Education
E-learning Tools : elearning software solutions
by admin on May.09, 2010, under Education
The rapid development and delivery of e-learning and blended learning is becoming a necessity for corporate learning and information transfer.
A number of e-learning tools have been developed, promising to enrich the learning experience through flexible access to, sharing of resources and communication. Elearning tools have been assessed on the basis of their costs, technical specification, the features they provide and usability.
E-learning tools offer a complete, web-based easy-to-use teaching and learning way focusing on course development, management and delivery. They offer flexibility and control over the learning environment with reliability and scalability to grow. Elearning solutions also offer a complete and easy to adapt suite of teaching and learning software, management and supporting services. Some also offer powerful workflow features in order to maintain the integrity of information ensuring that it is both accurate and relevant. These e-learning tools offer wide flexibility, with its components being fully customizable to the users needs. The Learning Edge is one such e-learning tool which gives educators, irrespective of their level of IT skills the tools to transfer raw digital learning objects into customizable and professionally conveyable e-learning content.
Powerful e-learning solutions are also designed to help developers create interactive content, along with special items such as quizzes and forms to enhance the student’s learning experience. These are hands on e-learning tool and software applications. MOODLE is an e-learning software package which is designed to help educators create quality online courses. This e-learning tool is designed in a modular way which allows for a great deal of flexibility to add or remove functionality at many levels. It has an internal system to upgrade its databases. Moodle require only one database and includes a comprehensive database abstraction which supports other brand of database. Highly secure, it places emphasis on security. The forms are all checked, data validated, cookies encrypted etc. This e-learning solution has a simple, efficient, compatible and low -tech browser interface.
In my teaching days I have used Moodle, free and opensource, not only in my classroom but also to teach it to other teachers, with great success.
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