The learning management system: Variables that determine its use

Journal Title: Apertura - Year 2019, Vol 11, Issue 2

Abstract

Teachers consider the Virtual Learning Environment a technological tool with strong didactic potential. This perception is validated by the frequency of its use both in technical and didactic spheres, which frequently interweave with each other. The main assumption of our research is that those technical and pedagogical competences of the digital tools have promoted the use of the Virtual Learning Environment (AVA) in class causing a change of the methodology used as a result. The study is a non-experimental one but an ex post facto with non-probabilistic sampling. The survey was carried out on a population of 640 teachers of a professional technical higher education institution in Chile. The results showed that, in order to incorporate digital tools into their educational practice, teachers should emphasize the didactic domain of those device over the technical one. In conclusion, it has been highlighted that the teaching staff uses AVA mainly to accomplish administrative tasks to the detriment of the didactic use.

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Annachiara Del Prete, Julio Cabero Almenara

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  • EP ID EP646080
  • DOI 10.32870/Ap.v11n2.1521
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Annachiara Del Prete, Julio Cabero Almenara (2019). The learning management system: Variables that determine its use. Apertura, 11(2), 138-153. https://www.europub.co.uk/articles/-A-646080