The Effectiveness of Learning Management Systems (LMS) in Developing the Education and Upbringing Process

Abstract

This paper aims to identify the aspects of the effectiveness of learning management system which has been taking a role to develop the education and upbringing process, so that it has explained the concept of Learning Management Systems as well as its types.

The paper also covers the effective role of learning management system in the educational field and its effectiveness. It includes the developments that learning management system has been through in the Arab world in general and the kingdom of Saudi Arabia in particular. furthermore, the paper has come to a set of important results as following:

• E-learning management system is considered as a strategic solution for planning and learning as well as managing all learning aspects in educational institutions.
• The importance of e-learning management system is shown by its role in developing the educational and upbringing process, so that it's considered as the most important new tool for e-learning.
• To guarantee the effectiveness of any system in the learning systems we should offer an easy usage when we are designing, applying or powering any learning system.
• Only 15% among the Arab's universities have e-learning management system, which means 75 universities out of 510 universities have systems of e-learning management system.
• The universities of the kingdom of Saud Arabia have activated E-learning management system in most private and governmental universities to keep up with the developments of learning systems

We should mention the most important recommendations regarding to learning systems. However, it is a must to benefit from e-learning management system and apply it in the educational institutions as well as developing its features to serve the educational environments in all educational environments to meet the actual needs of e-learning in the light of variable technology, which will help to develop the processing of education and upbringing. And to encourage the partnership and the cooperation between universities and educational institutions in the field of learning management system to participate in its development.