MSc Instructional Design and Technology

Course of Study:        EDID6510: Learning and Knowledge                                                           Management Systems

Level:                          Graduate

Prerequisite:              Postgraduate Diploma in Instructional Design

Introduction: 

This course will explore LMS’s, LCMS’s and CMS’s, and accessibility within them.  It will also allow you to interface with several E-Learning Systems e.g. Moodle and Canvas.

Description:

• Exploration of LMS’s, LCMS’s and CMS’s outlining the differences between them while making connections to your environment. 

• Creation of timeline for LMS’s, LCMS’s and CMS’s

• Creation of an accessibility table

• Exploration of the concept of accessibility within a learning management system, with a focus on web standards issues, accessibility issues for inclusion and diversity of participants using the LMS. 

• An investigation into the importance of addressing accessibility issues in the LMS.

• Compilation of a participation report

• Interfacing with several E-Learning Systems e.g. Moodle

• Compilation of a report highlighting the top ten resources that a university will need to give consideration to during its initial quest for an LMS and a rational and supporting artifact for each.

• Compilation of a report / critical discussion of four of the key considerations for designing content within an LMS.

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