DESIGNING A LEARNING
MANAGEMENT SYSTEM TO
SUPPORT INSTRUCTION

As educational technology becomes more prevalent in higher education, teaching is no longer restricted to face-to-face (F2F) instruction. For university courses, the combination of e-learning and F2F teaching increases accessibility, flexibility, and choices for interactivity [ 10]. This leap in instructional productivity can be accomplished with a Learning Management System (LMS), which is often used as the platform to support e-learning and hybrid online F2F courses. Traditional instructional activities such as presenting information, managing course materials, and collecting and evaluating student work can be completed online using an LMS. Recently, a growing number of

The goal of an LMS, devised by
a growing number of universities,
is to offer faculty instructional
support. The actual use of these
programs, however, suggests that
support is elusive. An experience
at National Taiwan University
illustrates how a university can
increase faculty usage through
better LMS design.

By Hsiu-Ping Yueh and Shihkuan Hsu