Agnite Education Limited provides the technology platform and learning content for on-line learning, training and development. Educational Institutions from vocational schools and community colleges to polytechnics and universities can leverage Agnite's expertise to extract value out of their brand equity. They can expand their offerings significantly to the student community without concomitant increases in physical infrastructure spend. Their ability to attract working adults looking to enhance their skills increases without the usual distance and travel constraints.
Learning Management System
A key element of Agnite's technology platform is the Learning Management System (LMS). Based on Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM) specifications Agnite's LMS is an enterprise level learning management solution for companies and institutions, providing a holistic learning experience to the students, collaborative knowledge sharing experience to the staff and operational efficiency to the administrators. Using Agnite's LMS institutions can streamline processes, track student performance and deliver a consistent training message to the user's desktop. It allows students to learn at his own pace and get continual feedback on his study progress.
An LMS Server is the central component in the Learning Management System, connecting all of the other components like Administrator System, Student Management System, Staff Management System, e-learning content launching system for the students to study and staff to review, content management system and its authoring tool and other collaborative features like discussion forums and notification system.
Learning Path feature of LMS allows the administrator to set competency levels for the students. Learning approach can be course specific with prerequisites determining the flow of content. Monitoring progress through assessments and assignments an individual would be allowed to progress through the course only upon satisfactory demonstration of learning
Being an online medium virtual team rooms will be the repository of all learning resources with respect to a course such as eBooks, course notes, hand outs, case study material, quizzes, take home assignments, examination questions leading to greater greening of the university and cost savings by way of minimized printing and photocopying costs.
Collaborative Learning
Virtual team rooms are spaces which act as a way for participants of a course to communicate, share resources and messages, and discuss topics of interest pertaining to the material being studied. This collaboration space can be used to store training material. They can also act as a gateway to a discussion forum for any questions students have about course material. Course collaboration occurs in a forum-type component where participants communicate primarily through exchange of typed messages that are available to all class participants. The forum is usually moderated to keep focus on learning and to cut out extraneous noise and keep the discussion threads relevant. Ability to notify participants either by email or IM is a feature that keeps them informed about new messages, queries, announcements and replies to previously posted questions.
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