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A more complete and accurate examination of this type of software can be found in the Managed Learning Environment article. Moodle Learning Management System with a navigation system and online community building tools. ...



A course management system is a computer program that facilitates computerised learning or e-learning, especially by helping teachers and learners with course administration. Such e-learning systems are sometimes also called Learning Management Systems (LMS), Virtual Learning Environments (VLE), education via computer-mediated communication (CMC) or Online Education. // A computer program or software program (usually abbreviated to a program) is a step-by-step list of instructions written for a particular computer architecture in a particular computer programming language. ... Typical Managed Learning Environment with a navigation menu and online community building tools. ... Look up Teacher in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A Learning Management System (or LMS) is a software package, usually on a large scale (that scale is decreasing rapidly), that enables the management and delivery of learning content and resources to students. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with e-learning. ...


Components usually include templates for content pages, discussion forums, chat, quizzes and exercises such as multiple-choice, true/false and one-word-answer. Teachers fill in these templates and then release them for learners to use.


Recent features (as of 2005) include blogs and RSS. A weblog or blog (derived from web + log) is a web-based publication consisting primarily of periodic articles (normally, but not always, in reverse chronological order). ... RSS, pronounced arr-ess-ess, is a web syndication protocol primarily used by news websites and weblogs. ...


The system track the learners' progress, which can be monitored by both teachers and learners.


These systems usually run on servers, using one or more databases and a programming or scripting language such as PHP to serve the course to students as internet pages. In computing, a server is: A computer software application that carries out some task (i. ... A database is an organized collection of data. ... Scripting languages (commonly called scripting programming languages or script languages) are computer programming languages initially designed for scripting the operations of a computer. ... PHP is a popular open-source, reflective programming language used mainly for developing server-side applications and dynamic web content, and more recently, other software. ...


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