Integrating Virtual Worlds with Learning Management Systems: The MULTIS Approach

Morgado, Leonel; Paredes, Hugo; Fonseca, Benjamim; Martins, Paulo; Almeida, A.P Passos de; Vilela, Alice; Pires, Bruno; Cardoso, Márcio; Peixinho, Filipe; Santos, Arnaldo

doi:10.1109/iucc-css.2016.031

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“…The lack of integration of LMS with other supporting technologies can lead to the failure of the management of educational activities in the digital learning environment [12].…”

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Utilisation and Challenges of the Learning Management Systems in the Higher Education Institutions in Maldives: The Lecturers’ and Students’ Perspectives

Waheed¹,

Seddon²

2019

IJITMIS

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The purpose of this study is to discover the level of utilisation and challenges in using learning management system (LMS) from the perspective of the lecturers and students in higher education institutions (HEI) in Maldives. This study has examined the utilisation and challenges of LMS in the HEIs in Maldives by conducting a qualitative survey questionnaire with lecturers and students. In this study, three HEIs which are currently using an LMS in Maldives were selected. It was found that the LMSs are utilised for passive communication and they are underutilised for meaningful collaborative teaching and learning. The identified key challenges are the lack of planning and strategies for the LMS implementation, the lack of user participation and training, the need of models to track and forecast the evolution of LMS, and the need to support the decisions regarding LMS implementation. The LMS is at the heart of every successful modern HEI. The failure to implement an effective LMS could affect the success of the HEIs. The HEIs have realised that the failures of the LMS are because of the under-utilisation, lack of planning and strategies, and lack of integration with other information systems. Understanding these issues and challenges is significant for the senior management to take key decisions on implementing LMSs in HEIs to develop a more robust educational ecosystem.

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“…The lack of integration of LMS with other supporting technologies can lead to the failure of the management of educational activities in the digital learning environment [12].…”

Section: Technology Integrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Utilisation and Challenges of the Learning Management Systems in the Higher Education Institutions in Maldives: The Lecturers’ and Students’ Perspectives

Waheed¹,

Seddon²

2019

IJITMIS

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“…This work is an extension to an earlier one [7], adding considerable new details to the final section, and presenting several cases where the problem/solution vectors are employed to implement integration features.…”

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Integration scenarios of virtual worlds in learning management systems using the MULTIS approach

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Paredes

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Abstract-This work further clarifies how the MULTIS architecture can be used for integration of virtual worlds in Learning Management Systems (LMS) for organizational management of e-learning activities, as an extension to a previous work published in the proceedings of VEAI 2016. Current LMS provide minimal support for educational use in an organizational context, and other integration efforts assume educators are inside the virtual world, accessing the LMS as an external service. Our approach enables educators to setup and manage virtual world activities from within the traditional LMS Web interface as an integral part of the overall educational activities of a course. The MULTIS architecture foresees several alternative communication channels between LMS and virtual worlds, including the spooling of automated clients or "bots", and the flexibility to inject code if necessary and possible. In this work, we detail the application of this architecture and its approach in several sample scenarios, based on previous analysis of integration requirements. It is the result of a joint effort by academic and corporate teams, implemented and tested in the Formare LMS for OpenSimulator and Second Life Grid virtual world platforms.

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Integrating Virtual Worlds with Learning Management Systems: The MULTIS Approach

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Utilisation and Challenges of the Learning Management Systems in the Higher Education Institutions in Maldives: The Lecturers’ and Students’ Perspectives

Utilisation and Challenges of the Learning Management Systems in the Higher Education Institutions in Maldives: The Lecturers’ and Students’ Perspectives

Integration scenarios of virtual worlds in learning management systems using the MULTIS approach

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