Students’ Perceptions and Attitudes toward Learning Based on Learning Management System: A Future Recommendation on Blended Learning Design

Abstract

The current research seeks to analyze university students' perceptions and attitudes of LMS-based learning. This research is a descriptive study with 607 students of State Islamic University of Mataram as the research subjects. Subjects are randomly selected from all students who used LMS as a learning medium. A 36-item questionnaire was administered to capture their perceptions and attitudes. The results of the questionnaire indicated that majority of students have a good perception on the LMS usability, learning design, material content, language and communication, interactions with instructors, and interactions with peers. Pertaining to attitudes, students have good attitudes toward LMS-based learning. For the composition of attitude that are good for cognitive, affective, and conative. Furthermore, based on the distribution of student perceptions on the application of LMS-based learning, blended learning should be applied with the following approach: moderator role is needed in discussions or forums among the students and the lecturers actively present in LMSbased learning either to provide explanations to students or lead them to be actively involved in the LMS. A future recommendation on blended learning design is pivotal with the following approach: moderator role is required in the discussion among students where lecturers actively provide explanations to students or guide them to be active in the LMS.