TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES
COLLEGE OF INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION
MASTER OF ARTS IN TEACHING EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Name: Alexis Mei Paulin
Professor: FERNANDO L. RENEGADO
Section: MAIE-ET
Insight No.: 15
TITLE: Learning Management System
Mr. Peralta discussed Learning Management System (LMS). LMS is being used even
before the pandemic due to the convenience it provides not just for students and teachers
but also for trainers and trainees in companies. Commonly, an LMS provides venue where
people could access learning materials in an organized way. It also shows the progress of
learners and their engagement. However, as the use of LMS became more prominent due
to the demands of distance learning, more useful features are added such as attendance
tracking, assessments, analytics, APIs from third-party apps, conferencing tools,
messaging tools, etc.
The most common LMS are Google Classroom, Canvas, and Talent LMS. However,
there are other popular LMS as well like Schoology, V-smart, and Adobe. In our school,
for example, we use Schoology. LMS are very useful. Aside from it organizes learning
materials without the risk of losing it due to cloud-computing technology, it also provides
various tools that could aid the process of teaching and learning.
The best way to illustrate this is to describe Google Classroom. For me, among the
three, it is the best one. First, it is specifically designed for education purposes. Second, it
has complete tools needed for delivering instructions such as video conferencing tool,
courses, gradebook, Student Information System (SIS), progress tracker, attendance,
analytics, plagiarism checker, etc. Another thing is, it includes the use of Google Docs,
Google Sheets, Google Slides that are very useful for both students and teachers due to
a handful of add-ons that can help the teaching and learning process become easier and
more interesting. Also, it connects with Gmail that students can use for formal
communication, Google Drive for cloud documentation, and other useful Google
applications. Lastly, since Google has a very user-friendly User Interface (UI), students
have minimal learning curve when it comes to navigating it and they can focus more on
learning the content of the course more.