ETHNS6101 – Euthenics 1

Lesson 6 The Learning

AMAU Management
System (LMS)
AMA UNIVERSITY

Mr. John Ahyet Marcelo Santos

Online Learning Coordinator
 About the Module

This module contains the history, content,

purpose, features and other information about
the Learning Management System (LMS).
 History

There are several historical phases

of distance education that preceded the
development of the LMS:
 Correspondence Teaching
The first known document of correspondence
teaching dates back to 1723, through the advertisement in
the Boston Gazette of Caleb Phillips, professor of shorthand,
offering teaching materials and tutorials. The first testimony of
a bi-directional communication organized correspondence
course comes from England, in 1840, when Isaac
Pitman initiated a shorthand course, wherein he sent a passage
of the Bible to students, who would send it back in full
transcription. The success of the course resulted in the
foundation of the phonographic correspondence society in
1843.
 Multimedia teaching:
The emergence and development of the
distance learning idea
The concept of e-learning began developing in the
early 20th century, marked by the appearance of audio-video
communication systems used for remote teaching. In
1909, E.M. Forster published his story 'The Machine Stops' and
explained the benefits of using audio communication to deliver
lectures to remote audiences.
In 1924, Sidney L. Pressey developed the first
teaching machine which offered multiple types of practical
exercises and question formats. Nine years later, University of
Alberta's Professor M.E. Zerte transformed this machine into a
problem cylinder able to compare problems and solutions.
 Telematic Teaching
In the 1980s, modern telecommunications
started to be used in education. Computers became
prominent in the daily use of higher education
institutions, as well as instruments to student learning.
Computer aided teaching aimed to integrate technical
and educational means. The trend then shifted to video
communication, as a result of which Houston
University decided to hold telecast classes to their
students for approximately 13–15 hours a week
 About LMS

Learning management systems were

designed to identify training and learning gaps,
using analytical data and reporting. LMSs are
focused on online learning delivery but support a
range of uses, acting as a platform for online
content, including courses, both asynchronous
based and synchronous based.
 About LMS
In the higher education space, an LMS
may offer classroom management for instructor-
led training or a flipped classroom. Modern LMSs
include intelligent algorithms to make automated
recommendations for courses based on a user's
skill profile as well as extract metadata from
learning materials to make such
recommendations even more accurate.
 Purpose
An LMS delivers and manages all types of
content, including video, courses, and documents. In
the education and higher education markets, an LMS will
include a variety of functionality that is similar to
corporate but will have features such as rubrics, teacher
and instructor-facilitated learning, a discussion board,
and often the use of a syllabus. A syllabus is rarely a
feature in the corporate LMS, although courses may
start with heading-level index to give learners an
overview of topics covered.
 Features
1. Managing courses, users and roles
Learning management systems may be used
to create professionally structured course content. The
teacher can add, text, images, videos, pdfs, tables,
links and text formatting, interactive tests, slideshows
etc.
2. Online Assessment
An LMS can enable instructors to create
automated assessments and assignments for learners,
which are accessible and submitted online.
 Features
3. User Feedback
Students' exchange of feedback both with
teachers and their peers is possible through LMS.

4. Learning Analytics
Learning management systems will often
incorporate dashboards to track student or user
progress.
 Features
5. Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning
Students can either learn asynchronously (on
demand, self-paced) through course content such as
pre-recorded videos, PDF, SCORM (Sharable Content
Object Reference Model) or they can
undertake synchronous learning through mediums such
as Webinars.
 The LMS Dashboard

Main Dashboard
- this is where you can view all of your currently
enrolled courses under “my courses”.

Main Menu
- consists of all tabs which you can use to access
different parts of the LMS.
 The LMS Dashboard

Eportfolio
- it is a fully electronic portfolio created for the
online learning community.

Student Manual
- It helps you learn more about the LMS and it’s
functions.
 Post a Student Concern

We have made things easy for you to

forward your concerns to the specific groups in
AMA Oed using freshdesk!

Just follow these steps

1. Go to “Post a Student Concern” on your LMS
menu or to the form directly below your LMS
when you access a subject.
2. Fill out the form with the required details
such as your email address, full name, course
and subject of concern.
Subjects of concern could be one of the
following:
 Subjects of Concern
Academic Concerns
- Mainly includes issues and concerns related to your
enrolled subjects such as inquiries on lessons and
assessments, CISCO seat tokens, degree shifting,
dropping and/or withdrawal of subjects and other
relevant problems.
Crediting and TOR/TCG Concerns
- Cater to questions on evaluation and subjects
crediting as well as request for TOR/TCG.
 Subjects of Concern
Student Support Concerns
- Are for requests of activation/reactivation of subjects,
extension, removal exam, certificate of enrolment,
statement of account, payment balance and official
receipt.
Technical Concerns
- Are for issues related to technical problems such as
access to lessons/ quizzes, LMS/portal, ebooks and
broken links.
 Subjects of Concern

General Admissions
- Will assist you in general inquiries regarding AMA
University Online Education from registration, admission
and enrollment.
Evaluation Concerns
- Are for any questions regarding the evaluation of your
credentials.
 Each subject concern contains a specific
subject. This specification allows the people
behind the team to immediately check on your
problems.
 Course Evaluation

Before finishing the course, you are required

to finish the course evaluation and course mentor
evaluation (optional) at the end of the subject,
after the final exam.
 Source/References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_managemen
t_system
• AMA Oed Student Manual
https://amaoed.app.box.com/s/h14pdxkh0sja39w1g
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Thank you!
End of Lesson 5