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Prague, Czech Republic, December 4 - 6, 2015
E-Learning Adoption in a
Higher Education Setting:An Empirical Study
Talk at the Multidisciplinary Academic Conference on Education, Teaching and Learning 2015
MAC-ETL 2015
Prof. Dr. Dagmar Monett, Prof. Dr. Margarita Elkina
D. Monett 2Prague, Czech Republic, December 4 - 6, 2015
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Probably someone not using E-Learning...
Or a frustrated E-Learning adopter?
D. Monett
D. Monett
Topics
3Prague, Czech Republic, December 4 - 6, 2015
■ Background
■ Surveys:
■ Methodology. Demographics
■ Findings
■ Two groups of attitude towards E-Learning
■ E-Learning inhibitors
■ Learning Analytics
■ Recommendations
■ Conclusions
D. Monett 5Prague, Czech Republic, December 4 - 6, 2015
Background
■ E-Learning platform, LMS: considered standard for
every higher education institution
■ Wide range of activities both for individual learning
and for group work
■ E-Learning adoption: pros and cons
■ Different expectations, different types of students,
different use of technology, etc.
LMS: Learning Management System
D. Monett 6Prague, Czech Republic, December 4 - 6, 2015
Our motivation
■ E-Learning? Many open questions!
■ Used by students and faculty alike? How much
and how?
■ Are there different learning/teaching approaches
when using E-Learning?
■ How willing are faculty to invest extra time on top
of its already heavy teaching load in learning and
using new technologies?
■ etc.
D. Monett
Methodology
8Prague, Czech Republic, December 4 - 6, 2015
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■ Two questionnaires (students, faculty) on the use
of E-Learning in general and LMS in particular
■ Available online from April 4 to June 20, 2013
■ Managed using Umfrage Online
■ 6 (students) and 14 (faculty) questions to be
answered
LMS: Learning Management System
D. Monett
Demographics
9Prague, Czech Republic, December 4 - 6, 2015
■ Students:
■ 425 Bachelor’s students
■ 59 Master’s students
■ 23 from other degree programs
■ Faculty:
■ 90 valid responses
■ 41.6% female, 58.4% male
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D. Monett
Activities available – BSc
11Prague, Czech Republic, December 4 - 6, 2015
0 100 200 300 400
Classmate interaction possible
Formative quizzes available
Wiki activity used
Workshop activity available
Assessments conducted…
Summative quizzes available
Survey activity available
Glossary activity used
Chat activity available
Lesson activity available
Links to external resources…
Learning packages available
Self upload used
Forum activity available
Database activity used
Assignments activity available
Course orgware available
Course materials available
often
sometimes
seldom
never
dont't knowor noanswer
(N=425)
D. Monett
Wish more of: BSc
12Prague, Czech Republic, December 4 - 6, 2015
0 20 40 60 80 100
No eLearning at all
Voice recordings
Glossar
Chat
Classmate interaction
Workshop
Assessment
Wiki
Videos
Database
Interaction with faculty
Forum
Interactive exercises
Course materials
Mock exams
Exercises
(N=425)
D. Monett
Wish more of: MSc
13Prague, Czech Republic, December 4 - 6, 2015
0 20 40 60 80 100
No eLearning at all
Voice recordings
Glossar
Assessment
Forum
Chat
Database
Wiki
Classmate interaction
Workshop
Interaction with faculty
Course materials
Mock exams
Videos
Interactive exercises
Exercises
(N=59)
D. Monett
Wish more of (6) – BSc
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0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
1 2 3 4 5 6
%
Semester
Exercises Mock exams Course materials
Interactive exercises Forum Interaction with faculty
(N=425)
D. Monett
Wish more of (6) – BSc
15Prague, Czech Republic, December 4 - 6, 2015
-10
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1st year 2nd year 3rd year
(N=425)
1: Exercises; 2: Course materials; 3: Mock exams; 4: Formative assessments; 5: Forums; 6: Summative assess.
D. Monett
When E-Learning?
17Prague, Czech Republic, December 4 - 6, 2015
(N=90)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
eLearning in class optional forstudents at home
mandatory forstudents at home
no eLearning atall
%
female male
D. Monett
How E-Learning?
18Prague, Czech Republic, December 4 - 6, 2015
(N=90)
%
I use it
already
I would
use it
I would
never use
it
I don’t know
it or no
answer
Mock exams 17,78 46,67 21,11 14,44
Assignments 31,11 42,22 13,33 13,33
Interactive assignments 6,67 50,00 21,11 22,22
Video 36,67 31,11 13,33 18,89
Video/audio recording 11,11 40,00 25,56 23,33
Wiki 16,67 41,11 17,78 24,44
Glossary 12,22 46,67 14,44 26,67
Database 17,78 46,67 12,22 23,33
Forum 20,00 44,44 21,11 14,44
Student-student interaction 30,00 50,00 3,33 16,67
Student-faculty interaction 53,33 30,00 6,67 10,00
Chat 10,00 43,33 26,67 20,00
Workshop 8,89 52,22 14,44 24,44
Course materials 76,67 13,33 2,22 7,78
Summative tests 4,44 34,44 38,89 22,22
D. Monett
How E-Learning?
