Teachers’ perceptions of their use of moodle in higher education

• Pablo Maraver-López ^[1] ; Cristina Nunes ^[2] ; Ángel Hernando-Gómez ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de Huelva

     Universidad de Huelva

     Huelva, España

     
  2. [2] Research Center for Spatial and Organizational Dynamics (CIEO)-University of Algarve
• Localización: Proceedings of the International Congress on Interdisciplinarity in Social and Human Sciences.5th - 6th May 2016 / Saul Neves de Jesus (ed. lit.), Patrícia Pinto (ed. lit.), 2016, ISBN 978-989-8472-82-3, págs. 296-303
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • It is a fact that there is an increasing number of university teachers using information and communicationtechnologies in their daily academic activities. In this respect, Moodle is a learning management system with numerouspossibilities for the teaching / learning process in higher education. This study shows the perceptions about the useof Moodle as a virtual learning environment by the teachers from the University of Huelva (Spain) and the Universityof Algarve (Portugal). The main objective of this research is to understand and analyze the perceptions of universityteachers about their skills for the use of Moodle in their teaching. For this, a questionnaire has been designed anda sample of teachers from both universities has been surveyed. From the data obtained and the review of currentliterature, a number of profiles and needs to keep in mind when using Moodle as a tool for teaching / learning inhigher education are highlighted.