On the digital turn : ensuring continuity of education via moodle platform during the coronavirus pandemic

Abstract EN

Ever since social distancing measures got implemented during the Coronavirus pandemic, educational institutions got stuck midway in the academic year because of closures.

In order to ensure continuity of education, the Ministry of Higher Education started looking for a way out.

No wonder, it took advantage of the digital turn as an outlet; Moodle e-learning platform was thereby embraced, together with other digital tools, to make sure no student is left behind.

The present study aims to investigate the use of Moodle e-learning platform and educational continuity.

Specifically, it seeks to explore the relation between receiving training in Moodle and concomitant pedagogical activities, namely uploading lectures and conducting assessment, which are quintessential in any pedagogical work.

For this to obtain, five research questions were raised along with five corresponding hypotheses.

An online questionnaire was administered via Google Forms to teachers at the University Centre of Mila; eventually, 123 subjects took part in the study.

The raw data were submitted to a Chi-square Goodness of Fit test and a Chi-square of Independence test using IBM SPSS 26.

The results were statistically significant for the former test, which is not true of the latter.

Limitations, implications and recommendations are thus discussed.