The Blended Learning Ecosystem of an Academic Institution in Greece

Νικολαϊδου, Μάρα; Sofianopoulou, Chryssa; Alexopoulou, Nancy; Abeliotis, Kostas; Detsis, Vassilis; Chalkias, Christos; Lasaridi, Katia; Anagnostopoulos, Dimosthenis

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“…Contrary to these negative perceptions, most of the students thought that the video lectures did not really prevent them from attending classes at University but helped them complementary to the face to face lecture. This conclusion conforms to the conclusions drawn by the studies of Chalkias and Anagnostopoulos ( 2004 ) and Nikolaidou et al ( 2010 ) in Harokopio University but not agree with Verdanakis et al (2009). The evaluation revealed that students wanted the video lectures to be expanded in workshops and not only in theoretical lessons.…”

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“…Chalkias and Anagnostopoulos ( 2004 ) and Nikolaidou et al ( 2010 ) describe the usage of Open eClass in Harokopio University. The latter authors have conducted an evaluation study of the LMS with the participation of students, instructors and infrastructure-technology specialists to evaluate the ecosystem of blended learning.…”

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“…The evolving symbiosis of technology with traditional pedagogical approaches, facilitating content richness, flexible content access and alternative communication channels, may benefit the learning process (Nikolaidou et al 2010 ). Researchers have argued about the advantages of the combination of face to face teaching and online learning and emphasize on the promotion of learner-centered, active and constructive learning (O’Donnell et al 2006 ; Salomon and Ben-Zvi 2006 ; Stahl 2006 ; Giannousi et al 2014 ).…”

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Evaluating a learning management system for blended learning in Greek higher education

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This paper focuses on the usage of a learning management system in an educational institution for higher education in Greece. More specifically, the paper examines the literature on the use of different learning management systems for blended learning in higher education in Greek Universities and Technological Educational Institutions and reviews the advantages and disadvantages. Moreover, the paper describes the usage of the Open eClass platform in a Technological Educational Institution, TEI of Ionian Islands, and the effort to improve the educational material by organizing it and adding video-lectures. The platform has been evaluated by the students of the TEI of Ionian Islands based on six dimensions: namely student, teacher, course, technology, system design, and environmental dimension. The results of this evaluation revealed that Open eClass has been successfully used for blended learning in the TEI of Ionian Islands. Despite the instructors’ initial worries about students’ lack of participation in their courses if their educational material was made available online and especially in video lectures; blended learning did not reduce physical presence of the students in the classroom. Instead it was only used as a supplementary tool that helps students to study further, watch missed lectures, etc.

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“…Literature has covered the benefits of b-learning broadly. b-learning combines both technology and traditional educational approaches, thus enables having rich content in the courses, flexible way to access the content, and creating alternative communication channels [14]- [16]. B-learning also supports traditional educational in terms of management, evaluation, monitoring, and administering courses by using technology [17].…”

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A Framework for the Impact of Human Factors on the Effectiveness of Learning Management Systems

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Higher education institutions (HEI) have realized the advantages of implementing a blended learning environment by using learning management systems (LMSs) to provide effective ways of learning and teaching. However, recent literature has revealed that developing countries' educational institutions fail when they adopt LMS technologies because they ignore the human factors related to these technologies. This study investigated the impact of human factors on the effectiveness of LMS in a blended learning environment at Kuwait's HEIs (KHEIs). In this paper, a pragmatic approach consisting of quantitative and qualitative methods is used. User characteristics traits from the literature review were organized into three main indicators of human impact on the effectiveness of LMS: technological characteristics, psychological characteristics, and student-instructor interaction characteristics. After these indicators were identified, a conceptual model was developed to study the characteristics. A deductive approach was used, and the model was tested for significance through receiving feedback from the universities' students and faculty members. In addition, an inductive approach was implemented through conducting interviews to explore more factors related to the effectiveness of LMS. The inductive approach's results revealed the relevant factors for the usage of the LMS, such as training, needs, expectations, and branding. The human factors that positively affect the success and effectiveness of LMS included attitude, enjoyment, experience, self-efficacy, and promptness, which had the most substantial impacts on user satisfaction. The modified conceptual model that this paper presents includes these impacting factors and provides an acceptable fit to the data. This research has developed an updated framework for demonstrating the effectiveness of LMS as it pertains to human factors, and its findings can be used to enhance user experience in a blended learning environment, thus improving the quality of Kuwaiti education. INDEX TERMS Learning management systems (LMSs), blended learning, human factors, effectiveness of LMS, Kuwait's higher education institutions.

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“…By this, it is mean that online learning activities became another alternative of learning, instead only in the class. The learning process through technological advantages may involve traditional study in the classroom and e-learning combination environment which is also called as blended learning [2], [3].…”

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Learning Management System in Tourism Higher Education: Where can we go?

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2019

Proceedings of the 3rd International Seminar on Tourism (ISOT 2018)

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This research aims to examine the use of Learning Management system in tourism higher education by gaining perspectives from the lecturers as Generation Y and the Universities Students as generation Z. Analyzing views related to experiences and expectations of the learning system in the future. Focus group discussion and a semi-structured interview were conducted, followed by an extensive literature review. Lectures and students prefer to use blended class learning which combines traditional face to face attractive learning classroom and elearning management system as necessary enhancements. Most of the Lectures prefer to share the reading materials, upload and conduct the assignment from the online learning management system, but they still felt that it is better to discuss with students directly in the class. However, Students prefer to learn from the reading materials, consult the assignment and do interactive study in the classroom, but agree if they can download the documents online. The system would not replace the strong point of interactive learning in the class. Unaccustomed and incapability along with instability of the internet access became the obstacles. Meanwhile, most of them agree that the future of LMS must be easier to use through mobile learning devices.

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The Blended Learning Ecosystem of an Academic Institution in Greece

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Evaluating a learning management system for blended learning in Greek higher education

Evaluating a learning management system for blended learning in Greek higher education

A Framework for the Impact of Human Factors on the Effectiveness of Learning Management Systems

Learning Management System in Tourism Higher Education: Where can we go?

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