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Project moodle

Project moodle. A student perspective on the use of Moodle By Lowe Sporre & Didrik M. A. Svendsen Presented at Cass Showcase, 7th of May 2013. Why P roject Moodle. Coursework in “IT for Business” with Martin Rich A gap between Moodle and Web 2.0 tools Student discontent.

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Project moodle

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  1. Project moodle A student perspectiveontheuseof Moodle By Lowe Sporre & Didrik M. A. Svendsen Presented at Cass Showcase, 7th of May 2013

  2. Why Project Moodle • Coursework in “IT for Business” with Martin Rich • A gap between Moodle and Web 2.0 tools • Student discontent

  3. Methodology • Online survey • 83 participants from third year Main topics: • Functionality and design • Assessment and feedback • Communication • Collaboration

  4. Whatwefound- Introduction • 58% rate their overall experience of Moodle as “Good” or “Very Good” • The three most commonly used features are by far • Accessing lecture notes and materials • Uploading coursework • Accessing grades Moodle is predominantly used for non-interactivepurposes

  5. Whatwefound- Functionality and Design

  6. Whatwefound- Functionality and Design Students’ comments: “It is not coordinated enough. Not all information can be accessed via Moodle (results, library, databases, career events, Cassmail, timetables etc). All these we have to go to websites separately to get the information every time which is quite a hassle” “It would be great if all lecturers used Moodle” “The calendar just confuses me, not all tutors use it. I cannot rely on it”

  7. Whatwefound- Functionality and Design Our recommendations • A navigation bar which holds shortcuts to timetables and Cassmail • And both functions should be more integrated with Moodle • A pagethataggregates all forums • A notificationsystem thathighlightsrecentactivity • Minimum requirementsfor academic staff • Main reasons why students find tools hard to use: • Hard to locate information on Moodle • Does not connect well with personal device • Poor consistency of materials/information on Moodle

  8. Whatwefound– Assessment and Feedback In terms of receiving feedback on coursework: • 62% prefer Moodle • 17% prefer hardcopy Our recommendations Mandatory channel for submitting coursework Primary way of giving feedback to any extent possible

  9. Whatwefound–Communication 1. How students communicate with teachers • E-mail is most often used to communicate with lecturers regarding module queries • Forums are only used to a very small extent 2. Students’ use of forums • Forums are mainly used to read posts and answers

  10. Whatwefound–Communication Our recommendations  Forums compulsory for non-personal enquiries  More teacher participation Consistency in Moodle functions across modules

  11. Whatwefound– Collaboration Why do the students use other tools than Moodle? • They are more user friendly • Students regularly use them for other purposes • They provide better functionality

  12. Conclusion Functionality and Design Timetables should become a function within Moodle Cassmailshould become more integrated with Moodle in terms of interface and linkages A navigation bar should be created which holds shortcuts to timetables andCassmail A page should be created that aggregates all forums and highlights recent activity A notifications system should be introduced Assessment and Feedback Moodle should be the primary channel for submission of and feedback on coursework

  13. Conclusion Communication Teacher participation should be more strongly encouraged by the university Academic staff should be given minimum requirements on what forums and calendar entries to upload Moodle forums should be compulsory for non-personal enquiries regarding course content Forums should be enabled in all modules

  14. Thankyou Q&A

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