Content management systems and e-learning systems -a symbiosis?

Abstract

Content Management Systems nowadays are used to manage complex publications far more often than some years ago. The basic principles are the separation of structure, content and presentation, an exactly defined workflow management and the management of content in the form of small units, so called assets. This leads to improved quality, better reusability and reduced costs.This paper focuses on similarities of CMS-Systems and eLearning systems and the possibility to transfer gained experiences from the field of CMS to eLearning systems. This leads to a set of demands that can be made on eLearning systems. The paper concludes with the thesis that transferring the principles of content management systems to the world of eLearning will result in better systems with the improved functionality we already know from current CMS.

A Conceptual View of Web-Based E-Learning Systems

“…Bergstedt et al (2003) study similarities between content management systems (CMSs) and e-learning systems and conclude that using CMSs in e-learning would improve the quality of e-learning systems. The work in Qu and Nejdl (2003) and Sessink et al (2003) investigates the metadata standard SCORM.…”

Sistemas de gestión de contenido web: Uso y estudio comparativo inicial de su seguridad

“…Los Sistemas de Gestión de Contenido Web (Web Content Management Systems, WCMS) se utilizan generalmente en entornos donde es necesario crear un portal online de contenidos web sin necesidad de disponer de cocimientos sobre programación web y donde además se permite la creación de gran variedad de roles de usuario [1][2][3]. Un ejemplo de lo citado sería la redacción de un periódico, donde están interesados en lanzar su edición electrónica online.…”

“…Finalmente, realizaremos un análisis básico de seguridad de las webs creadas, informando de sus posibles vulnerabilidades, explicando cómo mejorar su seguridad, qué fallos no debemos cometer y qué WCMS es inicialmente más seguro/vulnerable. Palabras Clave-sistemas de gestión de contenidos web, seguridad, Joomla, Wordpress, Drupal I. INTRODUCCIÓN Los Sistemas de Gestión de Contenido Web (Web Content Management Systems, WCMS) se utilizan generalmente en entornos donde es necesario crear un portal online de contenidos web sin necesidad de disponer de cocimientos sobre programación web y donde además se permite la creación de gran variedad de roles de usuario [1][2][3]. Un ejemplo de lo citado sería la redacción de un periódico, donde están interesados en lanzar su edición electrónica online.…”

Knowledge versus content in e-learning: A philosophical discussion

“…Therefore, each system has a dependent correlation with its predecessors-a certain crucial point regarding technology and functionality. Possible precursors are document management systems, editorial process management systems, workflow management systems or database management systems (Bergstedt et al 2003). However, the literature seems once again to reflect a blurred or incomplete conceptualization of such systems, which is illustrated by the following definitions: Given the absence of a clear definition of CMS we argue our personal vision: CMS is a tool that enables a variety of centralized technical and (de-centralized) non technical staff to create, edit, manage and finally publish a variety of contents, whilst being constrained by a set of rules, processes and workflows that ensure a coherent and validated appearance.…”