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Top 5 LMS benefits for HE students
The development of learning management systems for HE institutions
- Started with meeting the needs of administrators
(know which student is enrolled in which course, what grades they have or if the tuition has been paid) - went on to meeting the needs of professors
(create engaging lessons online, assess student knowledge and better communicate with them) - and finally meeting the needs of the students.
Here are five benefits that an LMS brings to students of Higher Education
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Various and engaging learning content
- Lectures in video format
- Visual graphics
- Interactive learning scenarios
- AR
- VR
- 360° simulations
- Gamification
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Self-paced courses
- Student agency
- Control over their learning process
- Less peer pressure
- Higher participation rates
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Competency-based courses
- Many HE students are actually working adults.
- Competency-based courses allow students to skip the content they already know and spend more time on those parts of the course they have not mastered yet.
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Online collaboration tools
- Instant messaging
- Online chats
- Blogs
- Wikis
- Shared calendars
- Community groups
All accessed through the same platform that is used for learning-related activities.
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Holistic view of own performance
LMS learning analytics allow HE students to:
- assess their progress
- develop learning plans based on their learning goals
- improve their personal learning performance.
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