The focus: Discover top trends for universities 2025!

The focus: Discover top trends for universities 2025!

Leer, Deutschland - On March 6, 2025, the website hoy a monthly summary the best contributions from guest authors in the field of e-learning. The aim of this summary is to improve e-learning experiences and to increase the enrollment at universities and to obtain further training points.

A central aspect of this publication is the introduction of an eBook that serves as a guide to publishing guest articles for the e-learning industry. The five outstanding contributions presented in this article are:

• dr. Michael Moates : The future of online learning specifically addresses for specialists in the field of mental health and emphasizes the importance of flexible, cost-effective and accessible training opportunities.
• Andy Springer : The creation of effective virtual training and lists factors that distinguish successful from less effective training.
• Zeniya Cooley : gives suggestions for the design of university websites to increase the enrollment and presents examples of successful websites of educational institutions.
• arjun s. : viewed critically e-learning applications and warns of the risks of superficial learning through gamification and short lessons.
• Ralf Klein : Explains the advantages of LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability), which helps to avoid platform change in learning management systems (LMS) and describes how LTI seamlessly integrates into existing systems.

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lti and its role in e-learning

The integration of educational tools in e-learning is central to improved teaching and learning experience. This is made possible by the standard LTI (Learning Tools Interoperability), which was developed by the IMS Global Learning Consortium. According to a report by area e-learning makes it easier to communicate between different educational platforms and simplifies access External resources within a single learning management system (LMS).

In addition, LTI enables teachers to integrate external tools such as evaluation platforms, video conference systems and e-portfolios directly into their courses. This means that students do not have to register in several systems, which simplifies the learning process. The LTI implementation process includes the provision of a URL, a key and a secret by the provider of the external tool that is entered in the LMS to create a link for external use.

The common educational tools compatible with LTI include:

• Rating: Turnitin, Gradescope.
• Interactive content: H5P, Labster.
• Video: Kaltura, Panopto.
• Collaboration: Piazza, Slack.
• e-portfolios: Mahara.
• Library resources: online libraries and research databases.
• Questions and surveys: Quizlet, surveymonkey.

The advantages of LTI integration include improved learning experience, automation of data exchange and increased efficiency in terms of time and costs. In the future, the further development of LTI, in particular through LTI Advantage, promises even greater personalization and flexibility in the e-learning area, while security and data protection are being improved at the same time.