Have you considered adding a social network to your online learning system? This LMScast looks at BuddyPress Courseware for WordPress and how it works with learning management systems like LifterLMS.
BuddyPress is a social network development plugin designed for online learning environments. A social network can enhance your online courses by allowing students to create profiles, participate in course discussions, and stay in touch with their instructors. It also provides for blogging, activity feeds, visual media, and private messaging, much like Facebook.
Your network can include groups, subgroups, and forums for specific courses, as well as a social network for everyone in your system, plus free access and paid membership areas. It’s an exciting option, but only if you have a need for it. A social network requires a lot of direct involvement and could be more work than it is worth for your learning environment.
If your students are enthusiastic about their subjects, giving them a place to discuss that with other equally involved students will enhance their learning experience. A social network also helps new students become involved more quickly, and provides a place for support and mastermind groups.
An online learning-based social network makes instructors more accessible to their students, and students can more easily interact with each other no matter what their daily schedules are like. BuddyPress Courseware integrated with a course development platform like LifterLMS can help you create a thriving, successful eLearning community for your students.
