Implementation of an Integrated Academic Management Model with LMS in the University System

Abstract

The quality of a country’s higher education is a fundamental cornerstone for its development; this involves restructuring and self-evaluating study programs, as well as systematizing academic processes. The Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo, in response to these challenges and to national quality regulations, the Sistema Nacional de Evaluación, Acreditación y Certificación de Calidad Educativa (National System of Evaluation, Accreditation and Certification of Educational Quality - SINEACE) and the Superintendencia Nacional de Educación Superior Universitaria (National Superintendency of Higher University Education - SUNEDU), made improvements in academic processes using information technology. This research shows the results of the experience of implementing an integrated academic management model using Learning Management Systems (LMS) in a university context and explains the various phases that made up this proposal. The study is applied technological research with a quantitative approach, the sample was a census, complemented by the focus group technique and the application of semi-structured interviews. The most important results indicate that: The implementation of the integrated model of the technological platforms within the Virtual Campus (Teaching-Learning System, Academic Management System and Curriculum Management System) and integration of the LMS allow evidencing the levels of achievement of the competencies of the graduate profile and the deployment of the integrated academic management system with LMS and provides significant support to the activities of the teaching-learning process at the Universidad Católica Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo (USAT).