19Prague, Czech Republic, December 4 - 6, 2015
(N=90)
%
I use it
already
I would
use it
I would
never use
it
I don’t know
it or no
answer
Mock exams 17,78 46,67 21,11 14,44
Assignments 31,11 42,22 13,33 13,33
Interactive assignments 6,67 50,00 21,11 22,22
Video 36,67 31,11 13,33 18,89
Video/audio recording 11,11 40,00 25,56 23,33
Wiki 16,67 41,11 17,78 24,44
Glossary 12,22 46,67 14,44 26,67
Database 17,78 46,67 12,22 23,33
Forum 20,00 44,44 21,11 14,44
Student-student interaction 30,00 50,00 3,33 16,67
Student-faculty interaction 53,33 30,00 6,67 10,00
Chat 10,00 43,33 26,67 20,00
Workshop 8,89 52,22 14,44 24,44
Course materials 76,67 13,33 2,22 7,78
Summative tests 4,44 34,44 38,89 22,22
Dominant group
of attitude:
Educators use
E-Learning or
think it could be
valuable
D. Monett
How E-Learning?
20Prague, Czech Republic, December 4 - 6, 2015
(N=90)
%
I use it
already
I would
use it
I would
never use
it
I don’t know
it or no
answer
Mock exams 17,78 46,67 21,11 14,44
Assignments 31,11 42,22 13,33 13,33
Interactive assignments 6,67 50,00 21,11 22,22
Video 36,67 31,11 13,33 18,89
Video/audio recording 11,11 40,00 25,56 23,33
Wiki 16,67 41,11 17,78 24,44
Glossary 12,22 46,67 14,44 26,67
Database 17,78 46,67 12,22 23,33
Forum 20,00 44,44 21,11 14,44
Student-student interaction 30,00 50,00 3,33 16,67
Student-faculty interaction 53,33 30,00 6,67 10,00
Chat 10,00 43,33 26,67 20,00
Workshop 8,89 52,22 14,44 24,44
Course materials 76,67 13,33 2,22 7,78
Summative tests 4,44 34,44 38,89 22,22
Secondary group
of attitude:
Educators that
do not believe in
E-Learning and
will not give it a
try
D. Monett
E-Learning inhibitors (i)
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■ Teaching load already very high (18 credit hours
per week)
■ E-Learning, planning, designing, delivering and
managing - not part of formal teaching load
■ Engagement in E-Learning has no compensation
■ Better than “a well-prepared static website with all
the necessary course information in addition to
adequate interaction with students via email”?
D. Monett
E-Learning inhibitors (ii)
22Prague, Czech Republic, December 4 - 6, 2015
■ E-Learning terminology and LMS functionalities
unknown or complex
■ LMS is not 100% suitable for supporting teaching
■ Learning new tools is very time-consuming
■ “Effort required for a flawless information delivery
is disproportionately higher than for face-to-face
teaching”
■ Training offered by the institution is not flexible
enough (time issues arise)
D. Monett 24Prague, Czech Republic, December 4 - 6, 2015
Learning Analytics
“[It is] the measurement, collection,
analysis and reporting of data about
learners and their contexts, for purposes
of understanding and optimizing learning
and the environments in which it occurs”
Taken from the Call for Papers of the
First International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge, LAK 2011,
Banff, Alberta, Canada.
(See more at https://tekri.athabascau.ca/analytics/call-papers)
D. Monett
3rd survey
25Prague, Czech Republic, December 4 - 6, 2015
■ Observing and analysing learners’ behaviour in
Moodle
■ Parallel, third survey on the use of LeMo
■ 70%: Data visualisation is key!
■ 80%: Monitoring learners’ access to learning
materials that are available
■ LA help to structure the learning materials better
LA: Learning Analytics
D. Monett 27Prague, Czech Republic, December 4 - 6, 2015
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Probably someone not using E-Learning...
Or a frustrated E-Learning adopter?
D. Monett
D. Monett
Recommendations
28Prague, Czech Republic, December 4 - 6, 2015
■ E-Learning? Extra compensation is needed (e.g.,
in the form of teaching load release)
■ Allocate E-Learning instructors and instructional
designers directly to faculty for assistance
■ Who are the learners? Different types of students
might use E-Learning tools differently
■ Make use of Learning Analytics tools to…
■ ...understand how students learn
■ ...reflect on own teaching
D. Monett
Topics covered
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