Ryan A. Ebardo info@ryanebardo Arlene Mae C. Valderama arlene.valderama@jru

1. The Effect of Web-Based Learning Management System on Knowledge Acquisition of Information Technology Students at Jose Rizal University Ryan A. Ebardo info@ryanebardo.com Arlene Mae C. Valderama arlene.valderama@jru.edu Computer Science Department, Jose Rizal University Mandaluyong City, Philippines

2. The Study: Piloting an E-Learning system in HEI • Introduce E-Learning at Jose Rizal University • Installation, deployment and maintenance of an LMS • Identify the effect on students learning outcomes • Highlight the challenges in institutionalizing E-Learning

3. Introduction • The growing adoption of Learning Management Systems in Philippine colleges and universities has been seen notably as many desired to be in the trend of consolidation and providing a single infrastructure to manage learning and training. • A web based LMS for Jose Rizal University, an institution that cares about good education is a better alternative as an enabling technology that provides the platform to management, delivery and tracking of blended learning inside the classroom / to students who belong to the low and the middle class.

4. LMS and the Philippine Higher Education • The increase in ICT usage in higher education in the past years led to several projects attempting to integrate LMS within the learning environment. • Although unstable to early adopters, analysts of E-learning implementations in Philippine institutions are now optimistic to the idea of its enabling technologies, particularly the LMS.

5. Selecting the Right LMS Tool for Jose Rizal University • The researchers selected MOODLE. • JRU has always been in the line of granting quality service to its students. There has been recent increase in network bandwidth, launching of campus WiFi, and the integration of open source technologies.

6. LMS PILOT DEPLOYMENT • Accessible online via www.csdeptjru.info • Allowed student access to course resources • Provided a Web-Based environment for assessment attempts • Interaction among students and teachers through chats and forums

7. LMS BENEFITS • Borderless learning • Strengthen classroom instruction • Paperless • Immediate assessment feedback

8. Summary of Findings

9. Summary of Findings (cont.)

10. Summary of Findings (cont.) • H0 = µ1 ≤ µ2 • H1 =µ1 > µ2 Decision criteria: Reject H0 if tc > tα df Confidence level: α = 0.05

11. Summary of Findings (cont.) t = 4.61 tα df = 1.664 • Reject H0 • Accept H1

12. Present Challenges • Lack of budget • Change management • User training • Management support • Inadequate technical skills

13. Conclusion • The evaluation of this research in the assessment results of the students demonstrated that Information & Communications Technology, through the integration of a Learning Management System in the learning process, can increase the knowledge acquisition skills of BSIT students at Jose Rizal University as measured in their assessment results.

14. Thank you.