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Educational Workflow Model for Effective and Quality Management of E-Learning Systems Design and Development: A Conceptual Framework

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Innovations in Bio-Inspired Computing and Applications (IBICA 2021)

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The use of learning management systems (LMS) in handling learning activities, e-contents, or curriculum that underlies the educational processes has shown to be effective, particularly in recent times. However, in settings where the resultant systems are not effectively built or deployed, this can result in delivery of low-quality educational services, or the developed systems not being able to integrate, support, and provide the expected outcome by and for the stakeholders. To this effect, this paper introduces a conceptual framework for learning called e-LMS workflow model, that aims to improve educational learning systems and the identified challenges. It provides an automated administrative system for learning that shows to meet the needs of the stakeholders (students, staffs, universities, auxiliary services) by ensuring that the educational information and e-contents are easily located, effectively processed, and maintained whilst ensuring appropriate storage and use of the systems. Technically, the system (e-LMS) was designed to include enabling components such as automatic notification on request for learning activities, queries, archiving of request history, and tracking of users’ actions, that allows the users and stakeholders to effectively integrate different sets of information and services (curricula, projects, administrative, and operational activities). Thus, it supports infrastructural design, time, and cost to use of information technologies for educational/learning purposes.

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Okoye, K. (2022). Educational Workflow Model for Effective and Quality Management of E-Learning Systems Design and Development: A Conceptual Framework. In: Abraham, A., et al. Innovations in Bio-Inspired Computing and Applications. IBICA 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 419. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-96299-9_46

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