Learners’ needs:proposals and necessary features for a

LMS

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 Malaga, August 28th  2015

N. Tzimopoulos, M. Filioglou, E. Mavrikaki (EDRASE)A. Imbellone (EUROPACLUB)

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DISCLAIMER

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.

This publication reflects the views only of the author and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

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Work Package 4 Objective: find the most important features for the eLearning platform (LMS) used in a Blended Learning course

Tool: on-line questionnaire on the learners’ needs

Procedure: 1004 respondents in the period October-November 2014 Greece (571) Spain (211) Italy (152) Austria (34) Finland (24)

Others (12)

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The Questionnaire

•15 closed questions (4-point Likert scale from “Needless” to “Very important”)

•1 open question for suggestions

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The 15 closed questions

•cover both the face-to-face training activities and the virtual ones•interactive materials•interaction with teachers and tutors•new way of studying•clear instructions, ease of use, easily find materials and information•personalized entry page, self-customization by learners•omnicomprehensive application (vs. distributed among many applications)•collaborative tools, groups, messaging•gamification•connection to social media

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Results

The great majority of the respondents found all the issues referred in the closed questions “important” or “very important”

107 respondents sent their suggestion through the open question:•More concrete application in everyday work activities•Connectivity problems•More interaction

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Less obvious results

Path Analysis: can be found causal connections among different measured dimensions?

ANOVA (Analysis of Variance): are there significant differences in the answers related to the educational level and/or the country of origin of the respondents?

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New ways of studying

Platform covering both the face-to-face

and the virtual activities

Interactive materials

Interaction with teachers and tutors

0.26

0.30

0.22

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How important is for the platform to cover both the face-to-face training activities and the virtual ones?

Spain

Greece

Italy

Finland

Austria

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How important is for the platform to cover both the face-to-face training activities and the virtual ones?

School Diploma

Bachelor Degree

Master Degree

PhD

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4

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Is it important that most learning activities are concentrated inside the platform instead of being distributed among many different tools available on the Internet?

School Diploma

Bachelor Degree

Master Degree

PhD

0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4

Thank you!

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