EFFECTIVENESS OF DEVELOPED MOODLE BASED ON PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE OF LEARNERS IN TERMS OF ACHIEVEMENT OF TEACHER TRAINEES

Abstract

Abstract:- MOODLE stands for Modular Object Oriented Distributed Learning Environment. It is an open source LMS (Learning Management System) which is used for e-learning projects. It is used to create private websites that can offer a variety of courses. It is a learning platform designed to provide educators, administrators and learners with a single robust, secure and integrated system to create personalized learning environments. Moodle contains various design aspects that allow instructors and students to interact, collaborate, and experience online learning in exciting multiple ways. Moodle can be used to supplement on ground courses or can be used to host completely online courses. Moodle is designed so that universities, community colleges, K-12 schools, businesses, and even individual instructors can utilize the benefits of web technology as a supplement to traditional classrooms. Anyone who uses Moodle is called a Moodler. The sample comprised of 112 teacher trainees of B.Ed I semester studying at School of Education, D.A.V.V. Indore during the 2018-20 academic session. The achievement of teacher trainees was assessed with the help of a researcher made Criterion Reference Test consisting of 50 questions. The findings of this study was" Moodle was found to be significantly effective in comparison to traditional approach for development of Achievement among teacher trainees when Pre Achievement was taken as covariate”". Keywords:- Moodle:- Moodle is a free and open source software learning management system which is designed to provide its users and administrators with a single integrated system to create personalized learning environment.