Dear Friends, NAGARJUNA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, (NBA Accredited & An ISO 9001-2008 Certified Institution, Recognised by AICTE, Affiliated to VTU), Devanahalli, Bangalore is Organising VISVESVARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITRY (VTU) SPONSORED TWO-DAY NATIONAL LEVEL WORKSHOP On LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS (LMS) On 26th (Friday) & 27th (Saturday) March 2010 Target Audience: Library and Information Science Professionals and Teaching Faculties from graduate, post graduate, research institutes and universities. Resource Persons: Eminent faculties from Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) and Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT-B), Bangalore Number of Participants is Limited to 60. Registration Fee: Rs. 400.00 Last Date for Registration: 5th March 2010 (Friday) Transportation facility is available from the important areas of Bangalore. Accommodation will be arranged with in the campus with reasonable rates. Download Brochure and Registration Forms www.nagarjunaknowledgecentre.webs.com/workshoponlms.htm About the Workshop: A Learning Management System (LMS) is used to organise an online learning environment. Typically an LMS provides the means to track users, assess performance, deploy content, and access general administrative functions such as management of users’ records. It will greatly facilitate the conduct of a course. In formal degree programs it can support all activities from registration to the awards of grades to the students. The server on which this LMS runs is usually located in the college or department or any where in the world. The instructor and the learners can access the system from anywhere with an Internet connection. At its most basic level, an LMS gives educators tools to create a course website and provide access control, so only controlled students can view it. Aside from access control, LMS offers a wide variety of tools to make learning more effective. It provide an easy way to upload and share materials, hold online discussions, and chats, give quizzes and surveys, gather and review assignments, and record grades. Moodle is an open source LMS that university, colleges, businesses, and even individual instructors use to create and manage their courses. More than 30,000 educational organizations around the world currently use Moodle to deliver online courses and supplement traditional face-to-face courses. Moodle is designed to help educators to create online courses with opportunities for rich interaction. Its open source license and modular design means that people can develop additional functionality. The Workshop facilitates the participants to create and conduct a course on the Learning Management System using Moodle. About the College: Nagarjuna College of Engineering and Technology (NCET) was established in the year 2001 by Nagarjuna Education Society, Bangalore which is supported by Nagarjuna Construction Company. College is situated in sprawling campus of 70 acres with the state of the art facilities. It is renowned for providing value based quality education to prepare students for challenges of the outside world and creating favourable environment for learning. Through its pursuits of Excellency in education it aims at serve the growing needs of today’s progressive society. The founder, Shri. J. V. Ranga Raju, a leading industrialist and philanthropist, whose endeavor has been to motivate the younger generation to dream big and strive towards the fruition of their dreams. College is well connected to NH-7 (Bangalore – Hyderabad Highway) and it is just 15 kms from the Bangalore International Airport. Nandi Hills, Muddenahalli (Birth Place of Sir. M. Visvesvaraya), Devanahalli (Birth Place of Tippu Sultan) are the well-known, must-see tourist spots situated very close by. Registration Options: Filled Registration forms along with the registration fee may be sent in the prescribed format on or before 5th March 2010. Download Registration form, *www. nagarjunaknowledgecentre.webs.com/Registration%20Form.pdfhttp://www.nagarjunaknowledgecentre.webs.com/workshoponlms.htm * Registration Forms can also be obtained by sending request to dinesh.ncet@gmail.com The following registration format may also be used: Name: Designation: Educational Qualification: Name of the Institution: Mailing Address: Telephone: Mobile: E-Mail: Fee Remittance Details: DD No. ..................................... dated ............................. for Rs. 400.00 in favor of “Principal, Nagarjuna College of Engineering and Technology” Payable at Bangalore. Signature of the Participant Signature of the Head of the Institution Address for Communication: Dr. Dinesh K. S. Organizing Secretary & Librarian (Sl. Gr.), Nagarjuna College of Engineering & Technology, Venkatagirikote, Devanahalli, Bangalore District, PIN: 562 110. Phone: 09845102382 E-Mail: dinesh.ncet@gmail.com ----------------- Thanking You, Dinesh K. S. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.