An E-Learning Monitoring System: Case Study
Recently, in modern universities, e-learning is an important technology that can improve the quality of teaching and enhance the academic profile of universities. Monitoring the use of e-learning in teaching and learning activities at an university can be used to measure the user participation level of the e-learning system, provide the university with valuable data to guide policy decision making and encourage the participation of lecturers in the e-learning system. This study is focused on the design of a management tool using a web-based interface that will monitor the lecturers’ participation and provide appropriate report for top management on the usage of the e-learning system. This tool is integrated with the e-learning system at Sultan Agung Islamic University (UNISSULA). To measure the user participation level, the study examines in detail types of activity the e-learning, such as lecturer visit, student visit, publish online test, course outline, discussion, and another learning unit visited by users. Index participation level is formulated using weighted average technique which calculates by multiplying each number by a weight of types, adding the results together, and dividing the total by the sum of the weights. Recognition from report generated by the system indirectly encourages user participation and therefore improves the quality of teaching and learning.
Keywords: E-learning, Monitoring System, User Participation, Weighted Average
Azizah Abdul Rahman
Head of Information Systems Department, Information Systems Department, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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Muhammad Qomaruddin
Lecturer, Sultan Agung Islamic University (UNISSULA), Sultan Agung Islamic University (UNISSULA)
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Ref: LS7P0095