DocumentCode :
3174435
Title :
Pedagogy in the Information Age: Moodle-Based Blended Learning Approach
Author :
Mei, Li ; Yuhua, Ni ; Peng, Zhou ; Yi, Zheng
Author_Institution :
Inf. Technol. Coll., Beijing Normal Univ. at Zhuhai (BNUZ), Zhuhai, China
Volume :
3
fYear :
2009
fDate :
25-27 Dec. 2009
Firstpage :
38
Lastpage :
40
Abstract :
Traditional teaching style has advantage in transmitting large amount knowledge to students with systematic logic and with strong emotional contact between teachers and students. Online delivery system is valuable in providing flexible learning experience and meeting diversified needs of student. Blended learning is a pedagogy that combines the features of traditional instruction and the advantages of E-learning and it is sometimes heralded as the answer to some of the problems which higher education faces. A compulsory course ¿Fundamentals of Computer¿ for non-computer major freshman has been delivered on Moodle, a popular free open source learning management system, to find out how blended learning approach can be designed and implemented to meet the learning need of students.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; computer science education; educational courses; public domain software; Fundamentals of Computer course; Moodle software; Moodle-based blended learning approach; e-learning; learning management system; noncomputer major freshman; online delivery system; open source system; Application software; Collaboration; Collaborative software; Collaborative work; Computer science education; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Electronic learning; Hardware; Logic; blended learning; course management system; moodle;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Computer Science-Technology and Applications, 2009. IFCSTA '09. International Forum on
Conference_Location :
Chongqing
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3930-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5423-5
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/IFCSTA.2009.247
Filename :
5384716
Link To Document :
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