USABILITY EVALUATION OF LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN A HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION: A SCALE DEVELOPMENT STUDY

Learning Management Systems (LMSs) are used in many higher education institutions today. These systems provide a significant contribution to the effectiveness of the educational processes. However, to select a proper system/software tool and to construct well the user-interface and the functions of the aforementioned tool are important issues. In order to accomplish these issues, the measurements related to the usability of tool are made. The empirical methods are the most often used measurement methods. In this study, a scale for evaluating the usability of LMS that has been in service as a testing system for two years in a higher education institution was developed, and the validity and the reliability of it were set forth. At the end of the study, it is assessed that the newly developed scale can be used and easily applicable in order to evaluate the usability of LMS.

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