Role of Automation Tools and Software in Education

We live in an era where everything is automated. From food processing to navigational system we look for technology that does all the work in a push of a button. Now even in education sector several automation software are being used to make the learning process easy.

The most commonly used automation tools are,

•  College and school management system
•  Learning management system
• Social learning platform

COLLEGE AND SCHOOL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM:

• The college and school management system is a type of erp software that is used to maintain all the activities of school and colleges.
• It tracks down all the decision making process in various departments and their progress.
• It ensures all the interdepartmental decision making process and implementation takes place without delay.
• It generates a single report based on all the activities of the entire college/school.
• Hence the college or school management system is useful only for the staffs in reducing the administrative burden and doesn’t do much in helping students learn easily.

Learning management system:

Learning management system provides the entire course online. The students can access the entire course material from the respecting LMS.

The students can write online tests and the system gives the feedback at once. Depending on whether the answer is right or wrong the student can study further.

The main drawback of the LMS is their limitations. The material is available only to the current students and there isn’t student to student interaction in a global scale. Only the students of the same class can involve in discussion forums.

Social Learning Platform:

Social learning platform are the latest tools that has the feature of the College/School management system and Learning management system. It has additional features that are not available in the other to software.

Social learning platform such has COURSEEPLUS provides an online platform where students can interact globally and develop their knowledge.

Social learning platforms provides various features such as discussion boards, forums, groups, events, assignments etc so that the students can engage with other students and peers in a much constructive way.

It helps students to socialize with their teachers and develop their skill.

Various gaming mechanisms used in the social learning platform makes learning an enjoyable process.

In a era where time is costlier than fuel, teachers should encourage students to use social learning platforms such has COURSEEPLUS, so that they can interact with others and develop their skills.