The research on e-learning information technologies

Abstract

Modern Internet technologies have allowed new learning methods to appear for the realisation of which e-learning information technologies are created. While organizing distance learning the problems of selecting and integrating these technologies surface. That has motivated to conduct research on e-learning information technologies. It can be stated that the especially important task today is to create such infrastructure of the Virtual University that enables to merge both various distance learning methods and various learning environments used for creating distance courses as well as to conform to e-learning standards. This work introduces: · the formulation of the requirements for the distance education information system; · the concept of the distance education information system and selected technologies for its implementation have been designed; · the architecture of two different application servers that enables to use different information technologies in a single information system have been offered. It is scalable, it does not depend on the platform and has a unified identification mechanism; · the unified system that enables to manage education processes, educational programmes, e-courses created in various virtual learning media and other resources as well as to administer the activities of students and lecturers. The system created is open, multiplatform and adapted for various information technologies and different application servers, supports various e-learning forms – synchronous and asynchronous; i.e., it is possible to organize blended learning. The implementation of this system enables to manage e-courses created in various VLE, e. learning processes and different resources. The distance education information system created in this work has been implemented in the information system of VGTU Information Technologies Department and is used in processes of regular and distance education.

Šiuolaikinės internetinės technologijos leido atsirasti naujiems mokymo metodams, kurių realizavimui kuriamos e. mokymosi informacinė technologijos. Organizuojant nuotolines studijas, iškyla šių technologijų pasirinkimo ir derinimo problemos. Tai paskatino atlikti e. mokymosi informacinių technologijų tyrimą.