Looking through history we see extraordinary leaps and jumps within the education system, but whoever thought up of the learning management system to facilitate online learning? It is nothing short of amazing to assess and measure the advancements, and yet new developments are still underway. Technology is in a constant quest to develop innovative initiatives that ultimately strive to make every day routines efficient, and we see this constant drive even within the learning management system as new types of modules and courses are developed.
Back in the 1700’s classrooms were very minimalistic with a one room school house containing multiple age groups. Schools started rapidly developing, opening their doors for children of all ages, social groups, ethnicities, and genders. Students were segmented into age groups and placed in separate classrooms with their own age specific curriculum. Skipping ahead a few centuries, computers were brought into schools for the first time. It wasn’t long before computers were integrated into the curriculum as a regular subject matter making it mandatory for students to participate in computer classes.
As no surprise technology went above and beyond when it introduced wireless internet. Wireless internet has become highly accessible as colleges bring access to their campuses, free wifi is showing up at our favorite local cafes, workplaces have eliminated their abundance of wires, and even residential living complexes are offering wireless internet access. High Schools are turning to the web as they provide a secured system where Students must complete and submit their assignments online and can access their new assignments for their class schedules. As a result of this new development Parents are now able to view their child’s progress in their classes with the online report card feature. Colleges are moving forward by taking education mobile and have created ways for students to earn their degree with a distant learning program via a learning management system.
Technology never rests as there is a continuous drive to find new ways of making higher education more efficient. As a result interactive courses have been born, with virtual led instructors teaching the material in a live webinar, and newly enhanced assessment means help to measure the effectiveness of these state of the art courses. With the different learning methods, content developers have implemented each style; visual, auditory, and kinetic, to their curriculum material to ensure the greatest amount of comprehension for their learners. The door of opportunity has been broken open with so many options to further our education initiatives with the help of the learning management system and valuable tools it provides. It has been an amazing journey from where we started to where we sit now in the education system and knowing that this isn’t the end of new and exciting developments.
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