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
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