting student success based on historical data and specific attributes. This study focuses on the importance of understanding the factors that influence student success in the Database Management Systems course to provide accurate predictions and help improve student pass rates in this course. The objective of this research is to build a predictive model using the KNN algorithm and to implement this model using the PHP programming language. The study aims to offer valuable insights for educational institutions to enhance teaching and learning processes and to expand understanding of data mining concepts in specific case studies. The prediction aims to determine whether a student will pass or fail the Database Management Systems course based on predetermined training and testing data. By calculating the nearest distance between the training data and the test data. The results showed an accuracy rate of 90% for predicting course completion using k=5, with a dataset consisting of 40 training data points and 20 testing data points.

Analisis Kepuasan Pengguna Terhadap Learning Management System Course Lean Manufacture Menggunakan Metode Importance Performance Analysis

User satisfaction can be measured through a variety of methods, including user satisfaction surveys, direct feedback, and analysis of user behavior data. This research aims to analyze user satisfaction withLearning Management System (LMS) Course Lean Manufacturing using methodImportance Performance Analysis (IPA). Through surveys and data analysis of 100 respondents from LMS users, we identified critical attributes that influence user satisfaction. The IPA method is used to assess the level of importance and performance of each attribute, with a focus on determining attributes that have a high level of importance but low performance. The results show that a particular attribute, which we identified as attribute A, has high importance but low performance. Therefore, improvements to attribute A are considered crucial for increasing LMS user satisfactionCourse Lean Manufacturing. The implications of these findings provide guidance for system developers and course organizers to focus on certain aspects to increase the effectiveness and user acceptance of learning platformsLean Manufacturing. This research contributes to further understanding of the factors that influence LMS user satisfaction in learning contextsLean Manufacturing.

Integrating Your New Faculty to Reinforce a Liberal Education

Recognizing a need to pivot new faculty onboarding from a two-day “information download” to a more meaningful and pedagogically sound delivery of information, the provost invited the Academic Support Division to reimagine new faculty orientation for 2022. Through collaboration, an asynchronous Learning Management System course shell was quickly created to “flip the classroom” to deliver best-practice content to new faculty in a space where they were able to interact with their LMS teaching technology (Canvas) as a student and establish relationships with their new faculty cohort while discussing teaching philosophies, DEI pedagogical practices, and authentic assessment. This prioritized faculty connection and a sense of belonging for the in-person orientation and ensured the notion of liberal education was woven into all our various programs as a dual mission, Hispanic Serving Institution. This new structure afforded new faculty across all disciplines and modalities to receive consistent onboarding to foster student success.

Effectiveness of Moocs-Based Safety Management System Learning Development

The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of the safety management system learning method through MOOCs compared to previous learning methods. This research is a type of quantitative descriptive research. The data collection technique is a non-test technique with a research instrument in the form of a response questionnaire. The data in this study were obtained from primary data sources, namely the results of filling out questionnaires by respondents. The research was conducted at the Palembang Aviation Polytechnic in November 2022. The population in this study was 250 Palembang Polytechnic cadets. The research sample was 105 cadets who took the Safety Management System course, which was taken using a purposive sampling technique. The data analysis technique uses the Paired-Samples T-Test with the help of SPSS software. Results research shows that the value of sig. (2-tailed) is less than 0.05, so H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted. So it can be concluded that there is a significant difference between the effectiveness of the MOOC-based SMS learning method and the previous learning method.

Development of Safety Management System Learning Through MOOCS to Improve Mastery of Aviation Safety Concepts for Cadets

This type of research is research and development. The design of the development model in this study uses the ADDIE step (Analysis, Design, Develop, Implementation, Evaluation). However, this article only discusses up to the analysis stage, namely to find out student needs for the development of Introduction to Safety Management System learning through MOOCs. The study was conducted in May-June 2022. The samples in this study were 146 Palembang Poltekbang students who took the Safety Management System course. Sampling is done by purposive sampling technique. The research instrument used was a closed questionnaire consisting of 20 positive statements which is a modification of the Likert Scale with 4 answer choices, namely strongly agree with a score of 4, agree with a score of 3, disagree with a score of 2 and strongly disagree with a score of 1. The results of this study indicate that student agrees to do learning development Introduction To Safety Management System through MOOCs to improve mastery of aviation safety concepts.

