AeL - an integrated and universal eLearning platform
AeL is a universal and integrated eLearning solution, offering facilities for the management and presentation of various types of educational content, such as multimedia interactive materials, interactive guides, exercises, simulations, and tests.
SIVECO Romania's specialists are constantly assisted, in developing the AeL system, by experienced teachers, psychologists and methodologists. University teachers and academicians, undergraduate education teachers, instructors, pupils, students and tutors have been actively involved in creating teaching materials, thus contributing to the AeL platform development.
The integrated AeL platform consists of the following most important elements:
1. Virtual library. Non-synchronized learning.
The system has an electronic library, a genuine information database, aimed to store and organizea high amount of information and teaching materials, which is adaptable, configurable and indexable.
AeL gives the possibility to organize the information in the database, based on hierarchies defined by the system administrator at the level of each education unit.
The library offers its users, even beginners, the following functions:
- controlled access to educational materials;
- systematic consulting or search in large volumes with text and multimedia content;
- content creation and editing;
- import and export of educational content in different formats: PowerPoint, Word, HTML,
- PDF, RTF; photos or films; archives/ directories of resources; formats based on standards such as SCORM and IMS QTI;
- course content organization;
- creation of own lessons from standard content components. The content is structured and adapted depending on the teachers' needs. The content may be supplemented by additional information: key words, study level, version and author.
2. Virtual Class. Synchronized learning
AeL is an optimum solution for synchronized learning, offering the teacher the possibility to:
- control the educational content transfer to students;
- control the students' level of interaction with AeL;
- give and monitor tests;
- communicate with students in discussion forums;
- supervise students' activity, monitoring, in real time, work screens and on-line reports;
- adapt the course development according to each student's rhythm and progress;
- obtain various and complex reports regarding the teaching activity.
3. Testing
AeL offers support for the automatic creation of electronic tests, and evaluation assistance, with the following options:
- testing method: fixed or random;
- revision method: with or without revision of already studied issues;
- duration: with or without time limit;
- creation date and version;
- description;
- study matters and objectives;
- key words.
Tests and questions are created based on several predefined models. Questions and answers definition, descriptions and hints, all allow the use of multimedia elements, offering the possibility to edit the content using the HTML editor incorporated in the application.
Teachers have the possibility to set the rating methods, by pointing configuration algorithms.
They also can set the passing grade and test result presentation method.
4. Administration
The system connection is secured by username and unique passwords, each user having an account and a password, defined in the system.
5. Education institutions administration
Using the education institutions administration module, users have the possibility to manage and monitor information regarding:
§ organization structure (by study levels or groups);
§ courses and scheduling;
§ teachers;
§ students;
§ statistics both related to the teaching process, and to the administrative process facilitating the optimal allocation of internal resources to each institution participating in the educational process.
6. Collaborative applications module
The communication suite facilitates team work and collaborative projects, transforming the teaching/ learning process in an exciting experience. The collaborative applications module helps students work on common projects, even from different locations.
Due to its advanced communication functions, video conference brings students from remote
regions "face to face" with their teacher, being a genuine and efficient support for students who have to take distance classes or for those who study for exams.
In addition to the audio-video conference, the collaborative applications module offers teachers and students:
- Instant messaging (chat), both at the group level and private talks;
- Presentation of an application running on the teacher's computer and even students' access
- to such application;
- Work on common projects (schemes, drawings or complex diagrams).