• 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