The Analysis of a Learning Management System from a Design and Development Perspective

The use of information technology as a means of educating students has become a popular trend. For this purpose, a special type of content management system was used, called learning management systems (LMS) and course management systems (CMS). Often all of these platforms offer similar features and users cannot choose the one that best suits them. This article proposes an analysis of the usability and functionality of software in LMS frameworks. Based on the integration of parallel work on the same database, you can automatically synchronize and manage accounts, users, sessions, and distribute (session and user) easily. There is no need to manually enter data in two different systems. This increases the value of the learning management system used by improving time and accuracy. By first, reducing the time creating learning materials within the LMS. Second, the accuracy in creating the learning materials within the LMS. Third: Accuracy in distributing students and teachers to the course. Fourth, configure the class room inside the LMS that matches the CMS one hundred percent. It includes subjects, departments, faculties and users (students and teachers). The contribution of this paper provides a rich recent direction of software methodologies for web-based learning management systems from a design and development perspective.

Integrating Library Resources in a Learning Management System: Exploring Instructor Obstacles and Motivations

This usability study investigates how instructors in a university setting integrate resources into their Learning Management System (LMS) course shells and explores barriers and incentives for doing so. Findings suggest that obstacles encountered while appropriately incorporating licensed library resources in a D2L LMS are substantial. Although many instructors articulate a desire to adhere to copyright guidelines and support the work of librarian colleagues, their methods for providing students access to assigned and recommended readings are influenced by convenience. These findings highlight the need for clear and easily implemented guidelines for providing access to licensed resources, as well as online platforms that are easily navigated for both students and instructors.

Using RapidMiner for executing queries and visualization in a traditional database course

In this article we discuss the use of RapidMiner, a data science software platform, in a Database Management Systems course. For further understanding of the database and the skill learned, students are given an assignment to complete, to not only use another software beside SQL Server Management Studio but also translate their findings in a more visualized format. In this assignment students will use RapidMiner to execute queries and then perform visualization in order to answer business questions. Survey shows that after completing the assignment, students felt more confident when faced with data analytics problems. In conclusion and analysis of the project, the use of RapidMiner technique, proves significant.

Scratch Teaching Mode of a Course for College Students

Maker education is of great significance for the fostering of innovative talents. At present, however, most of the maker courses in colleges and universities are with such problems as single teaching functions, non-uniform course management system and unsmooth course teaching. Therefore, how to innovate in concept, system and mode to adapt them to the new demand of the development of higher education is a realistic problem to be addressed by maker course. Guided by the teaching concept of STEAM, our study establishes maker education oriented on learners and implements the hands-on operating experience of “creating, delighting, cooperating and sharing”. Meanwhile, the teaching design of Scratch programming education dominated by game-based learning is taken as an auxiliary teaching measure. Moreover, four teaching modules, i.e., design development teaching, artistic design teaching, manual production teaching and 3D printing teaching, are also created. On this basis, a model for the development elements of the thinking of maker education is proposed to evaluate the training effect of innovation ability by this teaching practice. The results show that the proposed teaching mode can effectively improve students’ learning ability and innovative thinking. Hopefully, the present study can offer a reference for researchers and practitioners of maker education.

Exploring the effects of corpus-based business English writing instruction on EFL learners’ writing proficiency and perception

This exploratory research presents the implementation and evaluation of the effects of integrating corpus consultation with business English writing instruction. The subjects consisted of English as a foreign language (EFL) learners enrolled in two undergraduate business English writing classes. Two groups of EFL students were randomly assigned, one group (n = 49) receiving corpus-based writing instruction constructed on a Moodle course management system (CMS), while the other group (n = 58) was given traditional lecture-based instruction. A mixed methods design combining qualitative and quantitative approaches has been chosen to investigate the overall effect of the corpus-based intervention on the improvement of business letter writing performance in aspects of lexical and syntactic complexity, as well as learners’ perceptions. The comparison of the pre- and post-tests of writing revealed a significant difference between the experimental and control groups after the instruction. Significant differences in students’ lexical and syntactic complexity were found between the pre- and post-test of the experimental group. Further, in response to a questionnaire survey and interview, the students stated they improved their writing skills regarding vocabulary, syntactic structure and content in general, and their writing confidence and linguistics awareness were also enhanced. The results suggest that the corpus provides useful resources to supplement existing materials.

