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EXERCISE SERVICES FOR E-LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION WITH OPEN

SOURCE SOFTWARE (MOODLE)

Mr. Ashish P. Shende

Final Year Computer Engineering,

Jagdambha College of Engineering and Technology, Yavatmal

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. LINKING TO THE GROUP MEMBER’S TOPICS

2. INTRODUCTION

3. E-LEARNING

4. E-LEARNING ANALYSIS

5. COMPARATIVE STUDY BASED ON FEATURES AND CAPABILITIES

OF E-LEARNING TOOLS

6. INTRODUCING EXERCISE SERVICES TO E-LEARNING (MOODLE)

7. CONCLUSION AND FUTURE WORK

8. REFERENCE

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1.LINKING TO THE GROUP MEMBER’S TOPICS

Education Sharing

E-Learning

Implementation of E-Learning

Open Source Software- MOODLE

(Modular Object Oriented Dynamic Learning

Environment)

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Education Sharing

E-Learning

OSS Product – Moodle

Implementation of E-Learning through OSS

EXERCISE SERVICES FOR E-LEARNING IN HIGHER EDUCATION WITH OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE (MOODLE)

Our Approach

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2. INTRODUCTION

Use of E-learning systems

Need of next generation of e-learning

Drawbacks of traditional learning

Provision of exercise services is an important

issue in traditional and electronic education all

over the world

Our Suggestion and solution

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3. E-LEARNING Important tool by higher education

institutions

Virtual Learning Environment

Offers a flexible support for educators who do not need to be in a fixed time or place to support and communicate with students

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4. E-LEARNING ANALYSIS

Literature review

Supports the world-wide trend of offering online joint courses

Higher education community increasingly sees e-learning as an important tool, especially for women

Live Example :E-learning is playing an important part in Saudi public educational institutions, especially in higher education.

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5. COMPARATIVE STUDY BASED ON FEATURES AND CAPABILITIES OF E-

LEARNING TOOLS

Comparison aims to choose suitable e-learning software for consideration in this study

E-learning systems1. first Commercial e-learning systems, including Desire2Learn 8.1

2. ANGEL Learning Management Suite 7.1

3. TeleTOP Virtual Learning Environment

4. The Blackboard Learning System V7

5. Scholar360 (P8).

Comparison focuses on two kinds of productsI. Commercial

II. Non- Commercial

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TOOLS LEARNER SUPPORT TOOLSTECHNICAL

SPECIFICATIONS

Communication Tools Discussion Forums File Exchange Internal Email Online Journal/Notes Real-time Chat

Administration Tools Authentication Course Authorization Registration Integration Hosted Services

Hardware/Software Client Browser required Database Requirements Server Software UNIX Server Windows Server

Productivity Tools Bookmarks Orientation/Help Searching Within Course Calendar/Progress Review Work Offline/Synchronize

Course Delivery Tools Course Management Instructor Helpdesk Online Grading Tools Student Tracking Automated Testing and

Scoring

Pricing/Licensing Company Profile Costs Open Source Optional Extras Software Version

Student Involvement Tools Group work Self-assessment Student Community Building Student Portfolios

Curriculum Design Accessibility Compliance Course Templates Curriculum Management Customized Look and Feel Instructional Standards

Compliance

Table 1. Summary of the Features and Capabilities of VLE tools

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COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT OSS PRODUCTS

The total features are 40 and but no one product has reached this number

Fig below shows the final results of the comparison between the ten products for e-learning.

Moodle is number four amongst the OSS products.

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SAKAI 2.3 38 FEATURES

DESIRE2LEARN 8.1 38 FEATURES

ANGEL LEARNING MANAGEMENT SUITE

7.1MOODLE

36 FEATURES

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LON-CAPA- 10 FEATURES OUT OF 40

Fig: Pyramid Showing comparison of different OSS product

No o

f

Featu

res

13Fig: The Total Features of Ten VLE Products

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6. INTRODUCING EXERCISE SERVICES TO E-LEARNING (MOODLE)

Moodle as suitable e-learning software for this study

Using exercise services in e-learning (through Moodle) increases student confidence before exams.

The proposed system also gives easy access to the teacher and the student outside official working hours, as well as reducing the administrative burden of the curriculum through the exploitation of the means and tools.

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Fig: The Scenario for Exercise Services in Moodle

The proposed model has four components,

1. BROWSER,

2. SERVER,

3. LOGIN/REGISTRY

4. DATABASE.

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6.1 BROWSER Three main users:

1. Administrator, 2. Teacher and 3. Student

Administrator has the ability to use almost all the functions on the system, such as add or remove student, lecturer and section etc

Lecturer who can access specific functions of administration, such as add new section to existing module

Student who can browse, answer the exercises, and update her /his personal information

17Fig: The three main users in the exercise model

(Administrator, Teacher and Student)

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No Administrator Lecturer Students

1 Add new student, new

Lecturer, new module and

new section

Add new section, new

question and new

module

Register on the website

2 Add a new question with its

answer.

Add answer of question Answer the exercise.

3 Update module, section,

question and user.

Mark essay questions Get final result of the

exercise

4 Delete user, section,

question or module.

Update module. Update name and password.

5 Change manager. Add new exam. Search (module, section and

question).

6 Mark essay questions. Mark essay questions. Check essay question mark.

Table 2:The Requirements of Three Main Users in Exercise Model (Administrator, Teacher and Student)

19Fig: Browser

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6.2 SERVER

Important component in our model which has modules and exercise services in Moodle.

The proposed model offers users a list of modules, and allows them to choose a module that meets their needs

Then, the model directs the users to the exercise page, and allows them to begin the training exercise.

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6.3 LOGIN/REGISTER

The browser can log in as normal but if they do not have a username and password, then the system directs them to register before gaining access

The system allows students to update and check their personal information including their password.

Teachers cannot register themselves; the only person who can add teachers is the administrator.

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Fig: Login / Register Page

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6.4 DATABASES

Moodle has a large database (approximately 200 tables)

Our system should only add new tables for exercise activities and these are purely related to exam exercises

We suggest adding the minimum of three tables:

1. Exercise table, 2. Question table and 3. Answer table.

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7. CONCLUSION

This study is aimed at adding to the new e-learning technology that is sweeping through academic institutions.

This exercises service is a means of assessing the knowledge acquired by a student from a module. The implementation of such exercises online will become a vital aspect in the education process.

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8. REFERENCES “Implementation of e-Learning through Open Source Software “, Mr. Amit

Manakshe , Dept of CE, Sipna’s COET,Amravati International Journal of Advanced Research in Computer Science and Software Engineering

“Open-Source Learning Management Systems:Sakai and Moodle,White Paper “| Open-Source Learning Management Systems,Monarch Media, Inc.,www.monarchmedia.com

Sharing Educational Knowledge and Best Practices in Edu-Sharing,Bernd J. Kr¨amer,Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science,Second International Conference on Mobile, Hybrid, and On-line Learning

“Why Moodle”, Ajlan Al-Ajlan,Software Technology Research,Laboratory (STRL),De Montfort University,12th IEEE International Workshop on Future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems

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