DIGITAL LIBRARY
SOME EXPERIENCE WITH E-LEARNING SUPPORT OF EDUCATION IN THE UNIVERSITY ENVIRONMENT
Žilinská Univerzita (SLOVAKIA)
About this paper:
Appears in: EDULEARN17 Proceedings
Publication year: 2017
Pages: 3648-3654
ISBN: 978-84-697-3777-4
ISSN: 2340-1117
doi: 10.21125/edulearn.2017.1791
Conference name: 9th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies
Dates: 3-5 July, 2017
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Abstract:
Development of Internet as well as another information and communication technologies brings many changes, which must be adapted to organizations, citizens, governments, universities and the society. Gradual implementation of ICT in the citizen´s daily life changes view and requirement on provided services. There is a shift away from traditional forms of learning to electronic forms of learning, and consequently to e-learning. E-learning is a very current and discussed topic at universities in the Slovak republic, but also abroad. Integrated information system of the university generally belongs to the open-source systems. The system includes separate information systems and subsystems that are connected to each other. Information system also includes e-learning. In this paper is discussed an e-learning system of one of the public universities in Slovakia - University of Zilina. A representative survey among students of the University was currently conducted to above issue. The contribution presents the results of research on students' satisfaction – opinion of users of LMS Moodle system. This system is used at the university, where studying nearly 9,000 students. As greatest benefits are considered electronic materials available and unrestricted access, also we identified other survey results and conclusions.
Keywords:
e-learning, LMS Moodle system, user opinion, university students.