Blended teaching and learning approach applied to electrical and computer engineering education

The article presents a review of the current e-pedagogical methods to develop Electrical and Computer Engineering Education (ECEE) Study Programs using Blended an Learning (BTL). Engineering crucial experimental competences can be developed with the help of remote labs (RLs) and simulations. These online experiments can be found in different engineering fields. Instructional Design (ID) Model is based on the ADDIE model that includes Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, and Evaluation phases. Virtual Learning Environments (VLE) or LCMS (Learning Content Management Systems) are used to refer the on-line interactions for a variety of kinds that take place between students and teachers. Moodle (Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment) is known as a Course Management System (CMS). The review article provides resources to help teacher educators, administrators and policymakers better apply ICTs to EE programmes. The resources were developed by Faculties of Electrical Engineering Technical University ”Gh. Asachi” Iași, Romania , and Technical University of Moldova, Chișinău, with extensive experience in the integration of ICTs into engineering teacher preparation programmes.

Discussion on the Construction of Information Management and Information System Course under the Background of a New Generation of IT

The new-generation information technology represented by the Internet, cloud computing, big data and artificial intelligence has become the mainstream trend in the IT field. The development of the times have changed the direction of enterprises' demand for talents in information technology. The purpose of this article is to study the training objectives and curriculum reform of Information Management and Information System of typical universities under the context of new-generation information technology, to provide experience and referential suggestions for the construction of current Information Management and Information System major in China.

Using Open-Source Learning Platform(Moodle) in University Teachers’ Professional Development

With the development of information technology, teachers’ professional development based on network has attracted more and more attention due to its ease of use, openness, sharing and knowledge accumulation. This paper studies the importance of teachers’ subjective consciousness and self-development needs in the information technology environment in the university teachers’ professional development, discusses how to update teachers’ professional development attitude and adapt to the new role of teachers in the information technology environment; Moodle(or Magic lamp in China), namely: modular object-oriented dynamic learning environment, is a course management system (CMS) designed and developed by Australian teacher Martin Dougiamas based on the theory of social constructivism. The paper analyzes the internal relationship between Moodle related functional modules and teachers’ professional development, and the possibility of realization. After in-depth analysis of characteristics and advantages of Moodle as a technology platform and the support and application value of Moodle platform for university teachers’ professional development, this paper constructs a new mode of teachers’ professional development with Moodle as the interactive platform, which is “one platform, two footholds, three ways and multi-body participation”.

Supply Chain Management Systems and Curriculum Reviews: What Are We Teaching About Supply Chain Management Systems? Do We Need to Modify Our Curriculums?

The recent COVID-19 pandemic has brought the supply chain to the attention of everyone. In order to make supply chains work effectively and efficiently, a number of automated supply chain management systems are needed. This paper looks at the need to conduct curriculum reviews in order to ensure that the students in supply chain programs are not being harmed by the lack of exposure to the various systems needed in the supply chain. The analysis looks at the systems required for an Enterprise Certification compared to the systems reflected in a sample of supply chain management syllabi. The conclusions include the need to conduct curriculum reviews on a regular basis to ensure the best possible education of the students. This recommendation is critical for all education systems and not just supply chain management systems courses.

