Improving Educational Multimedia selection process using group decision support systems

Abstract

Educational Multimedia (EMM) is becoming a mature and integral part of teaching and learning systems, mainly due to its ability improve teaching and learning. However, EMM selection and evaluation for higher education is a complex and interdisciplinary problem characterised by uncertainty, dynamics, explicit and implicit knowledge and constraints, and involvement of different stakeholders. In this work, a domain-based web oriented Group Decision Support System (GDSS) is proposed for the selection and continuous evaluation of EMM for educational providers. The viability of developing and validating a web-based GDSS, integrated with knowledge management (KM) and instructional design as a support tool to overcome the difficulties in the selection and evaluation of EMM, is investigated. The proposed solution manages and supports the six phases of planning, intelligence, design, choice, implementation, and evaluation. In addition to design and implementation, performance evaluation is also presented using data collected from experts, instructors, and EMM producers. The results reveal that the proposed solution can successfully help educational consumers in selecting and evaluating EMM.

Open‐source learning management systems: a predictive model for higher education

“…This is consistent with the fact that CLIX was originally designed for corporate e‐learning settings, whereas Blackboard and Moodle were originally designed for educational settings. Other studies have supplemented decision support models with models that prioritize user functional and technical requirements (Abdelhakim & Shirmohammadi 2008; Terawaki 2009). Still others view LMS as standardized products with similar generic tools such as quizzes/tests and communication and collaboration spaces, and emphasize implementation success case studies from peer organizations as the primary decision‐making drivers (Black et al .…”