PERCEPTION OVER E-LEARNING TOOLS IN HIGHER EDUCATION: COMPARATIVE STUDY ROMANIA AND MOLDOVA

Abstract

Within the article we carry out a comparative scientific research regarding the students' perception of e-learning platforms and tools. The analyzed sample consists of 144 respondents from Romania and the Republic of Moldova who are students of the same university that has several territorial educational centers. In all the territorial centers of education and evaluation, the university uses the same two e-learning platforms: BlackBoard and Moodle. According to previous research in the literature, six significant influencing factors were analyzed. Testing the null hypothesis was performed using the chi-square significance test, which revealed that between the two groups of students there are significant differences on the factors that determine the general perception related to e-learning platforms. Based on the statistical values obtained, we consider that the results are also useful for future research as they highlight that large groups of students from the same university may have totally different perceptions about the same e-learning platforms that are used in the teaching and evaluation process.