学习管理系统的社会性交互功能比较——基于对Blackboard、Moodle、Sakai的调查与使用体验

Comparison with the Social Interactive Functions of Learning Management System—— Based on the survey and user experience of Blackboard,Moodle and Sakai

教育信息化的快速发展对技术支持的学习环境提出了更高的要求。学习管理系统集教学、学习与管理功能于一身,为辅助教师开展教学活动,以及实现教学交互提供了有力的技术支持。通过对国际和国内使用较为广泛的Blackboard、Moodle和Sakai三款学习管理系统在社会性交互方面的比较发现,三款学习管理系统在支持学习者与教师间的交互方面主要体现在通知、日程、作业、成绩簿、内置邮件、投票、测验等模块,在支持学习者与学习者间的交互方面主要体现在聊天室、讨论区、Wiki、内置邮件等模块。三款学习管理系统在细节设置上各有特色:Sakai的通知和日历功能最为强大,Moodle和Sakai支持在线协作编辑;Moodle在论坛模块的用户界面呈现良好、使用便捷;Blackboard能够方便地支持用户角色设置。因此,教师在选择学习管理系统时,应充分挖掘各类系统的特色功能,综合运用多种交互工具,整合各种教学系统,使之能更好地促进远程学习者的有效交互和有效学习。

The rapid development of educational informatization presents higher requirements on technology-supported learning environment. Learning ~nanagement system consists of teaching, learning and management functions, which provides strong technical support for teachers to carry out instructional activities and interactive activities. Comparing the social interactions of Blackboard, Moodle and Sakai, three learuing management systems whicb are widely used at home and aboard, we tound that the interactions between teachers amt learners are mainly shown in the modules, such as notice, schedule, homework, grade book, e-mail, voting, quiz and so on. And the interactions among learners are mainly shown in the modules of chat room, forum, Wiki and e-mail. However, the three LMSs have their own characteristics in detail setting： notice and calendar functions of Sakai prove to be the most powerful： online collaborative editing can be supported by both Moodle and Sakai： the user interface of Moodle forum exhibits well and is easy to use; Blackboard can conveniently facilitate the setting of user role. Therefore, in the choice of LMS, teachers should thoroughly weigh the features of various systems, have a comprehensive application of various interactive tools and integrate different kinds of teaching systems to promote distance learners to be more effective in terms of interaction and learning.