From User's Information Gathering and Giving Behavior Exploring Information Architecture of Moodle e-Learning Platform: NTNU Moodle Award-Winning Courses Sample
| Autor: | Yu-Chun Pang, 龐宇珺 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 101 Information architecture can successfully enhance the usability of websites, and it has been used for many years for website design, however, it was seldom used in the design of e-learning platform courses. If the information architecture can be used to design e-learning platform courses, it will be helpful for users to gathering and giving learning information. The purpose of this study is to understand the characteristics of the e-learning platform, Moodle's information architecture, how information architecture supporting teachers and students to gather and give information, and exploring how to apply information architecture of Moodle courses design. The researcher addressed the following four research questions: (a) what are the characteristics of award-winning courses' information architecture? (b) How did users gather and give information on Moodle platform? (c) What are users' experiences and feelings about Moodle information architecture? (d) What's the relationship between information gathering and giving behavior and information architecture of courses design on Moodle platform? This study conducted mixed method approach through content analysis, interviews, and survey questionnaires. The researcher purposefully selected the samples, including students and teachers participating courses which the award-winning courses of National Taiwan Normal University. There are six courses across two semesters in this study. The content analysis was composed of the procedures that collecting courses data from Moodle platform, analyzing data through information architecture and comparing the result with each other. For understanding the contexts how teachers using the e-learning platform, how they designing the e-learning courses, gathering and giving information, and their experiences and feelings when using the Moodle platform, the researcher constructed outline to interview six teachers of the courses. The researcher also designed the questionnaires to investigate the demography and past experiences of the students, and how they using the e-learning platform courses, gathering and giving information, and their experiences and feelings when using the platform as well. The finding of this study was described as follows: (a) the information architecture of award-winning courses both contained knowledge structure and curriculum progress representation, as the organization systems. There was the labeling system to indicate every subject, however, the navigation system was not explicit; and (b) the teachers' course instructional design and the students' feelings affect information gathering and giving behavior of the users on Moodle platform; (c) the users on Moodle platform considered the easier and clearer content design of the course platform is, the more possibilities to meet their needs; (d) arranging the subject layout according to the curriculum progress, opening a new window when clicking resources links outside the platform, and using naming rules of labels, all help users gathering and giving information; (e) Moodle's function is not fully used in the award-winning courses. The results of this study can be used to plan and design the e-learning platform courses which facilitate the ease of gathering and giving course information on the platform. It can also be used as the reference for e-learning course training manuals and for promotion of using Moodle as e-learning course platform. |
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