using the student voice to plan our moodle path - moodle moot uk 2014 eamon costello and mark glynn
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Using the Student Voice to Plan our
Moodle Path
Mark Glynn and Eamon Costello
Dublin City University
National Survey
Irish National VLE Student Experience
Survey
Anonymous and collegiate sharing
o data collected since 2008
o 12 institutions
o institutions anonymised, no use of results for PR
o common detailed questionnaire
o over 20,500 student responses
Overview
3 DCU iterations- '09 '11 '13
• 2013 figures
• >1800 students
• 90% Full time students
• 40% were first year
• 75% under 24 years old
26 Questions e.g.
How often do you use Moodle?
If you do not use Moodle, why not?
For each of the statements below, choose whether you
.....
Is there anything else that prevents you from getting
the best use of Moodle?
What is the most important thing you would
like to see improved about Moodle?
Q1 - How often do you use…?
2009 2011 2013
Q2 – Use of Moodle
Q3 - What proportion of your coursework
2009 2011 2013
Q4 - If not, why not?
Q5 – How useful is Moodle for….?
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
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Do not use
Not very useful
Useful
Very useful
Q7 –Where do you access from
0.0%
20.0%
40.0%
60.0%
80.0%
100.0%
120.0%
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Q10 - What prevented you
Lecturers notes were not up in advance
It is very user unfriendly
Appearance is bland
Surge in usage prevented assignment upload
DCU Moodle crashes
No mobile app available
Q11 - Statements
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1800
Usin
g M
ood
le g
ive
s m
em
ore
access to
my le
ctu
rers
Usin
g M
ood
le ch
an
ge
s th
eh
ou
rs I c
an s
tudy
Usin
g M
ood
le g
ive
s m
e m
ore
access to
re
sou
rce
s a
nd
learn
ing m
ate
ria
ls
Gettin
g n
ote
s o
n o
nlin
em
akes m
e le
ss lik
ely
to
go to
lectu
res
I a
m m
ore
lik
ely
to
co
mm
unic
ate
with
my le
ctu
rer
wh
en
usin
g M
ood
le (
eg a
sk a
que
stio
n o
nlin
e)
I w
ould
lik
e m
y le
ctu
rers
to
ma
ke m
ore
use o
f M
ood
le
My lectu
rers
make g
ood u
se
of M
ood
le
I w
ould
pre
fer
gettin
g m
ate
ria
lin
ha
rdcop
y h
an
do
uts
to
havin
g it p
ut o
n M
ood
le
Strongly agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly disagree
Q13 - Most important thing
2009 2011 2013
Response
Lecturers use of Moodle
Student Focus groups
Change in IT infrastructure
Integration with existing systems
Ease of use for all
Professional Development
Moodle Clinics
Future
Anonymous to confidential
Enhanced Analytics
Business Intelligence
Machine Learning
Invite other institutions to run
the survey
Increase focus on UX –
consistent experience
