Learning Management

System, Educational
Entrepreneurship and Career
Proposes of Science
Graduates.

Chippy Krishna

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Learning Management System (LMS)

software application for administration, documentation, tracking,

reportng & delivery of e-learning education course or training programs.
LMSs range from systems for managing training & educational
records to software for distributing online/blended /hybrid college
courses over internet with features for online collaboration.
Colleges and Universities use LMS to deliver online courses and
augment on campus courses.

Another term Integrated Learning System (ILS) additional functionality

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Originally used to describe the management system in PLATO K-12
LS, content free and separate from courseware.
Currently used to describe a no. of different educational computer
applications.

Frame work which handles all aspects of learning process.

Infrastructure that delivers and manages instructional content,
identifies and assesses individual and organizational learning or
training goals, tracks the progress towards meeting those goals,
and collects and presents data for supervising learning process as
a whole.
Most are web based.
Also used to enhance and support classroom teaching and
offering courses to large population.

Dimensions of LMS
a) Student self service (self regn or instructor led training)
b) Training workflow (user notification, manager approval,..)
c) Provision of online learning (computer based training,read
and understand)
d) Online assessment
e) Management of continuous professional education
f) Collaborative learning
g) Training resource management

Some LMS providers include performance management

system, which encomposses employee appraisals, competency
management, skill gap analysis, succession planning, multi rater
assessment, modern techniques employ competency based
learning to discover learning gap and guide training material
selection.

Robust LMS abilities

a. Centralize and automate administration
b. Use self service and self guided services
c. Assemble and deliver learning content rapidly
d. Consolidate training initiatives on a scalable web based
platform
e. Support portability and standards
f. Personalize content and enable knowledge reuse

LMS functionalities

Course content delivery

Student registration and administration
Training event management
Curriculum and certification management
Skills and competencies management
Skill gap analysis
Individual development plan
Reporting training record management
Courseware authoring
Resourse management
Virtual organizations

Moodle (Modular Oblect Oriented Dynamic Learning

Environment) is a LMS. It can be used in education, training and
development and business settings. Some features are
assignment submission, discussion forum, grading, file
download, online calendar, moodle instant messages, online
quiz, wiki, online news and announcements,

Educational Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship education seeks to provide students with
knowledge, skill, and motivation to encourage entrepreneurial
success in a variety of settings.
Entrepreneurship education focus on realization of
opportunities. It can be oriented towards different ways of
realizing opportunities:

 Regular intrepreneurship.
The most popular one type: opening a new organization like
starting a new business, etc.
Intrapreneurship
Promote innovation/ new product
Creating charitable organizations

Career Proposes
Graduate teaching positions and assistantships are great ways to
supplement university income. Many universities offer jobs
depending on the type of research intended to carry out.
"The entrepreneurs of tomorrow are in our schools today!

Career opportunities may include:

Early childhood education

Primary schools
Secondary schools
TAFE and vocational education and training
Community education centres
Private colleges
Universities
Government departments
Private academies and agencies

Hospitals
Sports, recreation and fitness industries
Special schools
Publishing centres
E-content development agencies
Software designing firms
Educational management programs

References
Entrepreneurship Curriculum: !e scientists guide to building a
business Invention to product, CD Edition (2009),Institute of
Physics, UK.
First African Workshop on Entrepreneurship for Physicists and
Engineers from Developing Countries in Africa,9-13 November,
2009, Cape Town, South Africa.
RISE: Regional Initiative in Science Education,
http://www.ias.edu/rise.
Dr. Mariamma Mathew: Teaching Science for Biological and
Physical Science

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