Levels of Moodle Use to Support University Face-to-Face Teaching

Abstract

Educational platforms such as Moodle have become ubiquitous tools in universities around the world. They are often the technological basis for online and mixed teaching-learning processes, as well as a key tool in supporting face-to-face teaching-learning processes. This is the context for this paper. The aim is to find the levels of Moodle use in undergraduate face-to-face teaching at the University of Deusto, and to analyze its relationship with other factors such as the faculty, teaching experience, previous experience with Moodle, and specialist training received. A questionnaire was designed and sent to a sample of 100 lecturers from five different faculties. Five levels of lecturers' use of Moodle were obtained by using a quantitative methodology and applying cluster analysis. The results showed a relatively limited use, since more than two-third of lecturers reported they used Moodle to distribute teaching materials, send messages to the news forum, and manage tasks without feedback, all of which were at the individual student level and not involving student groups.