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2012 » Papers » Volume 2 » E- Learning Tools Performance Management 1. E- LEARNING TOOLS PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT Authors: Andronie Iustin Volume 2 | DOI: 10.12753/2066-026X-12-122 | Pages: 190-195 | Download PDF | Abstract
E- Learning techniques have emerged as powerful tools for distance learning applications used by learning institutions like universities that offer distance learning solutions to the public. For e-learning tools to work efficiently, it is of major importance to have the possibility to measure in a real time all the performances of the information and communication technology systems involved (servers, databases, connections etc). Such an approach makes solving potential problems much easier, by diagnosing and treating the causes in a short time so that the users of the system are minimally affected.
Among the parameters of modern e- learning systems that have to be continuously monitored are the content usage, database usage, disk usage, communication bandwidth occupied, web host latency, web page hit number per month, CPU utilization per application server, total number of users etc.
The purpose of this paper is to present a case study of e- learning systems monitoring by taking as an example the Black Board learning platform used by a university with a considerable number of students. By analyzing the above mentioned parameters for the given learning platform, system administrators can solve problems efficiently and can even anticipate future issues by taking into account the current parameters. For example, by observing an increase in the disk space usage for the past period of time, the disk space can be better dimensioned to avoid future problems. The presented case study e- learning platform offers the possibility to visually interpret the parameters that are monitored, over a longer time frame, being an advantage over other parameter monitoring methods. | Keywords
e- learning monitoring, e- learning parameters, learning platform |
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