【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 same interface. In LMS that will be generated, a faculty or institute can be defined and academic and all administrative processes of the defined institute can be managed with the designed system. Proposed database design has been used in a LMS of Afyon Kocatepe University. In this system, many processes like indexing, uploading, downloading, production and editing of web based learning materials can also be performed easily and safely. Keywords: Distance Education, Elearning, WebBased Distance Learning Systems, SCORM, Relational Database Design. INTRODUCTION In today39。s modern age, changes are observed people’s life style. Development of mobile munication systems and mobility of the people play the most important role about this issue. People’s daily activity programs are divided into many different type activities. The main concern in education is that how classical education institutions will establish education environment of increasing active population. The purpose of mobile education is to move today’s stable education environment to a virtual, flexible education environment of the future (Yuen and Wang, 2004). Today, there is a growing interest in online learning all over the world (Elango, 2008). Electronic learning plays important role not only in academic institutions but also in small and mediumsized enterprises, which have the will to renew knowledge and experience of their staff. Elearning provides practical solutions to the students, who did not participate in the past education processes (Roy and Raymund, 2008). At this point, scientists have emphasized on customization, interaction and control (Piccoli, 2001). An elearning program should be especially prepared for all students with the integration of different objects, past experiences and also these students should increase their own activities (Collins, 2005。 Collins, 2006。 Hodges, 2004). Elearning trusts in current information and munication technologies for distribution of learning contents. Learning process or its ambiance is organized according to either synchronous or asynchronous method. Elearning, which has been developed as a learning solution, represents the distance education with the flexibility of educational software and process covering synthesis of different technologies (Yapicioglu, 2001). Increasing internet using rate and developments in the infrastructure of today’s internet have caused many improvements in webbased software and services. As a result of these improvements, education activities have begun to be performed by using the internet and network technology. Many technological tools like electronic books, electronic mails and conference environments have also taken active parts in these kinds of education activities. Due to increasing rate in using these tools and related education methods, a special education system has appeared. The whole education system is called as “Webbased Distance Education System” (WBDES). Today, distance education systems are established in many universities and educationteaching activities are performed via these systems. One of the big reasons in increasing using rate of Webbased Distance Education is requirements to these kinds of systems in parallel with developments in the information technology. One of the most important advantages of WBDES is being able to provide asynchronous education within a virtual education environment. In a WBDES, students can easily access to the educational contents, which was transferred by educators to the system and take advantage of these sources by using different educational tools. Because of its advantages on costs, WBDES is also preferred to be used rather than other models or systems (Carswell and Venkatesh, 2002). Today, the most important reason in increasing the number of WBDES and to be accepted by students is their independent working mechanism from time and location (Bullen, 2006). It has TOJET: The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology – October 2011, volume 10 Issue 4 Copyright ? The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology 108been an important preference reason for the people who suffer shortage of time and can not take active part in the location where education activities are performed. Generally, Webbased Distance Education Systems are called as Learning Management Systems (LMS). Factors and methods, which are considered in designing LMS, have been examined in the literature from various perspectives (French, 1999。 Harris, 1999。 Joliffe, 2001). When they are evaluated in terms of cost, it is seen that the cost of WBDES is approximately half of a typical traditional and formal education cost. On the other hand, interactive education feature of WBDES and uptodate content presenting function should also be considered (Balbieris and Reklaitis, 2003). In this study, a database model, which was designed and developed to be used for Learning Management Systems, is described. The database model was developed in a relational structure and designed to be suitable for LMS, which are in pliance with SCORM standards. Additionally, the developed model has a portable, easily accessible and easytomanage structure and can be used in longterm studies. With this database model, a virtual education institute can be established and published via required interface structures. In the related Learning Management System, a faculty or institute can be defined and all academic and administrative processes of these institutes can be managed with the help of developed database model. SCORM Standards SCORM is a Content Management System Standard and can be defined as “Shareable Content Object Reference Model”. SCORM includes a framework for running lesson contents. SCORM standards are interested in publishing rather than teachable features of the lesson content (Su, 2006。 Him, 2005). While explaining the content management aspects of distance education systems, SCORM standards must also be