Barriers to a wider Implementation of LMS in Higher Education: a Swedish case study, 2006-2011

dc.creator	Ramón Garrote Jurado
dc.date	2013-07-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:45:15Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:45:15Z
dc.identifier	1860-7470
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/a5ecf30c06dd46e8b40afc54b1c0f2ae
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/23564
dc.description	This article investigates barriers to a wider utilization of a Learning Management System (LMS). The study aims to identify the reasons why some tools in the LMS are rarely used, in spite of assertions that the learning experience and students’ performance can be improved by interaction and collaboration, facilitated by the LMS. Lecturers’ perceptions about the use of LMSs over the last four years at the School of Engineering, University of Borås were investigated. Seventeen lecturers who were interviewed in 2006 were interviewed again in 2011. The lecturers’ still use the LMS primarily for distribution of documents and course administration. The results indicate that their attitudes have not changed significantly. The apparent reluctance to utilize interactive features in the LMS is analyzed, by looking at the expected impact on the lecturers’ work situation.The author argues that the main barrier to a wider utilization of LMS is the lecturers’ fear of additional demands on their time. Hence, if educational institutions want a wider utilization of LMS, some kind of incentives for lecturers are needed, in addition to support and training.
dc.language	English
dc.language	German
dc.publisher	FernUniversität Hagen, CampusSource
dc.relation	http://eleed.campussource.de/archive/9/3371
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1860-7470
dc.source	E-learning and Education, Vol 1, Iss 9 (2013)
dc.subject	E-learning
dc.subject	Learning Management Systems
dc.subject	LMS
dc.subject	Engineering Education
dc.subject	Educational Technology
dc.subject	Electronic computers. Computer science
dc.subject	QA75.5-76.95
dc.subject	Instruments and machines
dc.subject	QA71-90
dc.subject	Mathematics
dc.subject	QA1-939
dc.subject	Science
dc.subject	Q
dc.subject	DOAJ:Computer Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Electronic computers. Computer science
dc.subject	QA75.5-76.95
dc.subject	Instruments and machines
dc.subject	QA71-90
dc.subject	Mathematics
dc.subject	QA1-939
dc.subject	Science
dc.subject	Q
dc.subject	DOAJ:Computer Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Electronic computers. Computer science
dc.subject	QA75.5-76.95
dc.subject	Instruments and machines
dc.subject	QA71-90
dc.subject	Mathematics
dc.subject	QA1-939
dc.subject	Science
dc.subject	Q
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Electronic computers. Computer science
dc.subject	QA75.5-76.95
dc.subject	Instruments and machines
dc.subject	QA71-90
dc.subject	Mathematics
dc.subject	QA1-939
dc.subject	Science
dc.subject	Q
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Electronic computers. Computer science
dc.subject	QA75.5-76.95
dc.subject	Instruments and machines
dc.subject	QA71-90
dc.subject	Mathematics
dc.subject	QA1-939
dc.subject	Science
dc.subject	Q
dc.subject	Theory and practice of education
dc.subject	LB5-3640
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Barriers to a wider Implementation of LMS in Higher Education: a Swedish case study, 2006-2011
dc.type	article