An exploratory study of students’ perceptions of learning management system utilisation and learning community

Abstract

Blackboard Learn is one of the learning management systems (LMSs), which is used in teaching to manage user learning interventions and assist in the planning, distribution and evaluation of a specific learning process. The purpose of this study was to investigate how the functionalities of Blackboard Learn were used in online courses and how students perceived the benefits of using them. Also, the study was to investigate how students’ perceptions of teaching, cognitive and social presences within the Community of Inquiry and perceived benefits of using Blackboard Learn were related to their learning efforts. The results revealed that students who consider Blackboard tools more beneficial on their learning are most likely to have higher perceptions of teaching presence. Moreover, students’ learning efforts were increased primarily by students’ perceptions on perceived benefits of using Blackboard and secondarily by students’ perceptions of social presences. In conclusion, utilising LMS tools effectively in online courses can benefit students’ course work and would motivate them to put more efforts on their learning.

Faculty e-Learning Adoption During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Shaqra University

“…Effective communication is the volume of twoway electronic communication between one or more parties. Lastly, student's effective communication with faculty (SECF) refers to announcements, audio/video message and comments, online discussions, and e-mail exchanged between students and faculty [36].…”

“…There are several studies in the field of exploring students' adoption of e-learning systems. These studies have investigated students' adoption from different perspectives such as knowledge sharing [10], [37], [19] qualitative [19], and quantitative [36], [38]. [10] studies the results of acquisition and sharing of the knowledge on the students' behavioral intention to adopt e-learning systems.…”

An Evaluation of How Students Use Blackboard and the Possible Link to Their Grades

“…Responses were obtained from eighty-three (83) students but the random students had options to select multiple choices per question. An example response from a student is as shown in section 1 (Appendix A) that shows that the student was able to select all five (5) options in the learning styles, three (3) from the method of learning new (Tseng, 2020).…”

“…A summary of the available LMS tools are shown in Table 1 and most of them come with good functionality, affordability, suitability, and limitations (Baikadi et al, 2018;Epp et al, 2020;Juárez Santiago et al, 2020;Simanullang & Rajagukguk, 2020;Tseng, 2020;Vallone et al, 2020)). From Table 1, it can be seen that apart from the many functions of the Blackboard LMS, it promotes the structuring of online discussions, allows the display of other internet platforms such as web pages, wikis, blogs, email and analytical monitoring tools (Tseng, 2020). The Massive Open Online's (MOOCs) LMS support students' discussions, allows quizzes and uploading of lectures materials (Baikadi et al, 2018).…”

Revisiting the Effectiveness of Blackboard Learning Management System in Teaching English in the Era of COVID-19

“…Currently, the online digital learning field has become the subject of numerous studies seeking to understand the overall effectiveness of LMS tools, especially in teaching and learning English. To this effect, Blackboard technology continues to attract more attention than e-learning technologies owing to its enhanced features (Tseng, 2020). Multiple studies seek to understand the impact of Blackboard tools, especially concerning the perceptions held by teachers and students, which have all arrived at varying results.…”