Development and Evaluation of E-Learning Courses

Validity, Practicality, and Effectiveness

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https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v17i12.40317

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ICT and e-research, innovation in education, designed and developed, e-learning, modules

Abstract


This study attempts to develop a reliable, practical, and efficient process for developing online and distance courses. The study aims to develop e-learning online and distance education courses. ICT and e-Research course development processes have shown significant learning opportunities and outcomes. A substitute for raising these opportunities is the need for innovative research in education while implementing online and distance modes of learning and teaching. Subscribing research and development research methodology, the study aims to produce e-learning instructional materials using a three-stage development model. The course, along with the learning strategy, the learning tools, the assessment tools, and other components, are designed and developed using the Plomp model, a development research model. The research participants were forty-two 2021 Winter Batch MPhil in Educational Studies students and nine lecturers at Nepal Open University (NOU), Nepal. The descriptive analysis uses data analysis to explain the online course's validity, applicability, and effectiveness. Experimental research design was developed using the one-group pre-test post-test design methodology. The most important results are results of preliminary analysis, validity: average material validation is 0.885; average media validation is 0.885 and practicality: more than 71% (very practical). This article proposes a more comprehensive framework to design, develop, and implement online and distance courses in e-learning systems in higher education.

Author Biographies

Niroj Dahal, Kathmandu University School of Education, Department of STEAM Education, Lalitpur, Nepal

Niroj Dahal, Ph.D. Scholar in STEAM Education, works at Kathmandu University School of Education under the Department of STEAM Education as a lecturer. His research interests include ICT in education, qualitative research, transformative research, mathematics education, open, distance, & e-learning, STEAM education, research and development, and ICT & e-Research. Mr. Dahal has been teaching graduate and undergraduate students for over a decade. He has also been continuously participating and presenting his research and practices in more than a dozen plus national and international conferences, workshops, and seminars. He has published editorials, articles, book reviews, and book chapters in various national and international journals and publication presses in the field of mathematics education and STEAM education. He may be contacted by e-mail at niroj@kusoed.edu.np.

 

Binod Prasad Pant, Kathmandu University School of Education, Department of STEAM Education, Lalitpur, Nepal

Binod Prasad Pant is an Assistant Professor at the Department of STEAM Education, Kathmandu University, School of Education, Nepal. He earned M Ed and M Phil in Mathematics Education from Kathmandu University. He served as a visiting fellow at the University of Technology (UTS) Sydney after he received the Australian Award in 2017/18. He is a Ph.D. scholar in STEAM Education. Binod has been working with several Nepali teachers and teacher educators who examine their lived experiences as students, teachers, and teacher educators. He speaks and writes about pedagogical innovations, uses of technology in education, child-friendly classrooms, authentic assessment, etc. His research interests are transformative educational research, participatory action research, mathematics education, STEAM Education, and research studies on reflective practices. He may be connected by e-mail binod@kusoed.edu.np.

 

 

Bal Chandra Luitel, Kathmandu University School of Education, Department of STEAM Education, Lalitpur, Nepal

Prof. Bal Chandra Luitel, Ph.D., has been working with a number of Nepali STEAM teachers and teacher educators to engage with a host of transformative research methods together with new analytics arising from dialectical, metaphorical, poetic, and narrative thinking and representation as a means for conceiving, expressing, and implementing visions of inclusive and life-affirming STEAM education in Nepal. Currently, he coordinates a transformative education project called Rupantaran that aims at engaging master’s and doctoral students to bring forth intimate narratives unfolded during the process of their immersion in a school transformation process of public schools in Nepal. Prof. Luitel may be contacted at bcluitel@kusoed.edu.np.

 

Jiban Khadka, Nepal Open University, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, Lalitpur, Nepal

Assoc. Prof. Jiban Khadka, Ph.D., has received a PhD in Education from School of Education Kathmandu University. He has more than a decade of experience of teaching in different colleges and universities of Nepal.   He specializes in teaching Quantitative Research, Education Theories, Educational Leadership and Management, Governance & Accountability. Dr. Khadka has published a research book and several research papers in a wide range of national and international peer-reviewed journals. Along with the editing of books related to education and research, he has also supervised theses and dissertations. Likewise, Dr. Khadka has presented papers at several international conferences. As a trainer of British Council, he has conducted numerous trainings to the education leaders and teachers. Moreover, he has contributed in different capacities on different committees. Currently, he is serving as a member of the Executive Council, Nepal Open University and a member of the Faculty Research Committee and is involved in other social welfare committees. He may be connected by e-mail jiban@nou.edu.np.

 

Indra Mani Shrestha, Kathmandu University School of Education, Department of STEAM Education, Lalitpur, Nepal

Indra Mani Shrestha is an Assistant Professor at the Department of STEAM Education, Kathmandu University School of Education, Hattiban, Lalitpur, Nepal. He has been involved as a teacher, educator, and researcher in the field of Mathematics and Science education for more than three decades and is doing his Ph.D. in STEAM Education with majors in mathematics and science education. His research interest is in transformative STEAM education research with critical curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment. He may be connected by e-mail indramani@kusoed.edu.np.

 

Netra Kumar Manandhar, Kathmandu University School of Education, Department of STEAM Education, Lalitpur, Nepal

Netra Kumar Manandhar is lecturer at the Department of STEAM Education, Kathmandu University School of Education (KUSOED), Nepal. He has been teaching various courses of Master/MPhil levels and has been supervising the dissertations and research projects at KUSOED. He has presented some papers at national and international conferences and also published articles. His research interest is on STEAM education, science and technology in education, mathematics, and science education, transformative educational research, and research studies on reflective practices. He may be connected by e-mail netra@kusoed.edu.np.

 

Roshani Rajbanshi, Kathmandu University School of Education, Department of STEAM Education, Lalitpur, Nepal

Roshani Rajbanshi, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor at Kathmandu University School of Education, Hattiban, Lalitpur, Nepal. She earned her PhD in Curriculum and Instruction from New Mexico State University with a major in Educational Learning Technology and a minor in Biology. Her areas of interest are teacher professional development, STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education, inquiry-based science teaching, and after-school program. Please direct correspondence to roshani@kusoed.edu.np or roshaniraj@gmail.com.

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2023-06-20

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Dahal, N., Pant, B. P., Luitel, B. C., Khadka, J., Shrestha, I. M., Manandhar, N. K., & Rajbanshi, R. (2023). Development and Evaluation of E-Learning Courses: Validity, Practicality, and Effectiveness. International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM), 17(12), pp. 40–60. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v17i12.40317

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Vol. 17 No. 12 (2023)

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