Student and Lecturer Perceptions of Usability of the Virtual Programming Lab Module for Moodle
| Autor: | Larissa Magé, Cristian Cechinel, Vinicius Ramos, Robson Rodrigues Lemos |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
LC8-6691 Multimedia Computer science business.industry Communication media_common.quotation_subject usability evaluation Virtual Programming Lab (VPL) Usability computer.software_genre Special aspects of education Computer Science Applications Education Perception ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION business computer moodle design and evaluation methods media_common |
| Zdroj: | Informatics in Education, Vol 20, Iss 2, Pp 297-315 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2335-8971 1648-5831 |
| DOI: | 10.15388/infedu.2021.14 |
| Popis: | Teaching introductory computer programming and choosing the proper tools and programming languages are challenging tasks. Most of the existing tools are not fully integrated into systems to support the teaching-learning processes. The present paper describes the usability evaluation of the Virtual Programming Lab module for Moodle (VPL-Moodle) based on a satisfaction questionnaire answered by 37 undergraduate students enrolled in CS1 and CS2 courses and 7 lecturers. Moreover, a heuristic evaluation performed by two specialists is also presented. Results of the descriptive and inferential analysis revealed mainly two things: a) the VPL-Moodle has a low level of usability in all five aspects analyzed by the students: satisfaction, efficiency, learnability, helpfulness, and environment control; and b) lecturers found some difficulties using the VPL-Moodle. A number of suggestions for the improvement of the VPL-Moodle interface are provided based on the findings of the paper. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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