Sharing instructors experience of learning management system: A technology perspective of user satisfaction in distance learning course
The use of educational technology increased rapidly in higher education. Learning Management System (LMS) is the most popular educational technology system used in distance learning. There are only a few studies have been carried out to measure instructors satisfaction in distance learning courses, although instructors satisfaction is considered as very important for the course involvement and increasing the students interactions with the course content. Hence, this study proposed a detailed framework to measure instructors' satisfaction of using LMS. The findings prove that perceived usefulness and service quality are taking the highest share on affecting the instructor satisfactions. This study limited to higher education's instructors and used a questionnaire survey to collect the data. Hence, the LMS should be designed based on the needs of the instructors as well as the students, by adopting the latest technologies. In the contrary, building LMS without taking the instructors' satisfaction into account will affect negatively the distance learning course outcomes. An instructors satisfaction model built as an epitome of previous research in the field.The critical success factors that influencing the instructors satisfaction are identified.Evaluation criteria that reveal the effectiveness of LMS is discussed.Universities must satisfying instructors needs by providing supported technology.Designing the LMS based on instructors needs and latest technologies is essential.
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