Implementation of the Moodle System Into EFL Classes

Implementation of the Moodle System Into EFL Classes

1. MOODLE

   • It's an LMS (learning management systems)
   • It is a free and open-source e-learning software platform.
   • These e-learning tools allow students to continue learning outside the school environment.
   • Hence, a teacher is still necessary to facilitate the planning and preparation processes.
   • Moodle helps educators to blend traditional classroom pedagogies with various web-based technologies in a single application.
   • Moodle is acknowledged as a self-directed, out of classroom practice which fosters learner autonomy.
   • Moodle environment aims to enhance students’ experience in learning and is designed with a constructivist pedagogical framework
   • Teachers can easily access this software on the program’s web page and design a page for their own course free of charge.

2. New Learning Approaches

   • Blended learning
     • Iis an approach that can combine face-to-face teaching with e-learning programs like Moodle, has emerged to facilitate student-centered learning.
   • Web-based courses
     • are one type of these designs where they can stand alone for teaching/learning or be combined into the current education process