{"id":16748,"date":"2019-11-21T13:02:44","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T13:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineerbabu.com\/blog\/?p=16748"},"modified":"2026-01-23T07:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T07:38:18","slug":"what-is-learning-management-system-and-education-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineerbabu.com\/blog\/what-is-learning-management-system-and-education-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"How are Learning Management System Revolutionizing the Education Sector?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Recently, there has been an international revolution in the higher education system. The process is getting structural and functional reformation with new experiments. One of these is gaining massive popularity amongst students and educational institutes alike: Learning Management System.<\/p>\n

LMS or Learning Management System consists of innovative tools to promote positive profound\u00a0growth in EdTech (EduTech) industry<\/a>. It basically involves adopting, creating, administering, distributing and managing e-learning training. Certainly, these are qualitatively efficient enough to completely replace classroom learning.<\/p>\n

The EduTech Landscape with Learning Management System:<\/h2>\n

\"Education<\/p>\n

The 21st century has facilitated applied technology methodologies in almost every sector. With brands like\u00a0Moodle<\/a>,\u00a0Khan Academy<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0Coursera<\/a>, the edutech sector has witnessed tremendous growth in the last one decade. The education provided via these online learning methods is much more experiential, simple, personalised and interactive than traditional methods.<\/p>\n

eLearning Cuts Energy Consumption By 90% And\u00a0Slashes CO2 By More Than 85%<\/a><\/h3>\n

This doesn\u2019t come as a surprise. Figures from a study conducted by an Open University suggest that eLearning is a far greener and more efficient method of training rather than the traditional methods. By integrating Learning Management System, we can use eLearning as an essential pillar in our global fight against climate change.<\/p>\n

According to statistics, revenues in the eLearning industry have grown by more than 900% since 2000. Also, the global eLearning market will reach $325 billion by 2025!\u00a0Technology is drastically redefining the learning experience by new ways of learning. These include (but are not limited to): self-paced learning, remote mentoring and live coaching via web and mobile platforms.<\/p>\n

Also Read:\u00a0Education Finder App: App For Abroad Education Guidance<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Online learning also promotes a comprehensive and personalised management of education. It not only enhances multimedia content for virtual classrooms, but also promotes higher and adult education via online tutoring. Offered to both, teachers and students, Learning Management System is a basic structure for a unique virtual campus platform.<\/p>\n

As of today,\u00a0941 universities from across the world<\/a>\u00a0are actively engaging in offering MOOC to their students. MOOCs\u00a0first became available by institutes like\u00a0Stanford<\/a>,\u00a0MIT<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Harvard<\/a>\u00a0and have become widespread. (MOOC refers to Massive Open Online Courses that are offered by these prestigious institutes.)<\/p>\n

Why are big universities in favour of LMS and MOOCs?<\/h3>\n

Stanford professors\u00a0Andrew Ng<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Daphne Koller<\/a>\u00a0founded Coursera, after a thorough research about the student preferences. Interestingly, leading universities including Stanford, Harvard,\u00a0Yale<\/a>,\u00a0MIT<\/a>,\u00a0IIT<\/a>s and firms like\u00a0Google<\/a>,\u00a0Microsoft<\/a>, etc all have MOOCs. And they were in fact, one of the first universities to experiment with the concept.<\/p>\n

If we talk about the reasons why Coursera first came up in the mind of those two professors, it\u2019s quite thoughtful. Daphne in\u00a0one of her\u00a0TED Talks<\/a>\u00a0mentioned the\u00a0infamous stampede at a South African University<\/a>, that arose as a result of the higher education crisis. You can learn more about the vision behind Coursera from this video:
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