Do students and lecturers actively use collaboration tools in learning management systems?
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2012
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In recent years there has been a large emphasis placed on the need to use Learning Management Systems (LMS) in the field of higher education, with many universities mandating their use. An important aspect of these systems is their ability to offer collaboration tools to build a community of learners. This paper reports on a study of the effectiveness of an LMS (Blackboard©) in a higher education setting and whether both lecturers and students voluntarily use collaborative tools for teaching and learning. Interviews were conducted with participants (N=67) from the faculties of Science and Technology, Business, Health and Law. Results from this study indicated that participants often use Blackboard© as an online repository of learning materials and that the collaboration tools of Blackboard© are often not utilised. The study also found that several factors have inhibited the use and uptake of the collaboration tools within Blackboard©. These have included structure and user experience, pedagogical practice, response time and a preference for other tools. |
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Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education |
Relação |
http://eprints.qut.edu.au/55728/2/55728.pdf Zanjani, Nastaran, Nykvist, Shaun S., & Geva, Shlomo (2012) Do students and lecturers actively use collaboration tools in learning management systems? In Proceedings of 20th International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE 2012), Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education, Singapore, pp. 698-705. |
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Copyright 2012 please consult the authors |
Fonte |
School of Curriculum; School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science; Faculty of Education; Science & Engineering Faculty |
Palavras-Chave | #089999 Information and Computing Sciences not elsewhere classified #Learning management system #communities of practise #e-learning #HERN |
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Conference Paper |