Virtual Environment Based on Integrating Active Learning Google Applications to Develop Using Moodle Skills
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The aim of this research is to identify the effect of designing a virtual environment based on the integration of active learning and Interactive Google applications in developing the skills of using the e-Learning Management System (e-LMS) Moodle among the students of the Faculty of Education at Mu’tah University in Jordan. The research sample consisted of (30) students randomly selected from the Faculty of Education at Mu’tah University in Jordan. The research tools included an achievement test to measure the cognitive aspects of the skills of using the (e-LMS) Moodle and a note card to measure the performance aspects of the skills of using the (e-LMS) Moodle. The study revealed a statistically significant difference between the average scores of the experimental group in the pre and post- test of the(e-LMS) Moodle for students of the Faculty of Education for post-test, as well as the existence of a statistically significant difference between the average scores of the experimental group in the pre- and post-test of the observation card related to the skills used or the (e-LMS) Moodle for students of the Faculty of Education for the benefit of post-test.The study had several recommendations, the most important of which is the need to work on the employment of Google Interactive Applications and e-learning strategy in the participatory virtual environments, and work on the development of the skills of using e-LMSs among the different groups of the administrators of the educational process.
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