CAPÍTULO 1. MARCO TEÓRICO
2.4. Ámbitos de gestión docente
Introduction
To test the accessibility of the materials uploaded on the Moodle site used as the Learning Management System for the blended learning approach, a pilot study was conducted on business education students outside the study‟s population. The parts of the LMS that needed to be tested were:
1) Enrolment methods 2) Checking the videos
3) Accessing the reading materials 4) Attempting the test
5) Making comments on the discussion forum 6) Downloading the Mobile Moodle App Statement of the Problem
Inability of students to access the Moodle site will hinder the workability of the site and hence the experiment will be fruitless. The enrolment procedure, accessing online content, assessing the online test should not be a challenge for the students in the experimental group. If students are not able to access the site either via a web browser or through their mobile devices, then the experiment will not be successful, hence the need for this pilot study.
Purpose of the Study
The purpose of this pilot study was to:
1) Find out if the enrolment method selected is functional.
2) Find out if students can access the online videos.
3) Find out if students can access the reading materials 4) Find out if students can access the online test.
5) Find out if students can make comments on the discussion forum 6) Find out if students can download the Mobile Moodle App Methodology
The pilot study was conducted on 10 Post graduate students who are not part of the population for the main study. The emails of the students were collected, with their consent, and they were enrolled into the course by the researcher. The students were asked to access the reading materials, videos and the learning content for each of the lessons. The researcher used a checklist to collect data from the pilot study.
The checklist was designed based on the elements of the Moodle site and the requirements of the pilot study. When a student accessed a function on the Moodle site, a good tick () was written across the item on the checklist while a bad tick () was placed across the item. Frequency counts and percentages were used to analyze the data collected.
Figure 12: Flow Chart for Pilot Study
To determine the feasibility of the study
1) Invite 10 students to participate in the study.
2) Collect their emails
3) Download the Moodle App into their android phones
Observe the download process
To test enrollment
process The researcher enrolls the students on
the Moodle site and an email is automatically sent the students
Observe the download process
To test access to learning materials videos and other learning content
Students are asked to access the test, videos and other learning content
Observe whether the students were able to access the learning content
To test accessibility to discussion forum
Students were asked to make comment on the discussion forum.
Observe if the discussion forum is functional.
Pilot Process Observe
Results
The results of the study are presented below:
Table 5: Pilot test results showing the functionality of the enrollment process
Section A Enrollment Method
Download
Moodle App
Received
enrollment E-mail
Logged into the class
Respondent 1
Respondent 2
Respondent 3
Respondent 4
Respondent 5
Respondent 6
Respondent 7
Respondent 8
Respondent 9
Respondent 10
Percentage 10% 100% 100%
The results indicate that only 10 percent of the respondents could download the mobile Moodle app, 100 percent received enrollment e-mails and were able to log in to the class through a Laptop or desktop computer.
Table 6: Pilot test results showing the respondents' ability to access online content
Section B Accessing online Content
Online Reading
Materials Online Videos Pre-test Post-test
Commenting on
Discussion Forum
Respondent 1
Respondent 2
Respondent 3
Respondent 4
Respondent 5
Respondent 6
Respondent 7
Respondent 8
Respondent 9
Respondent 10
100% 100% 90% 0% 100%
The results indicate that all the respondents could read the online materials posted on the site, watch online videos and post comments on the discussion forum. 90%
of the respondents were able to take to the pre-test and none of the respondents could access the post-test activity on the Moodle site.
Summary of Findings
Summarily the results of the pilot test showed that:
1. The enrolment method selected for the site is functional 2. Students can access the online videos
3. Students can access the reading materials
4. Students can only access the pre-test but they cannot access the post-test.
5. Students can make comments on the discussion forum
6. Students cannot download the Moodle Mobile App Recommended Actions
Based on the findings of the pilot test, the following actions were recommended:
1. The site administrator should reconfigure the Moodle Mobile App settings on the Moodle site (https://rsudbe.com.ng) to enable students to download the app on their phones and log in to the class from their mobile phones.
2. Activate the Post-test so that it will be assessable to students (this will be hidden from the actual students undergoing the experiment until the 7th week of the course).