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Moodle Early Use by Teachers inHigher Education: An Exploratory
Study
Patrícia Fidalgo, João Paz e Fernando Luís SantosInstituto Piaget 1
Moodle early Early Use by Teachers inHigher Education: An Exploratory Study
Topics
• Introduction
• Context
• The Study• Objectives, Procedures, Survey, Data Analysis
• Findings
• Reasons for use, Resource usage, Activity usage, Perceptions aboutMoodle
• Discussion
2Patrícia Fidalgo, João Paz e Fernando Luís Santos
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Moodle early Early Use by Teachers inHigher Education: An Exploratory Study
Introduction
• Bologna Process
• European Higher Education Area
• Reforming Higher Education in Portugal
3Patrícia Fidalgo, João Paz e Fernando Luís Santos
Instituto Piaget
Foster use of ICT in Education
Turn to e-learning; adoption of LMSs
Moodle early Early Use by Teachers inHigher Education: An Exploratory Study
Introduction
• LMS early use in Higher Education in Portugal (Moodle)• Content distributing platform
• Communication medium
• Needs• Overcome initial resistance
• Explore real potential of LMSs
• Further teacher training (technical and pedagogical)
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Moodle early Early Use by Teachers inHigher Education: An Exploratory Study
Context
• The Institution• Private Higher Education Institution
• Presence in other Portuguese Speaking Countries
• Campi geographically dispersed in Portugal
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Moodle early Early Use by Teachers inHigher Education: An Exploratory Study
Context
• Piaget Online• 2005: LMS use in Post Graduation Studies in ICT
• 2007: Online Education Project
• Training sessions online and F2F open to all
• Campus support
• Pivots and Pioneers: replication and dissemination
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Instituto Piaget
Moodle early Early Use by Teachers inHigher Education: An Exploratory Study
Context
• Piaget Online• 2009-10: Piaget Online Education and Training Unit ( global and
campus based)
• Teacher and Student training and support
• Research Unit in Online Education
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Moodle early Early Use by Teachers inHigher Education: An Exploratory Study
Context
• Piaget Online 2010-11• All Curricular Units with online presence
• Live Edu integration and unique acess
• http://moodle.ipiaget.org/moodle_2011/
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Moodle early Early Use by Teachers inHigher Education: An Exploratory Study
The Study – Objectives
1. Ascertain reasons of using Moodle;
2. Identify effects the use of Moodle had in teaching;
3. Characterize the use of resources and activities available in Moodle;
4. Identify teacher’s perceptions of advantages and disadvantages of using Moodle;
5. Compare the results of the three groups.
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Moodle early Early Use by Teachers inHigher Education: An Exploratory Study
The Study – Participants
• Teacher’s type of use of Moodle in 2009-10
A. Active complement of face-to-face courses (optional use)
B. Blended learning regime with 20% on-line classes (mandatory use)
C. Blended learning regime with 80% on-line classes (mandatory use)
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Moodle early Early Use by Teachers inHigher Education: An Exploratory Study
The Study – Participants
• 51 Teachers from Almada and St André Campi
• Group A: 24 replies (92%)
• Group B: 7 replies (35%)
• Group C: 4 replies (80%)
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Moodle early Early Use by Teachers inHigher Education: An Exploratory Study
The Study – Survey
• Anonymous self-administrated on-line (Google Forms) survey with 37 questions
• 14% of questions: motivations to the use Moodle (only for group A, not examined here)
• 11% of questions: type of use of resources and activities
• 48% of questions: teacher’s perceptions about Moodle
• 27% of questions: characterization of participants
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Moodle early Early Use by Teachers inHigher Education: An Exploratory Study
The Study – Data Analysis
• Database created and codified using R statistical software
• Descriptive Statistics
• Kruskal-Wallis one-way analysis of variance by ranks
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Moodle early Early Use by Teachers inHigher Education: An Exploratory Study
Findings
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1 Reasons for using Moodle
Moodle early Early Use by Teachers inHigher Education: An Exploratory Study
Findings
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2 Resources usage
Moodle early Early Use by Teachers inHigher Education: An Exploratory Study
Findings
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2 Resources usage
Moodle early Early Use by Teachers inHigher Education: An Exploratory Study
Findings
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3 Activities usage
Moodle early Early Use by Teachers inHigher Education: An Exploratory Study
Findings
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3 Activities usage
Moodle early Early Use by Teachers inHigher Education: An Exploratory Study
Findings
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Moodle early Early Use by Teachers inHigher Education: An Exploratory Study
Discussion
• Similar results on Resources and Activities usage
• No statistically significant differences between the groups’ perceptions about Moodle
• Group A and B: basic training; Group C: advanced training
• Early stages of Moodle institutional implementation
• Planned: survey all teachers and check results following years
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Moodle early Early Use by Teachers inHigher Education: An Exploratory Study
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