Students’ views on database management systems course designed according to problem-based learning

<span>The aim of this study was to design a learning environment supported by a problem-based learning method and to obtain students' views on this process. In this context, the Database Management Systems course was taught according to the problem-based learning method. The participants of the study consisted of 25 students from the 2nd-grade students studying in the Department of Computer Education and Instructional Technology in the spring semester of 2015 at Uludag University Faculty of Education. The research design of this study was the case study, which is one of the qualitative research designs. Data were obtained from the students via a semi-structured interview form. Descriptive analysis was applied to the data obtained from the interview. According to the results obtained from the analysis of the data, the students were generally satisfied with the problem-based learning practices. In addition, the students emphasized that it is important to have a sufficient level of necessary knowledge of the implementation of problem-based learning to design the classroom environment.</span>

Facebook in tertiary education: The impact of social media in e-Learning

The present study provides insights on the impact of using Facebook in e-learning higher education postgraduate programs. More specifically, the study (1) presents the status quo of Facebook in higher education, (2) explores the nature of Facebook in e-learning, and (3) investigates the effects of Facebook on learning community, focusing on their viewpoints. The findings reveal that the majority of the students think favorably of Facebook groups as they conveniently supplement Learning Management Systems (LMS). The survey also indicates that there was an interactive learning element to the use of Facebook that made it more appealing than their university’s Course Management System (CMS) to use during the course.

Student Engagement using Learning Management System in Computer Science Education

Combined learning among the world's top universities including Malaysia was commonly recognized. Many educational organizations, like Blackboard, WebCT and Moodle, have introduced Learning Management Systems (LMSs) or Course Management Systems (CMSs), depending on the capabilities and needs of the institutions ' programmes. The aim of this paper is to report the results of implementation of learning management system (LMS) using Moodle on student engagement in Computer Science (CS) classroom for two semesters. Furthermore, we also investigating the parameters that influence student engagement and how these scales relate to each stage of learning process to produce better learning performance. The respondents for this work are students who enrolled CS courses regardless of any year. The survey conducted using online and distributed to various type of subject taught in CS for the semester to confirm the students’ learning preferences using blended learning style. From the survey results, we examine the significance correlation of learning preference style with student engagement in campus-based learning. The results show that there is an impact of LMS usage on teaching, learning and assessment based on students’ learning preferences may show better learning engagement amongst students

Promotion of learner autonomy within the framework of a flipped EFL instructional model: perception and perspectives

This study investigated the effects of the flipped classroom model on EFL learner autonomy in a content-based instructional context. The participants involved were students enrolled in two linguistics classes, divided into an experimental group (n = 64) which received a flipped classroom (FC) instruction and a control group (n = 60) taught in a non-flipped classroom. In the FC, various functions were embedded in a Moodle course management system (CMS), including video lectures, online quizzes, resources and e-journals. The comparison between the pre- and post-questionnaire on perceived learner autonomy showed no difference between the groups prior to instruction; however, significant statistical differences were found between the groups following instruction, especially in the constructs of learner autonomous strategy, learner behavior and learner confidence. The examination of e-journals revealed that learner autonomy had been improved in terms of strategy use, behavior, interaction with the materials, the use of social resources and self-management of learning. The CMS log analysis showed significant correlations between online learning activities and perceived learner autonomy. Furthermore, the data collected from the pre- and post-questionnaires, e-journal and interviews were analysed and interpreted to explain the fostered learner autonomy from psychological, technical, sociocultural and political–critical perspectives.

Influence of an Instructional Strategy on the Attitudes of University Professors toward Distance Education

The purpose of the study was to determine the influence of an instructional strategy for the use of DOKEOS, Course Management System (CMS) on the attitudes of professors toward distance education. The study was carried out in the Faculty of Accounting and Administration of a Mexican Public University. The research design was non-experimental with a group of twenty-five professors who were selected through purposive sampling. A questionnaire, which was an attitude scale toward the use of an administration system of online courses, was administered to participants before and after the implementation of an instructional strategy on the use of DOKEOS. Afterwards, usage statistics was examined between weeks three and six. Data analysis included calculation frequency, median, mode and standard deviation. The significant differences between the median of the pre-tests and post-tests were analyzed, and then the t-test was administered. Results showed that the instructional strategy contributed to a more positive attitude of professors toward distance education.