Integrating a Chatting Tool into a Learning Management System
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Date
2014
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ICIEIS
Abstract
the objective of this study was to integrate a chatting
tool into a Learning Management System (LMS) at Mbarara
University with the purpose of aiding interaction, communication
and collaboration among users. Many LMS’s are developed far
from the developing countries context. Where the developers try
to put them close to this context, some functionalities that
promote the learning process are unavailable. In such situations
the developers forget that some tools that are left out could be of
great use to teaching and learning, leaving the system to be more
of a content repository and not facilitating the learning process.
Therefore this study integrated a chatting tool into a LMS. The
functional requirements of the system were gathered through the
use of interviews and observation methods. Before the roll out of
the system, learners’ efficacy with the LMS was tested with a
pretest questionnaire. After roll out, the learners were allowed to
use the system for a 4 months semester before the post test was
carried out. Results indicate that the learners’ efficacy with the
LMS usage improved. The learners said the LMS increased their
interest, motivation, and improved on knowledge and
performance of other subjects due to increased collaboration
with peers and instructors. The increased use of the system is
expected to contribute to the learners’ ease of use, learning
interest and motivation which will improve their throughput.
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Keywords
Chatting, Learning Management System, Interaction, E-learning
Citation
Bagarukayo, E., Mpangwire, V., & Kalema, B. M. (2014). Integrating a chatting tool into a learning management system. In 3Rd international conference on informatics engineering and information science (ICIEIS2014) (pp. 271-275).