Usability issues in Learning Management Systems (LMS).
This project is about the usability of Learning Management Systems (LMS), focusing on the specific case of the open source system Moodle. Specifically, this project is about communication and collaboration tools that are used by teachers on the system. This study investigates whether usability problems hamper the use teachers make of these tools. Focused interviews were conducted with professionals working in distance education and the answers of the respondents were subjected to techniques of content analysis in order to obtain data for developing the tools needed to prove the hypothesis.
Arts and Design Department, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rua Marquês de São Vicente 225, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brazil. mariaisabellamuniz@gmail.com
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D003142:Communication; D020375:Education, Distance; D005178:Faculty; D006801:Humans; D019451:Information Management / Q000592:standards*; D020407:Internet; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D014584:User-Computer Interface