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¯ Technology is continuously changing and organizations are
introducing new technologies and new processes to improve
productivity, profitability to stay competitive in the market.
¯ There is a need for a major paradigm shift in Education
sector which would not happen with small incremental and
unrelated changes here and there .
¯ We need to supplement the traditional systems of education
with innovative and flexible systems using current
Technology, capable of providing quality education to large
target group of learners to suit their requirements and
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¯ We present an effective e-learning Framework as a case
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and limitations reported on e-learning by providing a
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¯ Evolutions are happening in teaching and learning process with
introduction of web based learning methods.
¯ Conventional learning methods can be supplemented with e-
learning methods to enhance the efficiency of teaching and
learning process.
¯ We discuss designing of an effective e-learning framework
which consists of student,faculty and course administrator.
¯ Faculties design content and course administrators are
responsible for designing the web structure ,uploading the
content ,maintenance of the web site.
¯ Failure of e-learning methods reported in literature.
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¯ The user behavior can be captured through periodic collection of

web usage statistics and analysing the pattern of user behavior,a
process known as web analytics

¯ The tools used in this case study for building an e-learning frame
work are Google Sites, Google Docs, and Google analytics which are
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¯ E-learning can be made more attractive by making continuous

improvement in content and access methods by making the web site
interactive and incorporating faculty student communication which
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¯ Google Sites is a free and easy way to create and share web
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monitor site usage.
¯ The visual reports generated by Google analytics can be
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collected and reported by Google analytics.
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the web usage data collected by google analytics regarding the site
usage for the year 2009 for the web site used in the case study.
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learning framework approach discussed
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statistics of site usage using web usage mining
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¯ This paper discussed creation and maintenance of an effective e-
learning framework by presenting a case study.
¯ The tools used are Google Sites, Google Docs and Google Analytics
which are available free and using which an e-learning frame work can
be designed, created and maintained by course administrators.
¯ Examples and visual charts were presented on web usage data and
some interesting patterns were observed.
¯ Continuous improvement is possible in maintaining the e-learning
system by collecting statistics on web site usage using techniques
known as web log mining. The contents and navigational steps in the
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