The goal of this research is to define and implement indicators for a Learning Management System (LMS). In particular, we focus on estimating patterns on the utilization of the message system by defining two quantities: the specific utilization and popularity. The idea is to take into account the perspective of academic institution managers and the administrators of the LMS, for example to understand if a particular department fails at providing a useful LMS service, or in order to allocate the correct amount of resources. These indicators have been tested on the LMS employed by the "Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca" (Milan, Italy), and in general provided a picture of poor utilization of the message system, where the usage follows a pattern similar to the Zipf law. This feature, correlated with the principle of least effort, suggests that LMSs should join forces with existing social networking systems to create strong online learning communities.

Meluso, F., Avogadro, P., Calegari, S., Dominoni, M. (2017). Success of the functionalities of a Learning Management System. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Data Science, Technology and Applications - Volume 1: DATA (pp.98-106). SciTePress [10.5220/0006475800980106].

Success of the functionalities of a Learning Management System

Avogadro, P
;
Calegari, S
;
Dominoni, M
2017

Abstract

The goal of this research is to define and implement indicators for a Learning Management System (LMS). In particular, we focus on estimating patterns on the utilization of the message system by defining two quantities: the specific utilization and popularity. The idea is to take into account the perspective of academic institution managers and the administrators of the LMS, for example to understand if a particular department fails at providing a useful LMS service, or in order to allocate the correct amount of resources. These indicators have been tested on the LMS employed by the "Universita degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca" (Milan, Italy), and in general provided a picture of poor utilization of the message system, where the usage follows a pattern similar to the Zipf law. This feature, correlated with the principle of least effort, suggests that LMSs should join forces with existing social networking systems to create strong online learning communities.
paper
Indicator; Learning analytics; LMS; Message system; Zipf;
English
International Conference on Data Science, Technology and Applications, DATA 2017 24-26 July
2017
Bernardino, J; Quix, C; Filipe, J
Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Data Science, Technology and Applications - Volume 1: DATA
9789897582554
2017
98
106
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Meluso, F., Avogadro, P., Calegari, S., Dominoni, M. (2017). Success of the functionalities of a Learning Management System. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Data Science, Technology and Applications - Volume 1: DATA (pp.98-106). SciTePress [10.5220/0006475800980106].
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