Impact of LMS Selection on Students’ Activity - Students’ Activity Evaluation Problems in Moodle and Open edX Learning Management Systems

Viktors Zagorskis, Atis Kapenieks

2018

Abstract

The quality of youth education, in general, is worsening (Coppola and O’Higgins, 2015). Some of the reasons for such a statement are (i) the current changes of educational systems in general, (ii) eventually unreasonable switching between ephemeral learning trends and tools. Despite the use of learning management systems, learners or educators, face today a real and increasing difficulty in finding optimal communication for the learning coalition between the students and the teachers. In this research, students’ activity in two popular learning management systems (LMS): MOODLE and Open edX are analyzed. We examine both platforms by measuring and comparing the students’ activity from the learning-time aspect. The novel – CAST algorithm is proposed to reduce the overestimated learners’ activity measuring errors, caused by unterminated WEB sessions. We conclude that Open edX engage students more, therefore, educational institutions should move forward to modern eLearning platforms.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Zagorskis V. and Kapenieks A. (2018). Impact of LMS Selection on Students’ Activity - Students’ Activity Evaluation Problems in Moodle and Open edX Learning Management Systems.In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-758-291-2, pages 505-512. DOI: 10.5220/0006810205050512

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu18,
author={Viktors Zagorskis and Atis Kapenieks},
title={Impact of LMS Selection on Students’ Activity - Students’ Activity Evaluation Problems in Moodle and Open edX Learning Management Systems},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,},
year={2018},
pages={505-512},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006810205050512},
isbn={978-989-758-291-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,
TI - Impact of LMS Selection on Students’ Activity - Students’ Activity Evaluation Problems in Moodle and Open edX Learning Management Systems
SN - 978-989-758-291-2
AU - Zagorskis V.
AU - Kapenieks A.
PY - 2018
SP - 505
EP - 512
DO - 10.5220/0006810205050512