A Dedicated Web-Based Learning System

The fields of Learning Management Systems (LMS) and Learning Content Management Systems (LCMS) are full of open source and commercial products including Blackboard, WEB CT, and Moodle. These systems are tutor-oriented, not designed to facilitate personalized learning support for an individual learner. Professors and students, frustrated with current LMS, need a new, innovative, user-friendly alternative to encourage and empower students to take control of their education, and teachers to explore new styles of teaching, depending on their students’ needs. Most of the students in the developing world, specially in the middle east region, suffer from limited English proficiency, in addition to limited computer skills. These obstacles compose a barrier to, and impose limitations on the design and implementation of E-learning systems. This paper introduces a prototype for a simple, dedicated, learner-oriented e-learning system to facilitate the learning process. The proposed system enables the student (even with moderate English level and general IT knowledge) to wander through the system, and register for a specific course to make use of the scientific material available there in. In addition, the design of a computer engineering course conforming SCORM standards is introduced. The proposed prototype is made available for students to examine and evaluate. Feedbacks will be analyzed and enhancements will be proposed.