Models of evaluation in educational technology

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MoodleCourse Management System

YousufAl-Khanbashi

NasserAl-Sulti

Hussein Al-Salmani

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Contents

Interactivity and User-friendliness

Teaching and Learning

Cost

Access

Introduction

Speed

Novelty:

Organizational Issues

Introduction

1. Moodle is an open source Course Management System (CMS) that universities, community colleges, businesses, and even individual instructors use to add web technology to their courses.

2. More than 30,000 educational organizations around the world currently use Moodle to deliver online courses and to supplement traditional face-to-face courses.

3. Moodle is available for free on the Web (http://www.moodle.org), so anyone can download and install it. More on that later in this preface.

Access

• These are some appropriate questions when evaluate this Moodle:

1. How accessible is a particular technology for learners?

2. How flexible is it for a particular target group?

• CMSs are web applications, that they run on a server and are accessed by using a web browser. Your Moodle server is probably located in your university or department, but it can be anywhere in the world. You and your students can access the system from any place with an Internet connection.• CMSs give educators tools to create a course web site and provide access control so only enrolled students can view it.

Cost

These are some appropriate questions when evaluate this Moodle:

1. What is the cost structure of each technology?

2. What is the unit cost per student?

3. What are the opportunity costs vs. other technology choices?

Moodle is available for free on the Web ( http://www.moodle.org ), so anyone can download and install it. More on that later in this preface.But some features could be not available for free so they have to pay for it .

TEACHING & LEARNING

These are some appropriate questions when evaluate this Moodle:

1. What kinds of learning are needed?2. What instructional approaches will best meet these needs?3. What are the best technologies for4. supporting teaching and learning in this environment?5. Can the content be adapted to the technology?6. What skills does the technology develop?

If you teach, you’ve probably heard for years about the revolution the Internet was supposed to bring to teaching and learning. As with so many promises of revolution, the changes haven’t materialized. Instead, there has been a slow evolution toward using the Web to enhance teaching and learning

interactivity & userfreindless

These are some appropriate questions when evaluate this Moodle:

1. What kind of interaction does this technology enable? (synchronous or asynchronous)

2. How easy is it to use and learn?

The Moodle community has been indispensable to the success of the system. With so many global users, there is always someone who can answer a question or give advice.At the same time, the Moodle developers and users work together to ensure quality, add new modules and features, and suggest new ideas for development.

Organizational Issues

1. What are the organizational and institutional requirements to provide stability and support?

2. What are the barriers to using this technology successfully within the institution?

3. What changes need to be made within the organization to incorporate the technology?

Novelty

These are some appropriate questions when evaluate this Moodle:

1. How new is the technology?

2. What are its technical capabilities?

More than 30,000 educational organizations around the world currently use Moodle to deliver online courses and to supplement traditional face-to-face courses.

Speed

These are some appropriate questions when evaluate this Moodle:

1. How quickly can courses be created and distributed with this technology?

2. How quickly can materials be changed?

Moodle is easy to navigate and upload file or any courses that include Quizzes and assignment an so on

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