Share Paper: What makes an LMS useful for a teacher?

  1. Fatih Demir, Northern Illinois University, United States
  2. Fahad Alenezi, Northern Illinois University, United States
  3. Charmaine Bruce-Kotey, Northern Illinois University, United States
Wednesday, October 17 11:50 AM-12:10 PM Las Vegas Ballroom 3

Abstract: The main goal of this research is to gain a deeper understanding of teachers’ use of LMSs, how they use it, if/to what extend the LMS is usable, and the most frequently used feature/functionality of it. Pre-service teachers (N=98) are offered a course that they should use an LMS, either one of Canvas, Blackboard, Sakai or Moodle, to fully design a course and deliver content to their students. The pre-service teachers participated in a survey study and posted a reflection paper distinguishing their experience with the LMS that they used. Applying methods of content analysis survey, written reflection as well ...