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Usability issues in Learning Management Systems (LMS)

Issue title: IEA 2012: 18th World congress on Ergonomics - Designing a sustainable future

Article type: Research Article

Authors: de Porto Alegre Muniz, Maria Isabella | de Moraes, Anamaria

Affiliations: Arts and Design Department, PUC-Rio - Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro R. Marquês de São Vicente, 225, Prédio Frings: sala 713F, Gávea, Rio de Janeiro-RJ, Brasil, 22453-900 Cx. Postal: 38097

Note: [] mariaisabellamuniz@gmail.com

Note: [] moraergo@puc-rio.br

Keywords: usability, human computer interaction, distance education, learning management systems, content analysis

DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-0250-832

Journal: Work, vol. 41, no. Supplement 1, pp. 832-837, 2012

Published: 2012
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Abstract

This project is about the usability of Learning Management Systems (LMS), focusing on the specific case of the open source system Moodle. Specifically, this project is about communication and collaboration tools that are used by teachers on the system. This study investigates whether usability problems hamper the use teachers make of these tools. Focused interviews were conducted with professionals working in distance education and the answers of the respondents were subjected to techniques of content analysis in order to obtain data for developing the tools needed to prove the hypothesis.

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