In the realm of education, the fundamental question persists: "What are learning outcomes?" These outcomes, acting as a guiding lighthouse, navigate educators and learners through the seas of knowledge, encapsulating the measurable skills and attributes a student should acquire by the end of a course. According to a study by the American Council on Education, institutions that explicitly define and implement learning outcomes witness a substantial improvement in both student engagement and academic performance.
Self-paced learning allows students to learn at their own pace and schedule. Unlike traditional learning, students are not required to complete the same assignments or learn at the same time as their peers. Instead, they can progress through different topics or segments at their own pace and speed.
While growing up, probably the only way of knowledge transfer from teachers to students was through a traditional classroom setting. As kids of the 90’s, we hardly had any access to computers at school let alone having one at home. The dawn of the new millennium brought us much closer to desktops and laptops. Now, these devices were being used to complete assignments, do research and swimming through a vast sea of knowledge. Higher education institutions saw this change and adopted it fervently.
“An LMS is a web-based software application that enables organisations to create online reading material, administer courses, document and track learning, assess learning and provide training for the said courses and reporting. Through an LMS; higher education institutions and corporations alike, aim to enhance learning and identifying training gaps”.
Higher education has always involved the evaluation of the student in terms of class performance, learning & creativity, participation, and more. In recent years flipped classroom has been used as the pedagogical model.
Evaluation of courses and curricula through online surveys is an effective way to enhance students’ learning capabilities in the classroom.
However, are there proper ways to conduct these surveys? Are all students willing to participate? Are the received results authentic and accurate?
Many academic institutions are increasingly feeling the need for revamping the assessment pattern. A flexible assessment data management system enables institutions to manage data related to coursework, quizzes, tests, and examinations, and generate reports to evaluate student performance. The system is built around academic goals to improve student learning and outcomes and help educational institutions to take informed decisions. The education assessment platform works on multiple platforms – cloud, web and mobile.
Course management system is increasingly adopted by faculty and staff in academic systems in higher education as technology trends are growing. Cloud, Analytics and Mobile are the emerging technologies that allows serendipitous learning opportunities for students, who could be exposed to new things they might have originally come to the classroom for. Cloud and Mobile based Classroom Management System allows faculty to upload, manage, organize and track course content and resources to students and groups at specific times.
Social learning platforms are becoming ever more popular in today's tech-savvy educational institutions around the world. Schools and Colleges can leverage the wealth of academic resources to benefit the community of users including students, teachers and staff from anywhere. Social learning is highly relevant for today's classroom management system and offers a number of advantages to the entire community across the campus, and beyond.
Blended learning is a capricious mix of technology and teaching methods in the classroom. Classroom learning is changing every generation and how innovative learning tools enables teachers to design course content, assignments and assessments in the learning space. Using cutting-edge synchronous communication tools has advanced the state of higher education and keep it compelling. More and more education institutes want to automate the learning process, optimize the resources, spur innovation and promote collaborative learning and teaching in the global market.
We are living in a new age of education where every student has different set of needs and technology has personalized learning, where each school thinks and operates differently. No two educational system functions in the same way. There are some products in the market which offers solution to manage the learning needs of institutions.There are various categories of students, some might be slow learner, some quick and some need more tutoring and few needs practical experience and so on.