Learning House Presents the Facts About Technology in Online Education
Posted on October 22, 2007 in Technology
The virtual world of eLearning and online education is packed full of buzzwords and jargon that can be quite confusing to both potential students and institutions seeking to provide new distance learning services. Much of the miscommunication surrounds technology, which remains an area of great confusion to many computer users. However, with a little explanation of how the process works and what technologies are used to produce online education, this disorientation can be remedied.
At the heart of every distance learning program is a Learning Management System (LMS), a software application designed to facilitate the planning, storage and delivery of the online learning process. In order to better serve its clients, Learning House. Inc. offers the option to customize a Learning Management System to the individual needs of a client. In building online campuses for small colleges and universities, Learning House goes the extra mile to integrate various Learning Management Systems with a client’s goals and business platforms.
Systems, such as Moodle and Intralearn, provide a multitude of functions required by all parties involved in distance learning. Learning Management Systems provide the ability to register students; manage course content; administer quizzes and exams; insert PowerPoint presentations; make class announcements; upkeep a grade book and include or update audio, video, or data files in the course. Learning Management Systems meet the needs of all online participants from the dedicated professor who desires to monitor a student’s progress to the attentive student who engages in class and group projects through threaded discussions. Learning House has the ability to tailor a portion or a complete Learning Management System for each individual client.
The Learning House is proud to be not only an enthusiastic participant in online education, but one of the industry’s top total eLearning solutions companies. To achieve and maintain this level of excellence, Learning House uses the latest technologies and customizes available Learning Management Systems and other online learning tools used in distance education. Ranked high for their level of efficiency and accuracy, Moodle and Intralearn are two types of Learning Management Systems employed by the Learning House. To supplement the services provided by a premium Learning Management System, Learning Houses enhances its course format with interactive products, such as Wimba Live Classroom. All Learning Management Systems hosted by Learning House benefit from 24/7/365 technical support.
Learning House hosts and customizes the following learning management systems.
Moodle: According to its Web site, Moodle has enabled over “75,000 students, faculty, and staff at over 6500 institutions around the world” to engage in some form of online education. This Learning Management System has all the capabilities of a top-rate LMS, without the cost. With a variety of functions, Moodle allows professors, students and staff to quickly and easily access tests, quizzes, grade books, news announcements, assessment tools, discussion groups and resources links. Moodle prides itself on several distinct characteristics, including scalability, usability, availability, stability, security and interoperability. Moodle can be installed on any computer and run on basic operating systems, including Windows and Mac.
IntraLearn: According to its Web site, IntraLearn software products “are integrated e-learning platforms that enable…education providers to rapidly create, deliver, and measure interactive learning over the Internet and intranets.” This Learning Management System takes all the eLearning services and combines them into one product. Described as feature-rich, IntraLearn can host registration, course delivery, catalogs, threaded discussions, file sharing and assessment tools. In addition, this software has a built-in design wizard to help you with the creation and layout of course with little or no difficulty.
Wimba Live Classroom: Wimba, on its Web site, describes the Live Classroom as a “fully featured, live” classroom, capable of “audio, video, application sharing, and content display,” that adds “vitally important elements of interaction that simply cannot be provided in a text-based course.” Wimba Live Classroom allows any online course participant to engage in a synchronous classroom at anytime via a computer, Internet access and a headset. From an instructor’s perspective, Live Classroom offers the ability to make live presentations; use whiteboard; present documents and assess student response through class surveys, break out groups and pop quizzes. Wimba technology can also archive class discussion or presentations, allowing students to access the material at a later date. About Learning House, Inc. Learning House, Inc. was founded in 1985 by Dr. Denzil Edge. Learning House is a comprehensive eLearning services company that develops customized eContent, as well as audio and video products. Learning House also hosts and leases course management systems, leases and sells eContent, and provides 24/7 Help Desk services, project management services, consultation and research services, editing services, and staff training for its clientele. Learning House, Inc. provides eLearning services to numerous institutions of higher education, professional organizations, government agencies, and businesses. For more information about Learning House Inc., please visit: www.learninghouse.com.
