Wambua, Anthony W; Maake, Benard(IST-Africa Institute and IIMC, 2021)
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Abstract:
Student engagement is an overarching problem in the learning context that
instructors continue to grapple with. Several attempts that utilize features within the
Learning Management Systems (LMSs) have been made to increase student
engagement and motivation for online courses. This paper presents the findings of
the adoption of completion tracking and conditional activities to enhance
engagement in Moodle, a leading LMS. To investigate the effectiveness and the
potential of completion tracking and conditional activities in enhancing engagement,
data was collected from 90 students across four courses, further Moodle logs were
examined. The research findings indicate completion tracking and conditional
activities significantly increase learner engagement in online classes. These findings
have significant implications on instructors conducting online classes and the
development of student engagement for online courses. The present research fulfills
the need to study how completion tracking and conditional activities features can be
used to enhance learner engagement in Moodle LMS.