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@article{Dimitrios2020,

title = {A framework for assessing LMSs e-courses content type compatibility with learning styles dimensions},

author = {Kouis, Dimitrios and Kyprianos, Konstantinos and Ermidou, P. and Kaimakis, P. and Koulouris, Alexandros},

url = {http://www.je-lks.org/ojs/index.php/Je-LKS_EN/article/view/1135204},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.20368/1971-8829/1135204},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-05-13},

journal = {Journal of E-Learning and Knowledge Society},

volume = {16},

number = {2},

pages = {73-86},

abstract = {During the past few decades, it seems that personalizing and adjusting the e-courses’ content based on individual learning styles is rather important. Indeed, several studies have been carried out throughout the years regarding the a priori personalization and adjustment of e-courses systems. This way modern LMSs (Learning Management Systems) could identify beforehand the learning styles of the e-course attendants and adjust the lesson content flow and type based on personal learning styles. Nevertheless, little bibliography exists on how to assess the compatibility level between educational content and learning styles dimensions of an LMS, in a real-life environment.  With the above thoughts in mind, the current work attempts to introduce and verify an innovative framework for the students' learning styles and e-courses compatibility assessment, based on the content type and volume. The proposed framework is validated through its application at an LMS in a real-life academic environment. Such an approach could be very beneficial for already deployed e-courses on LMSs that aim to differentiate educational content provision based on users’ profiles.},

keywords = {e-course, fsls, learning styles, LMS, moodle},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{Alexandros2019,

title = {Evaluation of the Archival, Library and Information Studies Department eClass at University of West Attica},

author = {Koulouris, Alexandros},

url = {http://ejournals.uniwa.gr/index.php/JIIM/article/view/4418},

doi = {https://doi.org/10.26265/jiim.v4i2.4418},

year  = {2019},

date = {2019-12-15},

journal = {Journal of Integrated Information Management},

volume = {4},

number = {2},

pages = {7-15},

abstract = {Purpose - This paper presents and discusses the main results of a survey concerning students and faculty (academic staff) evaluation of the eClass of the Department of Archival, Library & Information Studies, University of West Attica, with the use of online questionnaire. The survey was conducted in October 2019 and it is a comparative study of a previous research-survey (about the eClass) of 2012.



Design/methodology/approach - The questionnaire, consisted of open and closed-ended questions, and were sent respectively to the undergraduate and postgraduate students and the faculty’s staff (or professors) of the Department. As a result, 275 valid answers (233 undergraduates and 42 postgraduates’ valid responses) translated to a net response rate of 39%, while the faculty survey returned 29 valid answers with a 100% participation rate.



Findings - The findings demonstrate that the students and the faculty agree that the eClass is essential for the Department’s courses and program (undergraduate and postgraduate). The communication and the interactions between the eClass platform and the users (faculty and students) has been very well established. Finally, the more interesting result that revealed from the regression analysis that was conducted, is that the more recent registration by the users (student and faculty), the more they visit the platform (eClass) and the higher they appreciated the system’s functionalities aspect.



Originality/value – Useful findings were extracted regarding the evaluation of ALIS Dept eClass, after (almost) ten years of implementation. Useful comparison was made with the previous evaluation in 2012 and joined results extracted. The opinions gathered from the undergraduate and postgraduates’ students, and the faculty, reveal that the strategic goal of the ALIS Dept to use the eClass as a centralized component for the studies in the Dept, is a sophisticated choice.},

keywords = {e-class, e-learning, evaluation, information policy, moodle, students, surveys},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}