Integrated Architecture of Moodle (LMS) with Student Information System to Improve the E-Learning System

Abstract

Information communication technology is rapidly changing. Education system has been shifted from bricks to click. E-Learning system is replacing the traditional education system and engaging the learners through ICT based learning.  Parr and Fung, (2005) stated that E-learning can be defined as a "the use of new multimedia technologies and the internet to improve the quality of learning by facilitating access to resources and services as well as remote exchanges and collaboration. The word Moodle is an acronym for Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment. Moodle is one of the systems that have been increasingly gaining worldwide popularity in e-learning system as a standard Learning Management System (LMS). Reuben et. al (2005) and Chouris et. al. stated that it is a free and open-source software written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License. Developed on the basis of pedagogical principles and educational domains. The systems which involved with e-Learning also called as Learning Management System (LMS) or Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). Moodle is designed to help educators and content experts to create online courseware with opportunities for rich interaction. This paper is mainly focused on the integrated 3-layer system architecture of Learning Management System (LMS) with external Student Information System (SIS) using Authentication method to improve the e-Learning System.