Educational technology has a significant role
in language learning; therefore, strengthening student teacher’s digital
literacy has recently become one of the main requirements in teacher education
programs. This study aims to explore student teachers’ experience about using ‘Edmodo’
and a flipped classroom model. The course, Teaching English to Young Learners,
which is one of the compulsory courses of the English Language Teaching (ELT)
program, was flipped for ten weeks in a class of 31 student teachers at a state
university in Turkey. A reflection questionnaire with close- and open-ended
questions was given to the student teachers to understand their perceptions of
Edmodo and flipped classroom. The findings showed that Edmodo and flipped
classroom are good at training student teachers to increase their digital
literacy, working collaboratively and controlling their own learning process.
The paper also highlighted that student teachers intended to use them as a
teacher in the future though this was the first experience for most of them. In
the light of the findings, teacher educators might be suggested to enhance
student teachers’ digital literacy first by allowing them to experience
multimedia tools in teacher education programs.
edmodo flipped classroom Teacher education Educational technology Multimedia tools
Birincil Dil | İngilizce |
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Bölüm | Makaleler |
Yazarlar | |
Yayımlanma Tarihi | 27 Kasım 2019 |
Kabul Tarihi | 27 Kasım 2019 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2019 Cilt: 6 Sayı: 2 |