LearnSquare: Thai open-source Learning Management System

Author

Mekpiroon, Orrawin ; Tummarattananont, Pornchai ; Pravalpruk, Buntita ; Buasroung, Neetiwit ; Apitiwongmanit, Narasak

Author_Institution

Open Source Dev. & Promotion Div., Nat. Electron. & Comput. Technol. Center, Pathumthani

Volume

1

fYear

2008

fDate

14-17 May 2008

Firstpage

185

Lastpage

188

Abstract

e-Learning system becomes widely used in Thailand educational society. LearnSquare is a Thai open source Learning Management System (LMS). This paper aims to introduce LearnSquare and illustrates its features. LearnSquare is composed of three main functions; content management, system management and user management. Moreover, LearnSquare is compatible with SCORM standard, so the system supports reusable content within this standard. The results from the survey of user satisfaction have shown that about 70 percents of users are very satisfied and most satisfied with the system. Furthermore, LearnSquare successfully supports the expansion of education to rural areas in order to open up opportunity in education for most students.

Keywords

client-server systems; computer aided instruction; content management; management education; public domain software; LMS; LearnSquare; SCORM standard; Thai open-source learning management system; Thailand educational society; client-server based; content management; e-Learning system; system management; user management; user satisfaction; Content management; Control systems; Courseware; Electronic learning; HTML; Least squares approximation; Open source software; Power system management; Technology management; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Engineering/Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications and Information Technology, 2008. ECTI-CON 2008. 5th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Krabi

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2101-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2102-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECTICON.2008.4600403

Filename

4600403