Teaching Project Management Using an Online Project Management Software: Implications for Student Satisfaction and Interaction

Abstract

This paper examines the implementation of an online Project management software (OPMS), in the context of teaching Project management, with 90 undergraduate students from two universities. The OPMS enabled students to interact, to go over the course content, to share files, to get timely feedback, to schedule their study, to discuss within or among study groups and to make use of other opportunities while learning via the web. The paper focused on the effects of this educational implementation, during four months, on student satisfaction and interaction. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected and analyzed separately and the results regarding student satisfaction and interaction were presented and compared. Findings reveal that the implementation was found to be valuable in terms of facilitating student satisfaction, student-student interaction and student-teacher interaction.

Keywords

• project,online interaction

Proje Yönetimi Öğretiminde Çevrimiçi Proje Yönetimi Yazılımı Kullanılmasının Öğrenci Memnuniyeti ve Etkileşim Üzerindeki Etkileri

Abstract

Bu çalışmada, iki üniversiteden 90 lisans öğrencisine çevrimiçi bir proje yönetim yazılımı üzerinden proje yönetimi eğitimi verilerek bu uygulamanın etkileri incelenmiştir. Web temelli bu yazılım üzerinden öğrencilere çevrimiçi etkileşim, ders içeriğine erişim, dosya paylaşımı, zamanında geribildirim alma, çalışma takvimi oluşturma, grup içi veya gruplar arası tartışmalar yapabilme vb. olanaklar sunulmuştur. Çalışmada dört ay süren bu uygulamanın öğrenci memnuniyeti ve etkileşim üzerindeki etkileri incelenmiştir. Süreçte nicel ve nitel veriler toplanarak ayrı ayrı analiz edilmiş ve analiz sonuçları ışığında öğrenci memnuniyeti ve etkileşime ilişkin bulgular sunularak karşılaştırılmıştır. Araştırma bulguları çevrimiçi proje yönetim yazılımı üzerinden gerçekleştirilen bu uygulamanın öğrenci memnuniyeti, öğrenci-öğrenci ve öğrenci-öğretim elemanı etkileşimi açılarından olumlu ve faydalı sonuçlar doğurduğunu ortaya koymuştur.

Keywords

• proje,çevrimiçi etkileşim

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