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definite improvement in SIMS concerning the provision of required evidence for QA reviews.
Therefore, functions of existing SIMS need to be more aligned with the QA requirements of the

universities.

Figure 10: Provision of summary reports by LMS and expected improvements

LMS is a widely used web-based application to plan, implement and assess the learning process.

Generally, LMS provides a significant contribution to increasing the quality of the teaching and

learning process. Figures 10a and 10b illustrate the existing situation and expected improvements of
LMS in providing evidence for the QA reviews. As shown in figure 10a, LMS provides necessary

evidence for the QA reviews but not to the expected level. Therefore, respondents expect more
improvements in the LMS in respect to providing aggregated summary reports. Because academics use

more common LMSs such as "Moodle" that facilitate only limited user activity summary reports.

Figures 11a and 11b illustrate the contribution of VLE to the provision of quality teaching and
expected improvements. Due to the current pandemic situation, academics have to deliver lectures

over VLEs like ZOOM. As discussed in LMS, ZOOM also provides only limited reports on student

participation. And those reports have limited optimization facilities and do not focus on quality aspects
of the teaching-learning process. Therefore, the majority of academics expect more improvements in

VLE concerning providing summary reports.

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