The Implementation of Moodle in Online Learning during Covid-19 Pandemic: EFL Undergraduate Students’ Perception

Abstract

Education sector has been much affected by the presence of the Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19). The presence of the COVID-19 has brought tremendously significant shifts in teaching and learning process in higher education. The abrupt shift from in person contexts to remote learning has a huge impact in the way traditional higher education institutions deliver their courses to the students. This quantitative study seeks to uncover the undergraduate students’ perception on their online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic period. Randomly selected, the present study involved (N=75 students) from English Study Program Universitas Katolik Indonesia Santu Paulus Ruteng. The instrument used was a 4-point Likert Scale questionnaire which consisted of twenty closed-ended items. The results of the present study have discovered that students’ perception towards the implementation of Moodle for their online learning was categorized as moderate level. The findings of this study have shed lights on pedagogical practices of teachers when implementing computer mediated learning tools in online class.