Transitioning from Blackboard to Moodle amidst Natural Disaster: Faculty and Students Perceptions
| Autor: | Brandon Dumas, Ajayi Ekuase-Anwansedo, Jose Noguera |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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FOS: Computer and information sciences
business.industry Process (engineering) media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences 050301 education Public relations Blackboard (design pattern) Computer Science - Computers and Society 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Perception Computers and Society (cs.CY) Institution ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Learning Management Quality (business) 030212 general & internal medicine Sociology business Natural disaster 0503 education media_common |
| DOI: | 10.48550/arxiv.2102.10523 |
| Popis: | Higher educational institutions continuously look for ways to improve the quality of their eLearning services and adapt learning solutions to suit the needs of the institution. During the 2016 Fall Semester, a university located in the Southern part of United States decided to transition from the Blackboard learning management system (LMS) to the Moodle learning management system. Typically such a transition presents a huge challenge for the University staff, faculty, and students. Additionally, on August 2016, what CNN themedthe worst natural disaster, to strike the United States since Hurricane Sandy, occurred in Louisiana during the transition. This led to massive disruptions in activities throughout the state. This paper examines the perceptions of both faculty and student on the transition from one LMS to another and also what impact, if any, the natural disaster had on the process. Faculty and students were surveyed to gain understanding of how they perceived the transitioning process, their perception of both systems, their preferences, and why. Furthermore, we identified issues peculiar to transitioning during a natural disaster. The results of this study can be used to anticipate issues that may be associated with transitioning from one LMS to the other and issues peculiar to transitioning amidst a natural disaster. It can also be used to identify areas for improvement. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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