Implementation of a Learning Management System for a small American company

  • During the last ten years, the internet and the World‐Wide‐Web have fundamentally changed how the world works. Few decades ago, it took a mail three weeks for it to cross the Atlantic. Nowadays with the use of e‐mail, the mail is there in a fraction of a second, traveling at the speed of light. Information exchange and communication is almost instant from all corners of the world, dramatically shrinking the boundaries and limitations of the past, to an extent that some have started to call the world a ‘global village’. The internet is the main driver of globalization, the integration of economic, political, cultural, religious, and social systems reaching the across world. This movement will only gain more momentum as more use people reach the web, and generation internet users approach work, learning and play in new ways. The internet has sweep across entire industries, and radically altered the way they do business. A good example is the book printing industry. In the past, printing a book was a risky proposition. Only a certain amount of books where printed. If they sold well, they quickly where out of stoke and if they didn’t sell the publisher was stuck with many copies of the same book. Nowadays the books are printed on demand, only after a customer has ordered a book via online. This reduces the fixed production cost almost to zero. As a result, far more people are able to print and sell there books than ever before, and customers have a wider pallet of products. An other good example is the entertainment business. In the past, a large budget, studios, actors among others things where required to shoot a movie. Nowadays anyone with a camcorder can film something and post it online, reaching an audience far grater that was previously possible. On the other hand, there are certain industries have not been changed dramatically by the internet revolution. One of these industries is education. “In many ways education has lagged behind some of these trends and is just beginning to feel their wake.” Terms as ‘e‐learning’ and ‘computer based training’ have been around for some time now, but where not able to find enough traction to have an impact on the landscape. But recently, the technology aspect as well as new pedagogic alternatives had caught up with e‐learning that have the potential of revolutionizing not only learning via the internet but learning as a whole. Since this market is still in the early stages, it is basically untapped. Organizations that take advantage of this an invest in e‐learning have the potential of being very successful. What is e‐learning? What benefits and disadvantages does it pose for the organization that wants start using this medium as a platform? What criteria is important when selecting the technology (LMS)? How should it be implemented? These questions are the backbone of this graduation thesis. They will be explained with a practical example, by implementing a LMS for a small American Company (E‐Hazwoper University), from start to finish. This document is divided into two parts: theoretical and practical segments. The theoretical segment starts with a general definition of what both E‐Learning and Learning Management System mean. Followed by discussion of the advantage, disadvantage and common misconceptions regarding e‐learning. Followed by a discussion talks about the 2.0 Generation, and how the landscape of the internet has been dramatically changing for the last few years. The last part of the theoretical segment provides a brief description of the general pedagogic philosophies that are relevant o the subject. The practical segment first discusses the Business Context. Here a general information about the host company is provided, followed by the project proposal. Next is the Design chapter, where detailed information about both the functional and technical requirements are defined and the different software alternaives are discussed and reviewed in order determine what alternative is better suited to meet all the business needs. Now with an alternative chosen, the Development phase follows. All required installation and addition configuration in order to have a functional service are described here. The last chapter is the Rollout, where the application itself is properly configured, tested and accommodated to the business standards.

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Author:Stephan Tinschert
URN:urn:nbn:de:kobv:526-opus-188
DOI:https://doi.org/10.15771/DA_2007_3
Document Type:Diploma Thesis
Language:English
Year of Publication:2007
Year of first Publication:2007
Publishing Institution:Technische Hochschule Wildau
Granting Institution:Technische Hochschule Wildau
Release Date:2007/12/20
Tag:E-Learning
e-learning
Page Number:80
Faculties an central facilities:Fachbereich Betriebswirtschaft / Wirtschaftsinformatik (bis 8/2014)
Dewey Decimal Classification:0 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke / 00 Informatik, Wissen, Systeme / 004 Datenverarbeitung; Informatik
TH Wildau theses:Betriebswirtschaft / Wirtschaftsinformatik
Licence (German):Das Dokument ist urheberrechtlich geschützt
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