Promoting Self-Directed Learning Via Edmodo: Moulay Ismail University as a Case Study

EasyChair Preprint 401

Abstract

The objective of this quasi-experimental study was to scrutinize the role of Edmodo as a new Web 2.0 Application in promoting self-directed learning (SDL). It thus highlighted the extent to which EFL learners are willing to engage, take initiate, diagnose learning needs, and evaluate their learning outcomes. The study targeted 250 undergraduate students of English Department at Moulay Ismail University in Meknes. 121 students accepted to take part in the study, yet 97 who filled in the questionnaires exhaustively. The informants were exposed to Edmodo, and the project lasted seven weeks. Analyses of the questionnaires’ responses prior to and after the exposure to Edmodo, which were administered to a convenient sampling, revealed that the latter played a crucial role in promoting SDL.

Keyphrases: EFL, Edmodo, Instructor, Web 2.0, learner, self-directed learning

@booklet{EasyChair:401,
  author    = {Fouad Boulaid},
  title     = {Promoting Self-Directed Learning Via Edmodo: Moulay Ismail University as a Case Study},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 401},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2018}}