Optimization and evaluation of the Continental Virtual Platform to improve virtual tutoring management
Abstract
Objectives: Develop informatics improvements and evaluate the Continental Virtual Academic Platform (PAVC), based in Moodle to optimize virtual tutoring management in the e-Learning programs that are offered by the postgraduate school of the Continental University - Lima subsidiary. Methods: Improvements took place in a software level in the Virtual Platform Moodle, then, because of it is an exploratory research with pre experimental design and with two groups and post test, an instrument application was realized that allows measure users perception. Results: The remainder number send by the tutor was increased from 13% to 31%, the automatic report of activities compliance was increased from 6 to 10 informs, decreased the desertions number because of opportune communication and attention from 15 to 5 and the increase from 19% to 100% of students that participate on the online survey; respect to the administrative people inmersed on these programs, 100% manifested their agreement with the automatic processing of survey results, 100% manifested that having informs and reports on a short time, let them to act opportunely to solve students problems or consults, derived by the tutor. Conclusions: The informatics improvements implemented permitted to the tutor comply a more efficient role, so that the implemented on-line surveys establish the principal investigation contribution because of the obtained results.References
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