TY  - JOUR
T1  - AN EVALUATION OF VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS IN THREE OPEN UNIVERSITIES IN ASIA
AU  - Fıgueroa Jr., Roberto B.
AU  - Mır, Kamran
AU  - Zuhaırı, Aminudin
PY  - 2024
DA  - January
DO  - 10.17718/tojde.1219386
JF  - Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education
JO  - TOJDE
PB  - Anadolu University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1302-6488
SP  - 200
EP  - 212
VL  - 25
IS  - 1
LA  - en
AB  - Open universities have provided quality higher education through open and distance education to serve learners who could not attend traditional in-person universities. While open universities vary in terms of providing their services to learners at a distance, many have shifted to e-learning using  cost-effective platforms.  A common platform that is essential for online teaching and learning is the learning management system (LMS). While there are common processes observed among open universities in the way they use their LMS, there are also subtle differences caused by each institution’s unique and special context. Their contextual challenges often drive them to develop technologies or techniques that may easily be adopted by others.  Thus, benchmarking activities are often recommended for mutual improvement. In this regard, a comparative study of open universities in Indonesia, the Philippines, and Pakistan was conducted for decision-makers to understand how they could improve in providing quality education to their learners through Moodle, which is their primary LMS. The Delone and Mclean Model was used to systematically compare system, information, and service quality in e-learning delivered through their LMS.  The authors hope that the results and recommendations from this study may help other educational institutions overcome similar challenges in their learning platforms.
KW  - Learning Management System
KW  - Moodle
KW  - Delone and McLean Model
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.17718/tojde.1219386
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/2833342
ER  -