Evaluating usability in learning management system moodle

Kakaševski, Ǧorgi; Mihajlov, Martin; Arsenovski, Sime; Chungurski, Slavcho

doi:10.1109/iti.2008.4588480

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“…Nokelainen (2006) expanded Nielsen's definition to include pedagogical usability, suggesting that usability involves techniques for ensuring a trouble-free interaction with the software while pedagogical usability aims at supporting the learning process. A further refinement creates the term "learnability" which is highly recommended in evaluations of e-learning environments (Kakasevski, Mihajlov, Arsenovski & Chungurski, 2008;Neal, n.d.). In the world of e-learning, the definition of learnability is expanded to include the ability of users to effectively learn and retain the skills and knowledge, as well as learn how to use the system (Neal, n.d.).…”

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Evaluating and Comparing the Usability of Web-based Course Management Systems

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Ünal

2011

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Executive SummaryCourse Management Systems (CMS) are an increasingly important part of academic systems in higher education. When choosing a Course Management System for an educational institution, the usability of the system is the key to the effectiveness and efficiency of the online courses that are to be implemented. The goal of this paper is to report the results of a comparative usability study conducted in 2008-2009 on two different course management systems: BlackBoard and Moodle. students enrolled in the Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 sections of Introduction to EducationalTechnology participated in the study (72 and 63 respectively). At the beginning of each semester, participants were randomly divided into two groups to experience different CMSs at different times.It can be concluded from this study that in almost every module or function comparison that was made, Moodle was favored by course participants over Blackboard with the exception of the Discussion Board module where scores were not significantly different. At the end of the study, the researchers concluded that use of Moodle in online courses can be a suitable alternative to the current CMS system (BlackBoard). In fact, now that the pilot has showed that Moodle is as effective as BlackBoard, the researchers have already shared their experiences with other faculty members and expanded their investigations by involving numerous other online courses, instructors, and students, because the product showed significant potential for further examination.This study adds to the growing body of studies that are carried out to see if an open source CMS (Moodle) warrants consideration as an alternative to the institution's current course management system. In addition to comparing the students' feedback quantitatively, this study also tried to explain in detail what specific component / function of each CMS students found useful or better than in the other. Rather than focusing only on student satisfaction scores, this study further investigated what aspect of each module for each CMS course participants particularly liked or disliked.

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Section: Usability Testing and Course Management Systemsmentioning

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Evaluating and Comparing the Usability of Web-based Course Management Systems

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2011

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“…These include the design of learning objects and learning activities, the medium of presentation, and the provision for communication between teachers and students [27]. And for methodology, one possible framework that can be applied is the DECIDE framework based on the following six components [28]: (1 Of these, WAMMI has been specifically prepared for evaluating websites [29], so it would appear that it may be particularly suitable for evaluating an LMS.…”

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“…However, the decision of which method to adopt in evaluating usability would be subject to the typical constraints of time and cost [26], and depend on such factors as the stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), availability of skills and expertise in evaluation [34], and the extent of need for an objective, systematic and complex evaluation. It is also possible to combine different methods, as done by [27] in a study that combined evaluation from three different categories identified above, namely heuristic evaluation, usability questionnaire, and a task-driven technique. As for sample size in evaluating usability, as pointed out by Nielsen [11], it is usually sufficient to determine this quickly with as little as three to five users [35].…”

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“…Moodle provides a wide range of features typical of an LMS, such as a registration system for both instructors and learners, user profiles, assignments, class schedules, wikis, chats, glossary, email, performance statistics, etc. Several studies have evaluated Moodle, some focusing on specific modules [48]- [49], [27] and others have compared Moodle with other LMS's [50]- [51].…”

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“…Support for these open standards is beneficial because it ensures greater interoperability, portability, reusability and sequencing for the LMS [52], and also accessibility, adaptability, durability, and maintainability [27]. The SCORM specification for instance, contains elements of provisions by IEEE, AICC and IMS in a single document, which makes it easy to implement.…”

Section: Moodlementioning

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Review of Usability Evaluation Methods and Other Factors for Implementing an Open Source Learning Management System in Saudi Arabia

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Possible methods suitable for evaluating the usability of e-learning websites that provide a Learning Management System are examined. In doing so, some systems are sng which system and which usability evaluation metuggested with a focus on the Saudi educational context and open-source solutions so as to aid those considerihod to adopt. Other issues related to implementation besides software usability are also highlighted including the appropriateness of the Technology Acceptance Model which takes usability into account.

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