Analysis of university faculty performance in the use of MOODLE through data mining techniques: training needs proposals

Authors

  • Pedro Ernesto Camacho Chacón Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
  • Alfredo Zapata González Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
  • Víctor Hugo Menéndez Domínguez Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
  • Pedro José Canto Herrera Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
Keywords: Data Processing, Data Interpretation, Technology Uses in Education

Abstract

The Learning Management Systems are used by numerous higher education institutions to organize and distribute online courses, becoming a valuable knowledge source of the students and teachers activity. This work is oriented to the performance analysis of 484 educators at the Autonomous University of Yucatan (Mexico) during the period January - July 2016, who used the MOODLE platform as a technological support to their teaching activity, in order to identify their behavior patterns in the use of the activities and resources that this technological tool contains. The activity of the teachers in the "UADY Virtual" platform was analyzed through the Knowledge Discovery in Databases Method (KDD), generating mutually exclusive groups, association and classification rules that establish educators profiles and tools that should be promoted in schemes training. Additionally, a statistical analysis of the use of the platform was made. It was determined that there are no significant differences in the use of the MOODLE platform and the teacher's knowledge area, which means that the way in which teachers interact with "UADY Virtual" is the same for all areas of knowledge.

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Published
28-11-2018
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Camacho Chacón, P. E., Zapata González, A., Menéndez Domínguez, V. H., & Canto Herrera, P. J. (2018). Analysis of university faculty performance in the use of MOODLE through data mining techniques: training needs proposals. Distance Education Journal, 18(58). Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/red/article/view/351411
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