Using Learning Management System to Motivate Merchant Ship Crew to Learn Maritime English

Abstract

This paper evaluates the uses of the Learning Management System (LMS) in motivating merchant ship crew members to learn Maritime English. The study was conducted in February 2022 on 26 participants who were undertaking the Ratings’ Maritime English course at a premier maritime education and training institution in Malaysia. The findings of the quantitative study which used the Instructional Materials Motivational Survey showed that there was a medium to high level of motivation in all evaluated domains of the Attention, Relevance, Confidence and Satisfaction Model of Motivation. Further Pearson correlation indicated that there were significant correlations between the good organization of the LMS content with learners’ confidence and between the layout of the LMS with learners’ enjoyment learning the lesson. These findings help to further improve the delivery of the course and the development of LMS especially in features that could enhance learners’ motivation to learn Maritime English in asynchronous mode.