Advantages and Disadvantages of LMS

Advantages

1. When built properly, an LMS can promote greater opportunities for collaboration among students and faculty.
2. Can enhance existing pedagogical/institutional structures/practices. When designed properly, an LMS can involve the learner in the six stages of Bloom’s taxonomy.
3. An LMS is reusable and extendable, thus reducing costs and redundancy.
4. Can increase enrollment by promoting niche degrees or by engaging non-traditional students.
5. Ability to track and record learner performance data.
6. When used properly, an LMS can streamline instruction time, allowing teachers to focus on individual students.

Disadvantages

1. Staff, Faculty, & Student learning curve.
2. The need for more training.
3. Can stifle creativity and innovation by limiting assessment and content delivery methods to a few types of activities, etc.
4. Customer support can be challenging, especially for smaller institutions.
5. System failures can wreak havoc.
6. Challenging for an LMS to replicate the on-campus environment.
7. Can potentially create a problem of course ownership and responsibilities Infrastructure costs may outweigh return.

 

 

What is LMS

learning management system (LMS)

A learning management system (LMS) is a software application or Web-based technology used to plan, implement, and assess a specific learning process. Typically, a learning management system provides an instructor with a way to create and deliver content, monitor student participation, and assess student performance. A learning management system may also provide students with the ability to use interactive features such as threaded discussions, video conferencing, and discussion forums. The Advanced Distance Learning group, sponsored by the United States Department of Defense, has created a set of specifications called Shareable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) to encourage the standardization of learning management systems.

what is RAM

What Is Random-Access Memory?

Random-access memory (RAM) is a type of computer data storage. A RAM device makes it possible to access data in random order, which makes it very fast to find a specific piece of information. Certain other types of storage are not random-access. For example, a hard disk drive and a CD will read and write data in a predetermined order. The mechanical design of these devices prescribes that data access is consecutive. This means that the time it takes to find a specific piece of information can vary greatly depending on where it is located on the disk.

RAM devices are used in computer systems as the main memory. RAM is considered volatile memory, which means that the stored information is lost when there is no power. So, RAM is used by the central processing unit (CPU) when a computer is running to store information that needs to be used very quickly, but it does not store any information permanently.

Present-day RAM devices use integrated circuits to store information. This is a relatively expensive form of storage and the cost per unit of storage is much higher than for devices like a hard drive. However, the time to access data is so much faster for RAM that speed outweighs cost. A computer therefore uses a certain amount of RAM for fast-access, temporary storage of information and a much larger amount of non-random, permanent mass storage, like a hard disk drive. For example, a typical computer system may have two to eight GB (gigabytes) of RAM, while the storage capacity of the hard disk drive can be several hundred GB or even one TB (terabyte).