1. Digital experiences with Moodle at Divine Word University
A case study on student’s digital experiences with
Moodle at
Divine Word University
Authors: Kimberly Kobal and Iwona Kolodziejczyk, PhD

2. Outline Where is Divine Word University (DWU)?
Brief introduction about DWU Campus
Elaborate on the purpose of the study
Describe the methods used to conduct the survey
Elaborate in detail the responses from the survey

3. Where is Divine Word University?

4. 79 teaching staff for Undergraduate Programs
Our teaching Staff:
79 teaching staff for Undergraduate Programs
6 teaching staff for Full-Time Masters course
8 teaching staff for Post Graduate Courses- Flexible mode
Our students:
1586 Undergraduate Full-time students
8 Full-Time Masters students
Indefinite Post Graduate students
Moodle is used in DWU for the last 12 years. All staff and students have been trained.
Undergraduate full-time students use Moodle for exams and accessing resources.
Moodle is managed by the Centre for Learning and Teaching (CLT).
CLT provides assistance to both staff and student in the effective use of Moodle
We have 4 Faculties:
Faculty of Business & Informatics
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Faculty of Education

5. Purpose of the study
To evaluate the extent of DWU student’s digital experiences.
To explore how technology is used by DWU students to enhance their learning, with a special focus on the perception and use of Moodle.

6. Methods used Quantitative study Self-selection
Data collection through online questionnaire prepared with Google form
All full-time students enrolled in Moodle received an invitation to participate in the study with a link to the online questionnaire through sent from the news forum in Moodle
149 responses received
Invitation is still being circulated through this method

7. Responses from the survey (149)
Gender
Female – 56.4% (84)
Male – 43.6% (65)
Faculty
FASS –30.2% (45)
FBI – 37.6% (56)
FMHS – 30.2% (45)
FED – 2% (3)
Level of study
Year 1 – 33.6% (50)
Year 2 – 30.2% (45)
Year 3 – 18.1% (27)
Year 4 – 16.8% (25)
Masters – 1.3% (2)

8. Too simplistic - 9.4% - (14)
Just fine % - (133)
Too complicated - 1.3% - (2)

10. Student can also Configure, Hide and/or dock blocks
Student has the option to customize:
Dashboard
Profile page

11. Response for Q2 Yes- 61.7% - (92) No- 3.4% - (5)
I have never used it- 34.9% - (52)

13. Q3 elaborated further Responses 3- Agree 2 – Unsure 1 - Disagree
Responses
3- Agree
2 – Unsure
1 - Disagree 1
Moodle enables easy access to all course information
 139 6 4 2
Moodle enables me to stay organized in managing my academic work
 129
 18  2 3
Moodle platform is user-friendly
125 19 5
I would like Moodle to be used more by my lecturers and tutors
 122 25
Connectivity to Moodle server is good
107 21
Moodle enables easy management of course assessment
 106 30 13 7
I rely on it to complete my coursework
 100 8
Online feedback really helps me to improve 93 39 17 9
I enjoy using the collaborative features
 92 50 10
Online assessments were delivered well 88
 27 34 11
Online assessments were managed well 86 33 12
Online feedback is provided efficiently
 73 31 45
It provides everything I need to succeed in my course 72 48 29

15. Q4 elaborated further Activities Frequency Weekly or more
Activities
Frequency
Weekly or more
Monthly or less
Never 1.
Find information online
 119 26 1 2.
Produce work in a digital format
102 23 22 3.
Work online with others 60 50 34 4.
Create a formal record of your learning 55 49 43 5.
Use an educational game or simulation for learning 45 69 6.
Use a polling device or online quiz to give answers in class 33 64

17. Q5 elaborated further
Activities
In all units
In some units
Never 1.
File (resource files in formats: Word, PPT, PDF, etc.)
118 28 3 2.
Quiz 97 46 6 3.
Forum 87 49 13 4.
Feedback 74 68 7 5.
URL links to external resources 77 65 6.
Turnitin Assignment
 61 84 4 7.
Database 43 55 51 8.
Chat 45 57 47 9.
Attendance 40 63
10.
Workshop 9 35
105
11.
Wiki 15 83
12.
Choice 36 44 69
13.
Glossary 20
14.
Book (Moodle book is created as a resource) 38 56

18. Lessons learnt for Centre for Learning and Teaching
More focused training to be conducted for the teaching staff on the use of the various functions offered in Moodle.
Further training and mentoring for students on how to effectively use the different activities and resources in Moodle.