The Use of Moodle in English Language Learning During the Pandemic: The Students Voice

Abstract

During the emergency remote learning, the role of the Learning Management System is significant to support the teaching and learning process. Many universities utilized the Moodle based LMS to assist students and teachers in the teaching and learning process including Universitas Brawijaya that used Virtual Learning Management (VLM). VLM is highly suggested to be used by the lecturers since it can be accessed free as supported by the University, nonetheless, students claimed that the use of VLM is sometimes problematic. To address the students’ voice toward the use of VLM, this research aims to describe the students' attitude towards the use of VLM as an online learning platform. In this research using quantitative methods with a survey design. Instrument used in this study were questionnaires. The questionnaires were adapted according to the works of Srichanyachon (2014), Munasinghe & Wijewardana (2016), and Putri & Sari (2020). There are 100 students participating in this study consisting of 79 female students and 21 male students. The data was analyzed descriptively. This study has similar results to other studies where the use of platforms such as LMS in the COVID 19 era is indispensable and makes it a very effective platform to use. The result of this students’ attitude was a positive attitude with a mean score of 3.58.

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