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LMS EVOLUTION TO IMPROVE USE RESULTS

LMS EVOLUTION TO IMPROVE USE RESULTS. Universitat de València (Spain). Paloma Moreno-Clari Salvador Roca-Marquina Darío Roig-García. 1. Index. Introduction Who we are? About University of Valencia .LRN is our e-learning platform Usage Data Analysis

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LMS EVOLUTION TO IMPROVE USE RESULTS

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  1. LMS EVOLUTION TO IMPROVE USE RESULTS Universitat de València (Spain) Paloma Moreno-Clari Salvador Roca-Marquina Darío Roig-García IADIS e-Learning 2009 in Algarve, Portugal 1

  2. Index • Introduction • Who we are? • About University of Valencia • .LRN is our e-learning platform • Usage Data Analysis • E-learning Service was introduced in our university in the academic year 2004/2005 • Hardware evolution • Analyzing the statistics of usage we are going to show how the service has evolved IADIS e-Learning 2009 in Algarve, Portugal 2 2

  3. Introduction • Computer Center • IS Group • e-learning Team IADIS e-Learning 2009 in Algarve, Portugal IADIS e-Learning 2009 in Algarve, Portugal (17 - 20 June) 3 3

  4. Services support to teach • E-learning platform: aulavirtual.valencia.edu • Video service: mmedia.valencia.edu • Blog wordpress: blogs.valencia.edu IADIS e-Learning 2009 in Algarve, Portugal 4 4

  5. Blended learning • Academic year offer • Technical and basic sciences  • Sciences of the health • Social sciences • Humanities • Education • 3.500 Teachers • 40.000 Students • 8.000 Classroom modules IADIS e-Learning 2009 in Algarve, Portugal 5 5

  6. .LRN: The e-learning platform .LRN provides a comprehensive suite of collaboration tools, a flexible toolset for innovation, and an enterprise-class infrastructure for scalable deployment. Wiki 6 6

  7. http://dotlrn.org .LRN Consortium IADIS e-Learning 2009 in Algarve, Portugal 7 7

  8. .LRN: The e-learning platform • The platform follows the main standards of the industry • SCORM Support • IMS Metadata, IMS Content Packaging, ADL SCORM extensions, • IMS Question & Test Interoperability • IMS Learning Design • Accessibility WC3 WAI WCAG level AA IADIS e-Learning 2009 in Algarve, Portugal 8 8

  9. SCORM 1.2 IADIS e-Learning 2009 in Algarve, Portugal IADIS e-Learning 2009 in Algarve, Portugal (17 - 20 June) 9 9

  10. USAGE DATA ANALYSIS • We want to know how the system usage grows every year • We have two approaches to measure it: • Tools Usage • Number of logins to the application IADIS e-Learning 2009 in Algarve, Portugal 10 10

  11. Percentage groups by tools Resources (docs in electronic format) News Mails Forums Gradebook Activities Assessments Engineering Economics Social ... (15 more entities) 11 11

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  14. DATA ANALYSIS RESULTS • The usage of the e-learning system is increasing • The number of users is increasing too. • The Bologna Process is changing the way of evaluating students • Assessments online • Interactive Activities: forums, wikis, blogs, etc • We need a High Availability and Scalability System IADIS e-Learning 2009 in Algarve, Portugal 14 14

  15. Hardware Evolution BALANCER HW 15 15

  16. Web Tier • Nginx (web + balancer SW) • Web service provides static resources • Balancer service • Using this Balancing service we can make rules based on the applications or tools: • Application Server Nodes: • Nodo 1: users sending Mails • Nodo 2: users doing Assessments (important task) • Nodo 3, 4, 5 y 6: users working with other tools IADIS e-Learning 2009 in Algarve, Portugal 16 16

  17. CLUSTER WEB: ALL THE TIME THE SERVER IS USED 17 17

  18. Application Tier Cluster • Nodo 1, Nodo 2 …. to Nodo 6 • AOLSERVER is the web application server • The elearning .LRN is a scalable solution • We can add N servers to support N users IADIS e-Learning 2009 in Algarve, Portugal 18 18

  19. APPLICATION CLUSTER: business logic, elearning platform IADIS e-Learning 2009 in Algarve, Portugal 19 19

  20. NODO 1: Lectures send about 15.000 mails per day 20 20

  21. Future Work (I) • Database tier Single Point of Failure • Postgresql 8.4 Fault Tolerance • Active/Passive Cluster – Heartbeat 21 21

  22. Future Work (II) 18 Km Primary DC Burjassot Recovery DC Taronger Different Physic Paths 5 Km 11 Km Blasco Ibáñez Campus NETWORK 10G: 4 Km Historical Building IADIS e-Learning 2009 in Algarve, Portugal 22

  23. Thankyouforyourattention! • For contacts: • E-mail: aulavirtual@valencia.edu • Visit: dotlrn.org IADIS e-Learning 2009 in Algarve, Portugal 23 23

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