A comparison between moodle, Facebook, and paper-based assessment tools: Students' perception of preference and effect on performance
Date
2018-03-25Item Type
ArticleAbstract
Literature abounds with research on the benefits of technology
and its effect on students’ performance and satisfaction. The use of Learning
Management Systems (LMS) such as blackboard, eCollege, Moodle and others
are being used throughout the educational sector. Some even incorporate such
technology to measure teaching effectiveness and student performance. Furthermore, social websites, like Facebook.com, have become so popular that
85% to 99% of college students use it in one form or another. This research explores the students’ perspective on how the effectiveness of tools such as Moodle and Facebook.com as well as paper based learning (traditional learning) on
their performance. The paper also looks at different factors, such as gender,
major type and age to try to shed light on the preferred tool among students to
use for education. When it comes to students’ tool preference based on age and
gender, we found no significant difference, but when looking at students’ majors and time spent in university, we found that Moodle was rated the top, followed by paper-based learning, then Facebook. When viewing students’ perception on effect of these tools on performance, we found no statistical significant difference by age or time spent in the university, but did find a significant
difference among different genders; where male students showed greater satisfaction than did female students, and statistical significant different among majors.
Author
Jeljeli, Riadh
Alnaji, Loay A.
Khazam, Khzim