ERIC Number: EJ1052927
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009
Pages: 8
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ISSN: ISSN-1942-2504
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Transitioning from Blackboard to Moodle--Course Management Software: Faculty and Student Opinions
Payette, Dennis L.; Gupta, Rakesh
American Journal of Business Education, v2 n9 p67-74 2009
Colleges and universities have increasingly invested in specialized software and hardware designed to enhance and facilitate the instructional process for faculty and students. One type of technological assistance is commonly known as course management software (CMS). Once learned, these CMS packages can greatly enhance and enrich the classroom experience and provide internet based access to course materials, assignments, grades, supplementary materials, such as quizzes, PPTs, and study aids. Like all moderately complex software packages (Blackboard is proprietary software and Moodle is open source software), there is a learning curve involved in mastering the functionality of each CMS. This paper examines the process of changing from one type of CMS (Blackboard) to another (Moodle). Faulty (FT & PT) and students (graduate & undergraduate) were surveyed to obtain opinions about the transition from one CMS system to another. The goal is to identify issues that may be addressed by targeted training and insights which would improve the transition process.
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Database Management Systems, Educational Technology, Technology Planning, Courseware, Usability, Organizational Change, College Students, College Faculty, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Questionnaires, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software Evaluation, Participant Satisfaction, Online Vendors, Open Source Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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