E- Learning Trends of CMS and The Role of Digital Libraries

Abstract

Internet and a broad spectrum of web based applications have added a new dimension to the technologies and techniques employed for Content Management System (CMS) in elearning. E-learning refers to the creation, delivery, and management of training in electronic environment. The convergence of e-learning and digital libraries creates challenge to be solved not only at technical level but also at the institutional level. The handling of e-Learning systems in conjunction with other prominent web applications and the perfectly smooth integration of content creation, search, access, updating etc., in terms of the different technologies is still inconclusive and remains as a open ended issue. This paper will try to discuss about the trends of CMS and evolution (a tool based database oriented approach) of such a unified CMS for e-learning in the context of digital libraries.