the usability evaluation of unicampus – the romanian mooc

TheUsabilityEvaluationof

UNICAMPUS– theRomanianMOOC

Dr.DianaAndoneDr.VladMihaescu,Dr.Andrei

TernauciucUniversitatea Politehnica

Timișoara,Romania

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EDENRESEARCHWORKSHOP4-7OCTOBER2016,OLDENBURG#EDENRW9

MOOCs – Massive Open Online Courses

MOOCs

xMOOCs cMOOCsSPOCs

Open Education

need to control - online activity, communication, eLearning environment

Digitalstudents

Today students will learn independent and digital all their life

OPEN life long learning STUDENT

21st century skills

Aretheyreadytoidentify,access, learn,analyse,apply,practicenewknowledgeacrossdifferentmedia,information,communication, toolsastoenhancetheirskillsanddeveloptheircareers?

DevelopingtheRomanianMOOC

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ProposedModel– RomanianMOOCStructure

UniCampusMoodleCustomizationüMoodle3.0VersionüPioneerThemeüSocialMediaauthentication

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www.unicampus.ro

www.unicampus.ro

SocialpresenceVirtualStudyRoomChatsVideoquizCodeplagiarismcheckSocialmediaconnection

UniCampus EvaluationExperts Students

www.unicampus.ro

UniCampus – ExpertsEvaluation

üPositiveoverallopinion

üVisualaspects– annoying.

ü‘About’sectiondescription- shouldonlybevisibleinthemaincoursepage.

üForumchaptersintegratedineachweek+Forumtoolintherightsidemenu.

üProperexplanationsofcontent.

üEnlargethedisplayareaforeducationalcontent.

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UniCampus – StudentsEvaluation

• Focusgroups• Positivereviews• Integrationwithsocialmedia• Multiplechoicevsmini-essayquiz• Frequencyandrelevanceofquizzes• Videos– useofsubtitlesandtranscripts;navigation• CourseCompletionStatus&Badges• Preferredcontent:video,ppt/pdf,html/externallinks

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Blog

Upcomingevents

Calendar

Videoconference–meetuptools

VirtualStudyRoom–meetuptools

VirtualProgrammingLab

ToDoList

StudentHandbook

FAQ/HelpSection

DocumentSharing– GoogleDrive

Glossary

DiscussionForum

BibliographyandLinks

CourseWiki

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4.43

3.86

4.83

4.17

4.33

3.67

4.43

4.57

4.57

4.29

4.29

4.86

4.33

StudentsEvaluationofUniCampus –toolsrating

UniCampus – StudentsEvaluation

• Desirabilityanalysis– MicrosoftReactionCardmethodadaptation

• 5wordsbestdescribingthevideocontent:useful,highquality,comprehensive,efficientandtrustworthy.

• 5wordsbestdescribingthetoolsonUniCampus:organized,efficient,easytouse,complexandfamiliar

• UniCampus experience:efficient(90%),useful(90%),accessible(72%),trustworthy(72%),organized(72%)

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StudentsEvaluationofUniCampus –desirability

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New digital skillsNew methods of instructionLife Long LearningCourse tastersFree knowledge in Romanian language

UniCampus DevelopmentConclusion

M-Commercecourse

Challenges

Try new things!

CONTACT

Dr. Diana Andone

Director

e-Learning Center

Politehnica UniversityTimisoara

Email: diana.andone@upt.roWebElearning.upt.ro/diana.andone

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