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标题：USABILITY ISSUES FOR LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS: CASE STUDY, STUDENTS AND TEACHING STAFF PERCEPTIONS
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作者：WALAA QUTECHATE ; JANNAT FALAH ; TASNEEM ALFALAH 等
期刊名称：Journal of Theoretical and Applied Information Technology
印刷版ISSN：1992-8645
电子版ISSN：1817-3195
出版年度：2020
卷号：98
期号：11
页码：1803-1815
出版社：Journal of Theoretical and Applied
摘要：This study contributes to examining AlBalqa Applied University (BAU) teaching staff’s and students’ views on integrating features of smart learning and social network services into the Learning Management System (LMS) currently used (Moodle). The need of this study arose from the realization that the teaching staff and students’ are moving from LMSs to Social Network Sites (SNSs) to achieve academic-related tasks. The aim of this research is to analyse the patterns the teaching staff’s and students’ usage of LMSs and SNSs, to identify the gaps in the currently used LMS, and to investigate the users’ perceptions towards educational value of integrating social networking features into Moodle. Data was collected from students and teaching staff by using mixed method approach: interviews and survey. Obtained information regarding the teaching staff’s and students’ perceptions toward the used LMS and the SNSs demonstrates the shortfalls of Moodle and determines the SNSs features that have the potential to enhance the usage of the LMS. The results of the study show that although the majority of the teaching staff spend extra time to accomplish an educational task through SNSs, they prefer to use SNSs for announcements and communication, as they believe that SNSs notifies faster than using Moodle. The results were similar for the students, while they trust the Moodle as an academic source, the majority believe that they can access relevant academic content more rapidly when using SNSs. The results emphasize the importance of the development of the features of the LMSs as a unified source for educational process including academic information and collaborative activities.
关键词：Educational Technology;Social Networking Sites;Moodle;Learning Management Systems