Work in progress — Open source usability evaluation: The case of Moodle

Author

Baytiyeh, Hoda

Author_Institution

American Univ. of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

fYear

2011

fDate

12-15 Oct. 2011

Abstract

The open source course management system, Moodle, is designed to help instructors deliver course materials to their students from a social constructivist perspective. This study evaluates the usability of Moodle based on the perceptions of 189 professors and 1867 students at the American University of Beirut. Participants were invited to participate in an online survey reflecting the performance of the system in teaching and learning by rating a set of 30 items related to five usability attributes: Learnability, Efficiency, Memorability, Error Prevention, and Satisfaction. Besides testing the usability attributes and evaluating the course management system, the study aims to attest the open source software quality at academic institutions in the Middle East region.

Keywords

educational courses; public domain software; academic institutions; course management system; course open source software quality; online survey; open source usability evaluation; social constructivist perspective; Conferences; Educational institutions; Materials; Open source software; Usability; Course Management system; Free Open Source Software; Middle East; Moodle; System usability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2011

Conference_Location

Rapid City, SD

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-468-8

Electronic_ISBN

0190-5848

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2011.6142798

Filename

6142798