Professional paper
https://doi.org/10.32633/eb.3.7
Effect of the frequency of access to e-content of biology on the educational outcomes
Daniela Novoselić
orcid.org/0000-0002-8090-897X
; ALFA d.d., Zagreb, Croatia
Mila Bulić
; University of Split, Faculty of Philosophy, Split, Croatia
Abstract
The aim of this research was to investigate the frequency of access of teaching contents of biology and the students’ educational outcomes using the Moodle system, through its integration in eight grade biology lessons in "The human body, reproduction and development". The study was conducted among 14th year old students who have not had any experience in e- learning in two eighth grades in one elementary school. The following hypothesis was set: if throughout the period of a five-week study of biology students frequently access the teaching contents of biology in the Moodle system, their educational outcomes will be greater. The study was conducted using questionnaires with questions to which answers were possible within 5-point Likert scales. The first questionnaire was given before the learning process and aimed to obtain information about what the students know and how they feel about e-learning, as well as what their expectations were of this learning method. The second questionnaire was given at the end of the e-learning process in order to record the students' experiences on the efficiency of using Moodle as a learning tool as well as their overall satisfaction of learning instructional content using the Moodle system. E-learning had fulfilled the students’ expectations regarding the clarity and appeal of the lessons themselves as well as any pertaining issues, such as clarity of the main menu and the integration of images and movies. The analysis of the frequency of access to teaching content showed that students who have accessed the educational content more often achieved better results in the final written exam. The students did not actively access the teaching contents of biology using the Moodle system in periods when there was no teaching in the IT classroom.
Keywords
e-learning; Moodle; students’ expectations; educational outcomes; eight grade biology lessons in "The human body, reproduction and development"
Hrčak ID:
192685
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Publication date:
27.12.2017.
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