using the student voice to plan our moodle - mark glynn, eamon costello
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Using the student voice to plan our Moodle - Mark Glynn, Eamon Costello Presented at Edinburgh Moodlemoot 2014 www.moodlemoot.ieTRANSCRIPT
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Student “Moodle usage” survey
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Overview
• National VLE Survey
• 3 DCU iterations- '09 '11 '13
• 2013 figures
• >1800 students
• 90% Full time students
• 40% were first year
• 75% under 24 years old
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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?
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Q1 - How often do you use…?
2009 2011 2013
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Q2 – Use of Moodle
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Q3 - What proportion of your coursework
2009 2011 2013
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Q4 - If not, why not?
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Q5 – How useful is Moodle for….?
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
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sts
Do not use
Not very useful
Useful
Very useful
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Q7 –Where do you access from
0.0%
20.0%
40.0%
60.0%
80.0%
100.0%
120.0%
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tab
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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
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Q11 - Statements
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
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
stu
dy
Usin
g M
ood
le g
ive
s m
e m
ore
acce
ss to
re
so
urc
es a
nd
learn
ing m
ate
ria
ls
Ge
ttin
g n
ote
s o
n o
nlin
em
ake
s 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 le
ctu
rers
ma
ke g
oo
d 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
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Q13 - Most important thing
2009 2011 2013
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Conclusions
Lecturers use of Moodle
It is very user unfriendly, no mobile app
Student Focus groups
Change in IT infrastructure
Integration with existing systems
Moodle Clinics
Anonymous to confidential