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Benefits and Limitations of WordPress for eLearning Purposes
The Eighth International Conference on eLearning for Knowledge-Based Society
Ferdinand Budi Kurniawan & Ridwan SanjayaFaculty of Computer Science, Soegijapranata Catholic University
Learning Management System is abundant
The Problem emerges when
The Final Impact
Centralize and automate administrationUse self-service and self-guided servicesAssemble and deliver learning content rapidlyConsolidate training initiatives on a scalable web-based platformSupport portability and standardsPersonalize content and enable knowledge reuse
Key FeaturesOf
eLearning
Multi User
Content Update(xml-rpc)
Content Upload(upload file)
Video/ Multimedia(embed video)
Multi User
WordPress has been including multi-user feature in system core
No expert skill needed to make use of this multi-user feature
All settings can be conducted through administrator panel
Default roles : Administrator, Editor, Author, Contributor, Subscriber
XML-RPC
WordPress has been including XML-RPC feature in system core
Administrator simply log in and activate the feature
The process only takes less than one minute
PDF File Upload
Through WYSIWYG, educators can upload PDF to server
Once the PDF file has been uploaded, all students can download
Upload & Download process is simple in WordPress
Video Content
Educators can use YouTube to upload video contents
They simply have to copy the embed HTML code in web page
Students can watch / download the video in YouTube
The Bandwidth of eLearning site is not taken
Conclusion
•WP comes equipped with complete feature•WP is easy to operate•WP is very powerful to
be customized for eLearning
BENEFITS
Sometimes it is needed to upgrade the WP
version to patch security holes
HANDICAP
REFERENCES
[1] S. Dissanaike, P. Wijkman, and M. Wijkman. Utilizing XML-RPC or SOAP on an embedded system. Proceedings of 24th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems Workshops, 2004, pp. 438 – 440.
[2] E. Ryan. A Field Guide to Learning Management Systems. Las Vegas, Nevada: American Society for Training & Development (ASTD), 2009
[3] L. Simon, J. Joe and D. Edd. Programming Web Services with XML-RPC. Sebastopol, California: O’Reilly, 2001.
