TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS ABOUT THE USE OF LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC CONSIDERING DATA SCIENCE

Year 2024, Volume: 25 Issue: 1, 260 - 272, 01.01.2024

Ricardo Adán Salas-rueda , Clara Alvarado-zamorano

https://doi.org/10.17718/tojde.1090350

Abstract

Technological advances such as Learning Management System (LMS) are changing the teaching-learning conditions, organization of school activities and functions of educators. In particular, the use of LMS in the educational field is necessary due to the appearance of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. This quantitative research analyzes the teachers' perception about the use of LMS during the COVID-19 pandemic considering data science. The sample is 115 teachers from the National Autonomous University of Mexico. These teachers took the “Classroom of the Future 2020” Diploma in order to create new educational spaces. The results of the machine learning technique indicate that the performance of the school activities in LMS positively influences the learning process, motivation and participation of the students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Also, the decision tree technique identifies three predictive models about the use of this technological tool in the educational field considering the academic level and sex of the teachers. In conclusion, educators can improve the learning conditions, organize creative activities inside and outside the classroom, achieve the innovation in the educational context and build virtual spaces through LMS.

Keywords

Learning Management System, teaching, learning, data science, COVID-19

Thanks

This work was supported by UNAM-DGAPA-PAPIME (Project Support Program to Innovate and Improve Education): PE106420 (El Aula del Futuro del CCH Vallejo), PE102920 (El Aula del Futuro del Instituto de Geofísica), PE106419 (El Aula del Futuro: de la Escuela Nacional Preparatoria 7), PE314819 (SUAyED de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras), PE306619 (El Aula del Futuro: SUA de la Facultad de Psicología) and PE104720 (El Aula del Futuro del Instituto de Geología). Likewise, the support provided by the National School of Social Work and Faculty of Arts and Design is appreciated.

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