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This page describes why Moodle is used for educational research and what research activities take place in the Moodle community. | This page describes why Moodle is used for educational research and what research activities take place in the Moodle community. | ||
== | == How Moodle Supports Research == | ||
There are a number of reasons Moodle is chosen as a platform for educational research. | There are a number of reasons Moodle is chosen as a platform for educational research. | ||
* '''Aligned with academic ethos'''<br>The open source nature of Moodle, as a software project and community, | * '''Aligned with academic ethos'''<br>The open source nature of Moodle, as a software project and community, fits well with the transparency needed in academic research. | ||
* '''Extensible for research'''<br>Because Moodle can be customised, it can be used for experiments and data gathering, which would not be as easily conducted in other systems. A plugin created for research on one instance can be shared and used on another system easily. | * '''Extensible for research'''<br>Because Moodle can be customised, it can be used for experiments and data gathering, which would not be as easily conducted in other systems. A plugin created for research on one instance can be shared and used on another system easily. | ||
* '''Common framework'''<br> Because Moodle is freely available and more featured than other Learning Management Systems, it is often chosen as a framework for collaborative research across institutions/organisations. Research conducted on one instance of Moodle, with or without customisations, can be easily replicated on another instance. | * '''Common framework'''<br> Because Moodle is freely available and more featured than other Learning Management Systems, it is often chosen as a framework for collaborative research across institutions/organisations. Research conducted on one instance of Moodle, with or without customisations, can be easily replicated on another instance. | ||
== Discussing Moodle research == | == Discussing Moodle research == | ||
* [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=8205 Moodle Research forum] | * [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=8205 Moodle Research forum] | ||
* [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=8044 Analytics and Reporting forum] | * [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=8044 Analytics and Reporting forum] | ||
== Moodle research publications == | == Moodle research publications == | ||
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* Theses | * Theses | ||
* Other works of research | * Other works of research | ||
== Research activities related Moodle == | == Research activities related Moodle == | ||
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* [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=316811 A Usability study was conducted on Moodle 2.9] | * [https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=316811 A Usability study was conducted on Moodle 2.9] | ||
* [http://collaborate.athenpro.org/group/moodle/ Moodle Accessibility Collaboration Group] | * [http://collaborate.athenpro.org/group/moodle/ Moodle Accessibility Collaboration Group] | ||
* [https://moodle.org/project_inspire Moodle Inspire] provides a framework to conduct academic research within Moodle | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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* [[:en:Logging|Logging]] | * [[:en:Logging|Logging]] | ||
* [[Learning_Analytics_Specification|Learning Analytics API specification]] | * [[Learning_Analytics_Specification|Learning Analytics API specification]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Events API|Events specification]] | ||
* [[Logging_2|Logging specification]] | * [[Logging_2|Logging specification]] | ||
* [[reportbuilder/API|Report Builder API specification]] | * [[reportbuilder/API|Report Builder API specification]] | ||
Revision as of 13:14, 12 March 2021
This page describes why Moodle is used for educational research and what research activities take place in the Moodle community.
How Moodle Supports Research
There are a number of reasons Moodle is chosen as a platform for educational research.
- Aligned with academic ethos
The open source nature of Moodle, as a software project and community, fits well with the transparency needed in academic research. - Extensible for research
Because Moodle can be customised, it can be used for experiments and data gathering, which would not be as easily conducted in other systems. A plugin created for research on one instance can be shared and used on another system easily. - Common framework
Because Moodle is freely available and more featured than other Learning Management Systems, it is often chosen as a framework for collaborative research across institutions/organisations. Research conducted on one instance of Moodle, with or without customisations, can be easily replicated on another instance.
Discussing Moodle research
Moodle research publications
The Moodle Research Library exists as a repository for published research related to Moodle. The repository contains research outputs relevant to the Moodle project and the works of Moodle's community of users.
- Journal articles
- Conference proceedings papers
- Papers written to complement MoodleMoot presentations
- Theses
- Other works of research
Moodle community members come together to share research activities in a person in a number of ways.
- Working Groups
- Moodle Conferences
- Moodle Research Conferences were held in 2012 and 2013
- Research is presented at MoodleMoots around the world.
- A Usability study was conducted on Moodle 2.9
- Moodle Accessibility Collaboration Group
- Moodle Inspire provides a framework to conduct academic research within Moodle
